Getting TT up a steep driveway?

Here are a couple of photos to give an idea of what we're looking at.

Can you enter the driveway on an angle? Or what about put some more weight in the front end of the trailer to try to get the nose down and rear end up a bit? Maybe fill the fresh water tank (if that's where it's located).

Planks or ramps may work too

We had that issue, tried the bumper wheels and found they jammed into the pavement, so then started backing to just before the bumper hit then unhooked the equalizer hitch, this changed the angle of the trailer just enough to get up. Caution make sure your hitch and vehicle can handle the weight

Our driveway has an 8 degree slope up and the the trailer parking area is a tight fit beside the house. One of the criteria when we were shopping for a trailer was good ground clearance. Our Creekside can be backed up the driveway without hitting the driveway. Many other trailers would bottom out. So if you have not purchased yet, look for a trailer with good ground clearance.

After a year of backing up the steep driveway and squeezing in to our tight parking area, we decided to move to a different location. We purchased a level one acre lot where we are building a new house. There will be an RV parking area with a horseshoe shaped driveway that enters on one side of the lot and exits on the other side. No backing up! It seems like an extreme solution, but if the steep driveway is too much of a pain, just move to a new place. When we tell folks about the new house, we explain that my wife will get the kitchen that she has always wanted and I will get the dump station that I have always wanted. :)

Obviously it's the suddenness of the transition more than the actual steepness of the driveway that's the main problem. If you can make the transition at an oblique angle, that can help...but very frequently that is not possible with a driveway.

I would not really recommend the skid wheels. Many travel trailer (and other RV) frames are not designed to support the full weight of the RV from the extreme end. Besides, to be effective, the wheels need to hang below the RV, and cut down on the departure angle even further.

I cured my scraping problem with a 5" axle flip kit plus going up one inch on wheel/tire size. :)

HTH;
John

X2 boards

They make small wheels that mount on bumper/frame to keep that from happening ... if that's your only concern.

http://www.campingworld.com/category/skid-wheels/76

I was able to use planks at the angle point of the slope to lessen the severity.