Getting TT up a steep driveway?

[dhatcher]

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 side of our house is rather steep. Likely the bumper of the trailer would hit the driveway before the wheels could get on it to change the angle.

I'm sure people have run into this before and have solutions. Our thoughts so far were a set of heavy duty aluminum ramps to help lessen the angle.

Any other ideas?

[DrewE]

Obviously it's the suddenness of the transition more than the actual steepness of the driveway that's the main problem. If you can make the transition at an oblique angle, that can help...but very frequently that is not possible with a driveway.

I would not really recommend the skid wheels. Many travel trailer (and other RV) frames are not designed to support the full weight of the RV from the extreme end. Besides, to be effective, the wheels need to hang below the RV, and cut down on the departure angle even further.

[full_mosey]

I cured my scraping problem with a 5" axle flip kit plus going up one inch on wheel/tire size. 🙂

HTH;
John

[the_bear_II]

X2 boards

[TexasRangerRzR]

They make small wheels that mount on bumper/frame to keep that from happening ... if that's your only concern.

http://www.campingworld.com/category/skid-wheels/76

[korbe]

I was able to use planks at the angle point of the slope to lessen the severity.