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Would trailer roll? Am I thinking too hard?

crazyro
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Since we live in a neighborhood, we're now allowed to store the TT on our property (except for a couple of days at a time when loading/unloading). Yes, we chose the neighborhood and it's perfect for us and our kids. Yes, I know some of you would move. 🙂 We will in a few years but for now, it is what it is...
When we bring TT home, we park it next to our driveway, on grass. This has caused a couple of ruts and I'm trying to prevent further damage. My thought was to dig up the areas where wheels would be - say, about 2", then add rubber floor mats (already have them), add dirt in the rubber mat holes, and then plant grass on and around. This way, when grass is compressed, the wheels will hit mats and not the ground, preventing ruts.
Here comes the overthinking part maybe. Spot has a slight slope to it so I always chock wheels and then raise tongue a bit to level off. If I use chocks on the rubber mats, would there be a possibility of TT sliding down? Or the whole thing sliding down, say when ground is wet? I'm thinking no, but... Maybe I'm looking for peace of mind? 🙂
(sorry for the long explanation)
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downtheroad
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These: Fastway Chocks...LINK
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Why don't you park on driveway and chock the trailer

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Campfire_Time
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Instead of using rubber mats, which may prove to be worse than just parking on the grass, have you considered grass block pavers? Assuming your HOA would even allow that. If they don't allow trailers, they may have the lawn police checking on that too.
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D_E_Bishop
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Aren't these made to solve that non problem?

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SoundGuy
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Not sure what your concern is, if the trailer is properly chocked it isn't going anywhere. Our driveway slopes significantly to the street so I use a couple of rubber chocks between each set of tires and keep them from shifting at all with hardwood spacers. Works like a charm, trailer doesn't shift in the slightest.

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