Parking/storage of a class c

Gail Phillips wrote:
Hi everyone. Hopefully this week we will close on a class c Minnie Winnie. If everything goes as planned, we will need to have a concrete driveway poured to park/store it when not traveling. My question is " The area were the driveway will go is on a slight slant. Will our refrigerator be okay not entirely level as long as we are not running it? Thanking you in advance for your replies.

We had a Roadtrek 210 Popular for six years & used the small circle level & if it was within a half bubble we went with it & never had a problem.

We now have 2013 LTV TB & still go within the half bubble & no problems.

We are doing the same thing with our new one. Building a new garage this year and poring a pad next to it for the RV. Ours will be level side to side and a degree lower toward the front. The garage floor will be sloped by a degree toward the middle with a storm drain.

If the fridge is off I don't think it makes any difference as long as you get it close to level and wait a few minutes before turning it on.

My thoughts & input.

A slant of 2" per 10 foot is normal practice for a concrete garage floor. An outdoor concrete pad for a motor home, I recommend 6" per 10 foot which will still work fine for the fridge. It is aggressive enough for water run-off of a flat roofed motor home that may develop a sag. You also want assurance that the water will run off the pad itself assuming there will be a little settling the first few years. You don't want water puddles under the rig, and especially not under the tires.

The draw-back to 6" per 10' is that walking around and sleeping inside, you will feel the slope. I don't know how you plan to park the rig to the slope, but sloping from a sleeping person's head downward to their feet would be comfortable if anyone needs to sleep in your motor home while at home. You could reduce the slope to 4" per 10' if the rig has a domed roof, but you really need to be sure the aggregate under the pad is very solid.

Since you are making a concrete pad for your rig, don't make the pad only to accommodate the motor home tires. Make it large enough so the entire rig is over the pad with a foot or more to spare. Then seal the concrete with a good industrial sealer. This will protect the under-body from ground moisture, and you will be able to comfortably cut the grass around the rig without fear of hitting it.

Gail said "when I'm not running it" ... I don't know of any level requirements for the fridge when it's not operating (but I've been wrong before).

Posts above all valid for leveling of fridge while in use.

My Dometic's manual states to be within three degrees out of plumb one way, six another. So, I just make sure it is within three degrees all ways, and then, I call it done.

Refers to NOT need to be at true level to operate. If you can walk in the unit comfortably then you should be fine. Get one of those small round bubble levels and place it on a shelf in the fridge. If any part of the bubble is in the circle you should be fine to run the fridge if you need to.

If it's not a real bad slant it should be ok so far ever where we parked it always work. I think the older one's were the problem with that.