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er78mph
Explorer
May 13, 2016

Parking trailer on an decline

Hello to all and thanks in advance.

I am taking my trailer out this weekend and moved it from storage and parked it near my home. I am park on a slight decline and was wondering if I could just put chocks on the trailer wheels and leave it attached to the truck? Or should I rest the weight of the trailer to the ground with is still attached to truck? What's the safest method? The trailer will be there for 20 hours or so before I take it out. Thanks, again!
  • DrewE's avatar
    DrewE
    Explorer II
    May 13, 2016
    rbtglove wrote:
    If it's just a slight slope you can do it either way. Newer TTs will be OK with the frig on. Day or even few days you should be OK.


    Make sure you verify with your specific fridge's manual whether it's okay to operate on an incline or not. If it's a residential style fridge with a compressor, it's generally not a problem. If it's an absorption fridge, even a new one, running while stopped on at a noticeable incline should be avoided, even if it's a new model.
  • rbtglove's avatar
    rbtglove
    Explorer
    May 13, 2016
    If it's just a slight slope you can do it either way. Newer TTs will be OK with the frig on. Day or even few days you should be OK.
  • NanciL's avatar
    NanciL
    Explorer II
    May 13, 2016
    If it was me, and I was not going to need the truck, I would just leave it hitched to it.

    Jack L
  • YC_1's avatar
    YC_1
    Nomad
    May 13, 2016
    In any case, chock the wheels. A gentleman disconnecting his new TT was lucky his safety chains held. I too was lucky. It began rolling back towards my new DP and my family sitting outside. I learned from that one.
  • Gene_Ginny's avatar
    Gene_Ginny
    Explorer
    May 13, 2016
    I don't see a problem unless you want to run the fridge. To run the fridge, the trailer needs to be close to level if left parked for a few hours.

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