Storing Pop-Up TC in garage - Sloped driveway
Hi everyone, I've been away from the forums for a couple of years. I've been busy camping and working and raising teenage girls. Currently I have a 2012 Jayco 23J hybrid travel trailer and I have...
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I'm still mulling over a plan, but I think it's viable. I have a friend who I think would be willing to build me a metal framed dolly to set the camper down onto....this is the closest thing to what I'm thinking...
Instead of a normal axle and wheels, my plan is to spend a little money on some heavy duty pneumatic casters and have them mounted at each of the four corners of the dolly. But instead of mounting them underneath, the bed of the dolly dropped with the casters mounted to each side. They casters will still ride underneath the footprint of the truck camper as a whole. By putting the casters at the corners it should minimize the tendency of things to drag as they go up the slope of the short gutter and the air filled tires should help absorb the bump. 8" Dual tires like shown should have enough load bearing capacity (660 lbs) to handle the truck camper.
Finally, attaching a regular tow bar appropriately to the front of the dolly as was shown earlier in this thread will allow it to be pushed by vehicle into the garage for storage and safe keeping.
Once I acquire the truck camper, it's basic math to figure out how much the dolly bed would need to be "dropped" down below the height of the casters to clear both ground based objects with the jacks and the 7' height of the garage door.
I appreciate all the discussion though. This has given me a lot of additional information to work with - especially from RickW's comments early on about the challenges he faced with his own solution.
Thanks again,
Mike
Instead of a normal axle and wheels, my plan is to spend a little money on some heavy duty pneumatic casters and have them mounted at each of the four corners of the dolly. But instead of mounting them underneath, the bed of the dolly dropped with the casters mounted to each side. They casters will still ride underneath the footprint of the truck camper as a whole. By putting the casters at the corners it should minimize the tendency of things to drag as they go up the slope of the short gutter and the air filled tires should help absorb the bump. 8" Dual tires like shown should have enough load bearing capacity (660 lbs) to handle the truck camper.
Finally, attaching a regular tow bar appropriately to the front of the dolly as was shown earlier in this thread will allow it to be pushed by vehicle into the garage for storage and safe keeping.
Once I acquire the truck camper, it's basic math to figure out how much the dolly bed would need to be "dropped" down below the height of the casters to clear both ground based objects with the jacks and the 7' height of the garage door.
I appreciate all the discussion though. This has given me a lot of additional information to work with - especially from RickW's comments early on about the challenges he faced with his own solution.
Thanks again,
Mike
