Parking (and staying) on a Slope
We are considering taking our TT to visit family on Thanksgiving, hoping to park in front of their house. Unfortunately, their house is on a slope. It's not a major slope, but a slope nonetheless. We ...
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I camped on one site where I had to put the tongue on the ground to get the unit level...
Before I get to that I've chock'd the wheels and unhitched from the ball with the chains and break away still connected to the truck in case it tries to make a break for it...
Once I have it off the ball I've never had mine try to move... BUT! YMMV... I guess it depends on just how steep a slope you've got... In the case I describe above - once I was leveled I never had any worry about it moving...
In another campsite in KY I had a site that was so steep that I had to nearly go all the way the opposite direction and had the back bumper within 5 inches of the ground in the back... I didn't have enough wood or plastic leveling material to be able to get the tongue high enough! I looked around and quickly saw a 8X8 block of wood somebody had left behind, and used that along with everything else I had along with me to get the unit level and place under the front stab jacks... But again - the camper never wanted to move once I had the chocks on the tires... (Yes I did leave the 8X8 for the next camper to use!) :)
In each case I think I chocked all four wheels on the downhill side of the tire...
I can't answer if you will be able to do it safely at your location, but in both of my examples; I never had a worry about mine moving even with the rug-rats running back and forth... Good luck to ya - have a great trip. I'm all winterized for the winter... :(
Before I get to that I've chock'd the wheels and unhitched from the ball with the chains and break away still connected to the truck in case it tries to make a break for it...
Once I have it off the ball I've never had mine try to move... BUT! YMMV... I guess it depends on just how steep a slope you've got... In the case I describe above - once I was leveled I never had any worry about it moving...
In another campsite in KY I had a site that was so steep that I had to nearly go all the way the opposite direction and had the back bumper within 5 inches of the ground in the back... I didn't have enough wood or plastic leveling material to be able to get the tongue high enough! I looked around and quickly saw a 8X8 block of wood somebody had left behind, and used that along with everything else I had along with me to get the unit level and place under the front stab jacks... But again - the camper never wanted to move once I had the chocks on the tires... (Yes I did leave the 8X8 for the next camper to use!) :)
In each case I think I chocked all four wheels on the downhill side of the tire...
I can't answer if you will be able to do it safely at your location, but in both of my examples; I never had a worry about mine moving even with the rug-rats running back and forth... Good luck to ya - have a great trip. I'm all winterized for the winter... :(
