Parking TT on sloped driveway

[jrdbrn]

My driveway has a slope left to right due to the height we have to build now in southern Louisiana. I believe it's a 24" slope across 20'. It's fairly significant in terms of long term storage I believe. Is there anything I should do when storing it? Products to help? I'd rather not rent a place to store it.

Talking about a Starcraft 20BH.

[valhalla360]

It's hard to tell if the camera is distorting the slope.

24" in 20' would be a 10% cross slope. From the picture, I don't think you are quite that bad. Easy way to check is to take a level set it roughly where the trailer axles would sit on the ground and then with a tape measure lift the downhill side until the bubble shows level. Divide the height (in feet) by the length of the level (in feet). That will give you the actual percentage cross slope where the axles will sit. I wouldn't be surprised if you find it only 5-6% but again, it's hard to tell from the picture.

If it's only 5-6% 2-3 boards should get you pretty close to level with putting it up so high you are worried about it falling off.

Someone else mentioned backing it up until the wheels are off the pavement. I know you mentioned the cost of having that done but assuming you have a pickup, you could go down and get a load of gravel and do it yourself in an hour or two. That would get you by until you can have the pavement extended. I haven't priced up gravel lately but should be under $100.

[SoundGuy]

jrdbrn wrote:
My bad. Wife sent it. I uploaded to imgur and it was small on there. I didn't realized it was scaled down.

Good job on the fix - thanks! 🙂

FWIW, I try to preview all my posts before posting so I know how they'll present once actually posted.

[profdant139]

Well, the good news is that you won't have any trouble with rainwater accumulating on the driveway! 😉 Plus it looks great for skateboarding.

[jrdbrn]

wnjj wrote:
How about adding a 5-6' long fill off the back end of the slab? Then back the trailer so the wheels are off the concrete and onto the level fill. Your trailer will be further away from where you back your car too.

It's part of the long term plan. Just don't know when we'll have the extra cash to make another pad. We'd have to bring in more dirt then framing, then the concrete. Bad part is my dirt slope goes from each side of my property, so I'd need to figure out how to get the cement 150' from the street 🙂 I wouldn't let them bring a cement truck on my driveway.

[wnjj]

How about adding a 5-6' long fill off the back end of the slab? Then back the trailer so the wheels are off the concrete and onto the level fill. Your trailer will be further away from where you back your car too.

[jrdbrn]

My bad. Wife sent it. I uploaded to imgur and it was small on there. I didn't realized it was scaled down.

[SoundGuy]

PaulJ2 wrote:
Point taken. Looks like a beautiful place though!
If it was me i would have some kind of strong metal ramp constructed to back the low side up onto. But light enough that i could still drag it around.

Arrghhh! If you're going to quote a post, including an original WAY too big pic, could you downsize it before you post. :R

[PaulJ2]

jrdbrn wrote:

Point taken. Looks like a beautiful place though!
If it was me i would have some kind of strong metal ramp constructed to back the low side up onto. But light enough that i could still drag it around.

[SoundGuy]

jrdbrn wrote:

Good pic but WAY too big ... you need to downsize it. Edit your post and insert "width=600" just after .jpg just as I've done here.

JMO, but unless you intend to run your fridge I'd just park the trailer and not worry about leveling side-to-side.

[SoundGuy]

DutchmenSport wrote:
Once in place, the trailer will look horribly scary.

Not as scary as this Australian caravan we talked about awhile ago here on the forum! :E

[jrdbrn]

[PaulJ2]

I assume this is a paved driveway? If not i would dig holes on the upper side for the wheels to drop into.

[DutchmenSport]

Side to side? We once had a camp site (on asphalt) that had about a 9 inch difference. I was fortunate to see the site a couple months before we arrived and took measurements (This was a state park in Indiana). It gave me ample time to come up with LOTS of lumber.

I ended up stacking different lengths of 2x12's treated lumber on top of each other. The bottom layer being the longest, the top being the shortest. I also tapered the edges where the wheels would roll up.

I also drilled holes between each 2 boards and used metal rods to hold them in place so they would not slip. But the rods would come out so the boards could separate again.

The easiest fix for you driveway is to build a solid stack of lumber and make it a gradual ramp, until both tires are level to each each other. AND use very, very good chocks. I'm talking, a really big stack of lumber here. You might want to make the "ramp" double board wide, which give you a little more wiggle room when pulling (or backing) onto it.

Once in place, the trailer will look horribly scary. But, if the foundation is solid, the camper will be just fine. Make good foundation blocks for the stabilizer jacks and the tongue jack too. The important thing is to make it long enough it's easy to back the camper onto, and wide enough you won't slip off the edge (which would be a disaster).

That's what I would do, and yes ... I agree with you ... parking the camper in a storage lot is NOT the answer!

The other alternative, as mentioned above, is to pour a block concrete and make a concrete ramp. That would also work, and probably be much safer too.

[jrdbrn]

I'll get a picture. It is ridiculous, but that's what the builder did.