RV pole barn question

JRscooby wrote:

Johno02 wrote:
Consider digging out a lowered ramp and pit inside the building, instead of raising the building. You could lower it enough that the floor would be a walkin from ground level.

The floor should always be higher than the ground around it. Otherwise you will have something that resembles a medieval security system for the RV.

If done right, flooding won't be an issue but that presumes the whole structure (including lower floor is well above the surrounding land).

The real issue is now you can't access anything underneath...
- Want to grease the wheel bearings...so much for doing it inside out of the weather.
- Need to fix an electrical glitch...so much for doing it inside out of the weather.
- How wide would this slot be? If it's real tight, do you scrape the RV along the side if you get the slightest bit out of line? Or if you make it wide, do you fall into the gap or when something falls into the gap...

Assuming no major issues, go with a taller building.
- Make sure the height is referenced to the door opening (roll up garage doors often eat up a foot or so of space).
- Make sure the approach is relatively flat. If there is a substantial hill with a breakover angle, you might have enough height based on a level condition but the front or back might hit when the RV is out of level.

I would also go at least 20ft wide. You know you will want to store other things and this also allows room to open the slides.

I don't know if I would go 4' above 14' (ie 18' tall). That's getting really tall (pretty much 2 story house tall). It will likely come with a significant cost increase. How many times a year do you go up on the roof? For a couple times a year, I can step over the trusses.