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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I agree, the best way is to flatten that sucker out, however I see more than just a little "re-grading" and slap some pavers down. Your whole yard, fence, house, the city sidewalk is built around that grade separation from the street to yard level and I'm assuming the yard is relatively flat at the upper elevation behind the fence.
(Been moving dirt from jobs like this to half million yard roadway cuts into the side of a mountain for a while now, lol)
What I see is, you cant change/raise the sidewalk, but you'll need to flatten that ramp out a considerable length, into the back yard, behind the fence.
If the gate is wide enough to accept the trailer width plus a little gravity block retaining wall on each side, you could cut a "slot" through there and stack a landscaping block wall along each side. Or could take out the far post, and widen the opening to do the same.
Then gravel, paver, etc the new lowered driveway. Note this will require even more width if you relocate the gate to within the 2 walls so it can run down to the new ground level.
This isn't a day for a contractor or a 24 beer diy job.
All in, you're removing gate and part of the fence,
excavating the slot, grade/prep/install about 150-200sf? of retaining wall, re surface the new ramp, new posts and gate.
(Been moving dirt from jobs like this to half million yard roadway cuts into the side of a mountain for a while now, lol)
What I see is, you cant change/raise the sidewalk, but you'll need to flatten that ramp out a considerable length, into the back yard, behind the fence.
If the gate is wide enough to accept the trailer width plus a little gravity block retaining wall on each side, you could cut a "slot" through there and stack a landscaping block wall along each side. Or could take out the far post, and widen the opening to do the same.
Then gravel, paver, etc the new lowered driveway. Note this will require even more width if you relocate the gate to within the 2 walls so it can run down to the new ground level.
This isn't a day for a contractor or a 24 beer diy job.
All in, you're removing gate and part of the fence,
excavating the slot, grade/prep/install about 150-200sf? of retaining wall, re surface the new ramp, new posts and gate.
