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f150camper
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Dec 01, 2019

RV storage - how much room is needed?

Hi all!
I am in the process of building a shop on my property.
The plan is to be able to park a travel trailer and/or coach in there.
Total shop size is 32(w)x48(d) with a 14x14 door.
My main question is this: How much room do I need in front of the shop to be able to get a travel trailer in there? Let's say a max travel trailer length of 35ft with a 20ft tow vehicle.

I have attached a quick drawing to visualize what I am talking about.
It looks like I will have about 57' (give or take a couple feet) in front of the shop. 44' of that will be on gravel, 13' will be on asphalt.

Will this be enough room for a 35' TT or 40' Coach? I bet the Coach will be fine, but not sure about the TT.

BTW, I can't really try it out with the max length trailer, so please don't suggest that (placing cones, etc). We currently own a 21' TT, and I am sure I'll be fine getting that into the shop. I want to be able to use the shop down the road for things bigger than what we own now, or even enable any potential buyers.

Really appreciate any input!

  • For the images, you're putting in the URL of a page with the image rather than a direct link to the image itself. This might work better.



    Here's my two cents, which may not be worth the pennies:

    Maneuvering a trailer will partly depend on the tow vehicle: how tightly it can turn, and how sharp an angle you can get between it and the trailer without crunching something. With a good tow vehicle you could easily maneuver most any trailer into position with that space (well, you could provided you have some experience/skill at backing a trailer). One rather extreme example of a great vehicle for this is a standard farm tractor, which can turn very sharply if needed thanks to wheel brakes, pivoting around either of the back wheels.

    A class A coach probably could be maneuvered into that space without extreme difficulty, I suspect, though I don't speak from any sort of personal experience. A large class C would probably be tricky as they tend to have pretty terrible minimum turning circles (and I do speak from some experience there). More room would definitely make things easier. I'm assuming the width of the gravel portion is at lest somewhat to scale--that it's considerably wider than the 13' wide asphalt drive, even if not nearly as wide as the shop.
  • How in this world do I share images here? Used to work just fine, but have not done it in years.
    Any help would be appreciated!

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