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Mickeyfan0805
Sep 13, 2018Explorer
It's hard to tell for sure, but from the pictures it looks as though the driveway is only half the problem. It appears that the street slopes down from the center of the road up to the edge of the driveway (probably for drainage) which slopes back up. This ends up creating a 'v' that that is probably a good 15' or more from the two points of level height on either side. This gap would need to be traversed to get the MH up the drive. I don't see any way that re-leveling the driveway would fix that issue sufficiently.
If it were me, I would mock-up my approach with some 2x4's. Make a 2x4 rail that is the same length as your rig (bumber to bumper). Then, place two 'legs' on the rail at the location of the tires. Those legs should be long enough that the bottom of your 2x4 rail sits at the same height as your rig. You now have a model of your ground clearance that you can use to try to evaluate options.
From the pics, it looks like somehow bridging that 'v' from somewhere near the peak of the road to a point somewhere up your drive is the only way to go. While any type of support structure would have to be substantial (and well supported), the mock-up I am suggesting would help you get a sense of whether or not it is even feasible and, if so, a sense of what you would need to do.
If it were me, I would mock-up my approach with some 2x4's. Make a 2x4 rail that is the same length as your rig (bumber to bumper). Then, place two 'legs' on the rail at the location of the tires. Those legs should be long enough that the bottom of your 2x4 rail sits at the same height as your rig. You now have a model of your ground clearance that you can use to try to evaluate options.
From the pics, it looks like somehow bridging that 'v' from somewhere near the peak of the road to a point somewhere up your drive is the only way to go. While any type of support structure would have to be substantial (and well supported), the mock-up I am suggesting would help you get a sense of whether or not it is even feasible and, if so, a sense of what you would need to do.
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