RV storage - how much room is needed?

[f150camper]

Hi all!
I am in the process of building a shop on my property.
The plan is to be able to park a travel trailer and/or coach in there.
Total shop size is 32(w)x48(d) with a 14x14 door.
My main question is this: How much room do I need in front of the shop to be able to get a travel trailer in there? Let's say a max travel trailer length of 35ft with a 20ft tow vehicle.

I have attached a quick drawing to visualize what I am talking about.
It looks like I will have about 57' (give or take a couple feet) in front of the shop. 44' of that will be on gravel, 13' will be on asphalt.

Will this be enough room for a 35' TT or 40' Coach? I bet the Coach will be fine, but not sure about the TT.

BTW, I can't really try it out with the max length trailer, so please don't suggest that (placing cones, etc). We currently own a 21' TT, and I am sure I'll be fine getting that into the shop. I want to be able to use the shop down the road for things bigger than what we own now, or even enable any potential buyers.

Really appreciate any input!

[camp-n-family]

If you have the room, I would build it far enough back so I could park on the driveway in front of the garage without infringing on the road while hooked up. Just a few reasons; Do you want to have to be all packed and hooked before pulling out? Do you want to worry about having to stop and block the road while going back to close the garage door when leaving? If you want to wash or work on the trailer in the drive you would have to unhook it.

[gbopp]

Maybe a 16' wide door would help?

[f150camper]

Thanks everybody!
Got the picture posted also, finally! Thanks for the link and instructions!

I am generally good backing up the trailer, have helped others in the campground on occasion. I just never backed it into a shop, and spending this much money, I want to be sure.
If I back it in doing a left turn, I will be pushing the trailer uphill, but that should be fine.

What do you guys think would be the longest trailer I could get in there without issues? Also, if I had a total of 50ft (instead of 57), would I still be fine? In that case, I would move the shop a few feet towards the road, giving me more space for firewood storage behind.

One more question: what's that powered trailer mover for $1,200?

Again, thanks a lot for all the help and feedback.

[jkwilson]

You should be good for backing with the width of the road available to. If you need more space to get things straight, you may be able to put a culvert in the ditch across the road to allow you to pull forward further once you are in the driveway.

If you want to be able to put slides out inside the shed, you are going to eat up your space fast. You’ll have to park 4ft off the wall to clear the poles.

[drsteve]

Looks good from here--that's a lot of room to maneuver. You should have no problem at all.

[dodge_guy]

For another $1200 you could get a powered trailer mover. But either way I think you will be fine with what you have suggested. I used to have a 35ft TT and a 20ft Excursion, 55ft total. And with a 14 ft wide door you can still back in on an angle and have the room to straighten it out. I wouldn't worry about it

[navegator]

If you are lookiing at the structure the door will be on the right, make the radius of the right corner where the ramp meets the road a bit wider and if posible always back the trailer or RV on a left turn, you will always see where you are going on your left mirror, and yes that is plenty of turning space.

navegator

[DutchmenSport]

It all depends upon your towing skills and how comfortable you are at backing up a trailer. If you are skilled at backing, I see no reason why the longer trailer would not fit.

[hondapro]

You should have no problem backing a TT in there.You have plenty of space.

[midnightsadie]

build the shop for you ,with a rv in there you lost your play room .put a side shed on the building for the rv, been there.

[Grit_dog]

You could back a semi trailer into that garage if the driveway is square to the road and as wide as the sketch.
There isn't a RV that can't be backed into the driveway or shop if it is as big as the sketch.
And a 48' long shop is a huge luxury. My shop is 36' long and I feel like I died and went to heaven with that big of shop!
(But I've got every bay filled in a 3 car garage and a 36x 36 ish shop and could use a couple more bays....)

[DrewE]

For the images, you're putting in the URL of a page with the image rather than a direct link to the image itself. This might work better.



Here's my two cents, which may not be worth the pennies:

Maneuvering a trailer will partly depend on the tow vehicle: how tightly it can turn, and how sharp an angle you can get between it and the trailer without crunching something. With a good tow vehicle you could easily maneuver most any trailer into position with that space (well, you could provided you have some experience/skill at backing a trailer). One rather extreme example of a great vehicle for this is a standard farm tractor, which can turn very sharply if needed thanks to wheel brakes, pivoting around either of the back wheels.

A class A coach probably could be maneuvered into that space without extreme difficulty, I suspect, though I don't speak from any sort of personal experience. A large class C would probably be tricky as they tend to have pretty terrible minimum turning circles (and I do speak from some experience there). More room would definitely make things easier. I'm assuming the width of the gravel portion is at lest somewhat to scale--that it's considerably wider than the 13' wide asphalt drive, even if not nearly as wide as the shop.

[IAMICHABOD]

Here You Go
Follow the Instructions Here

Pretty easy once you have done it.

[f150camper]

How in this world do I share images here? Used to work just fine, but have not done it in years.
Any help would be appreciated!