Backing-In from SINGLE Lane Road
We are about to start our third season of camping with our 40' fifth-wheel. I've done a great job driving and backing in to campsites, between trees, and other places I probably shouldn't have even tr...
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Well -- I brought the camper home this past Saturday.
Not a pretty result! Ha
I pulled in as I usual do with the driveway on my left.
I did as large a scoop as I could without going on any grass.
What I found was that in order to get myself far enough past the parking area, my truck/camper pretty much straightened out and the scoop had essentially no effect.
My goal was to back-in with my top priority being to stay off the grass.
Well this only got the truck into the drive-way, and not the parking area.
So I got fed up and did a 10-point turn and tore up the grass/lawn and deep tire tracks in the lawn on the other side of the DRIVEWAY! Not the access road, but the driveway! Ugh!
So tried to back in 'blind' with the driveway and parking area on my right.
This took a few minor tries, but eventually got it parked without any grass ordeal.
I think I am going to take some time this summer to add some stone to the bottom right of the parking area (when looking at the pic)...like an additional 12'x12' section. This will allow me to take more advantage of a scoop I think.
Not a pretty result! Ha
I pulled in as I usual do with the driveway on my left.
I did as large a scoop as I could without going on any grass.
What I found was that in order to get myself far enough past the parking area, my truck/camper pretty much straightened out and the scoop had essentially no effect.
My goal was to back-in with my top priority being to stay off the grass.
Well this only got the truck into the drive-way, and not the parking area.
So I got fed up and did a 10-point turn and tore up the grass/lawn and deep tire tracks in the lawn on the other side of the DRIVEWAY! Not the access road, but the driveway! Ugh!
So tried to back in 'blind' with the driveway and parking area on my right.
This took a few minor tries, but eventually got it parked without any grass ordeal.
I think I am going to take some time this summer to add some stone to the bottom right of the parking area (when looking at the pic)...like an additional 12'x12' section. This will allow me to take more advantage of a scoop I think.
