Lynnmor wrote:
Gdetrailer wrote:
the bear II wrote:
A friend needed to lower his TT a few inches to be able to get it into his barn.
He made 4 steel discs (using 1 inch thick steel plate) to replace the tires on the TT. He would jack up the TT, remove the 4 tires and wheels and replace them with the steel discs, then back the trailer into the barn. He'd leave the discs on until he pulled the TT out of the barn.
He made the discs just large enough to provide ground clearance but lower the TT enough to get it under the door. It worked great but what a noise it would make against the concrete floor of the barn.
That is one heck of a lot of work to simply shelter a trailer..
I think I would have simply built a "lean to" on the side of the barn high and large enough to accommodate the trailer with the wheels on.
Either that or cut in a higher door...
Did you ever watch a NASCAR race? Only takes seconds to change 4 tires. Really, it ain't a lot of work for the benefits of indoor storage.
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How many people have a pit crew of a dozen, plus 4 high speed air wrenches plus two high speed two pump jacks at their home?
Just absolutely stupid idea to say the least.
Your buddy would have taken a good 10 minutes PER wheel all by his self to pull that off..
That is 40 minutes each and every time you wanted to pull it in or out of your life that you will never get back.
There are far better "options" that can be and should be done before one resorts to this kind of over the top idea..
For the OP, I would look at many options which may or may not be limited to increasing the height of the obstructions. So if it signage, increase the height, if it a grove of trees cut back or off some of the lowest limbs.
The reason for this is you ever needed anything else taller than the 10' 6" to come up the driveway it will not be a problem in the future.
If you ever have something shipped truck freight the truck most likely would never fit under that height. I have my driveway graveled ever few years, the dump truck they use is at least 11 ft. I had some cement poured and I can guarantee a cement truck would not be able to go under 10' 6" (we had to use fiberglass poles to lift telephone lines that go across my drive and they are a good 12ft high).