Getting TT up a steep driveway?
Wondering if anyone has any tricks for getting a travel trailer up a steep'ish driveway? My wife and I are looking at trailers and one thing we noticed is the, driveway up to our RV storage on the ...
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Our driveway has an 8 degree slope up and the the trailer parking area is a tight fit beside the house. One of the criteria when we were shopping for a trailer was good ground clearance. Our Creekside can be backed up the driveway without hitting the driveway. Many other trailers would bottom out. So if you have not purchased yet, look for a trailer with good ground clearance.
After a year of backing up the steep driveway and squeezing in to our tight parking area, we decided to move to a different location. We purchased a level one acre lot where we are building a new house. There will be an RV parking area with a horseshoe shaped driveway that enters on one side of the lot and exits on the other side. No backing up! It seems like an extreme solution, but if the steep driveway is too much of a pain, just move to a new place. When we tell folks about the new house, we explain that my wife will get the kitchen that she has always wanted and I will get the dump station that I have always wanted. :)
After a year of backing up the steep driveway and squeezing in to our tight parking area, we decided to move to a different location. We purchased a level one acre lot where we are building a new house. There will be an RV parking area with a horseshoe shaped driveway that enters on one side of the lot and exits on the other side. No backing up! It seems like an extreme solution, but if the steep driveway is too much of a pain, just move to a new place. When we tell folks about the new house, we explain that my wife will get the kitchen that she has always wanted and I will get the dump station that I have always wanted. :)
