Steep Driveway
Hello All,
Not sure if anything can be done about my situation, but I figured I'd share to see if someone has any ideas.
We have a short but steep top half of our driveway which then flattens, turns to the left,s and into the garage. There is a nice spot for our travel trailer straight down the hill, but the problem is when backing the travel trailer down the rear bumper, spare tire, and rear Stab jacks hit due to the angle. We have been storing the trailer at a local storage yard for many years now which has been fine, but we are starting to think we would like it to be home. As of now, I go get the trailer the day before a trip and leave it hooked to the truck up in the street. It's a bit of a pain hauling all the clothes and food up. Not a huge deal but not ideal. The bigger issue is cleaning. I again have to do it in the street. Again, not the end of the world, but not ideal to have 2 slides sticking out into the street even in a fairly quiet neighborhood.
A few weeks ago we were determined to find a way to get it down so I could do some maintenance while we have the time and we were able to do so by having my wife place 2x6's under the right tires just before the bumper scrapped and continuing to pace them until the rear started to lift. It then clears by a few mm literally, but it made it. So my question is, is there any easy way to gain 1 1/2 to 2" of clearance? Go bigger tires maybe?? I guess we could keep using the wood trick, but if it kicks the wood or I slides off then the bumper and jacks may get damaged. Oh, and the driveway is paved so grading is really out of the question at this point.
Thanks for any suggestions and thoughts you might have. Not sure I can do much but let me know your thoughts.
Not sure if anything can be done about my situation, but I figured I'd share to see if someone has any ideas.
We have a short but steep top half of our driveway which then flattens, turns to the left,s and into the garage. There is a nice spot for our travel trailer straight down the hill, but the problem is when backing the travel trailer down the rear bumper, spare tire, and rear Stab jacks hit due to the angle. We have been storing the trailer at a local storage yard for many years now which has been fine, but we are starting to think we would like it to be home. As of now, I go get the trailer the day before a trip and leave it hooked to the truck up in the street. It's a bit of a pain hauling all the clothes and food up. Not a huge deal but not ideal. The bigger issue is cleaning. I again have to do it in the street. Again, not the end of the world, but not ideal to have 2 slides sticking out into the street even in a fairly quiet neighborhood.
A few weeks ago we were determined to find a way to get it down so I could do some maintenance while we have the time and we were able to do so by having my wife place 2x6's under the right tires just before the bumper scrapped and continuing to pace them until the rear started to lift. It then clears by a few mm literally, but it made it. So my question is, is there any easy way to gain 1 1/2 to 2" of clearance? Go bigger tires maybe?? I guess we could keep using the wood trick, but if it kicks the wood or I slides off then the bumper and jacks may get damaged. Oh, and the driveway is paved so grading is really out of the question at this point.
Thanks for any suggestions and thoughts you might have. Not sure I can do much but let me know your thoughts.
