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Re: RV storage - how much room is needed?
nickthehunter wrote: Why not try backing it in, right now today before any more work is done on it. Lay the door out with paint and see if you can get it in there satisfactorily. I know pit run isn't cheap, but building a 48 x 32 pole barn you can't use for its intended purpose isn't cheap either. That's not possible. The pit run needs to fill the area between the road and the shop first. On the low side, we need about 4ft of pit run (raising the floor level by 4ft). I would not have to mark the door either. The poles are already in the ground. :-)741Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
I only have a 19' Jayco hybrid TT at the moment. I think what I will do is back fill pit run according to the currently planned floor height. Then I can do a trial run and back the trailer in and pull it back out. If there are issues, I can raise the floor another foot or maybe even 18" if needed. Should be safe, as that exercise would be done on the gravel, which is 4-6" below the actual final floor height once the concrete is poured.740Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
Cummins12V98 wrote: f150camper wrote: Cummins12V98 wrote: gbopp wrote: Maybe a 16' wide door would help? For a MAX 8' 6" wide RV??? The door is 14x14. Should be enough. I am wondering about the slope of the driveway though, see two posts up. Thanks in advance for any feedback! I did NOT know you were already building it. But to be honest if I tell you there is an issue now what would you do? If questions were asked before digging for the foundation..... One thing I would NOT be without is a "Man Door". To the left of the 14x14 I would add a 10x10 for a truck. There is a 10x10 door right next to the 14x14 door. The design of the shop is a 20x48 with an enclosed 12x48 lean-to. Right now, I could lift the shop floor by as much as a foot, but at a very high price. Pit run is not cheap, but the top of the posts have not been cut off yet. That's why the question. Yes, I could still do something, but it would cost a lot of money.740Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
Cummins12V98 wrote: gbopp wrote: Maybe a 16' wide door would help? For a MAX 8' 6" wide RV??? The door is 14x14. Should be enough. I am wondering about the slope of the driveway though, see two posts up. Thanks in advance for any feedback!523Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
Hi all! I have a follow up question. The shop is being framed right now as I am typing this, and I just basically have gotten the first real slope measurement for that gravel driveway (see picture on first page). Basically, we are looking at a height difference of 4ft (maybe a little less) over the 45ft driveway length. The building is lower than the road. So it's an almost 9% incline pulling out of the shop. Is that going to be ok or too steep? I had thought that it would be less, but it turns out that's what it really is. BTW: the 44ft driveway length estimate in my original post turned out to be 45ft, so I was really close on that number at least. :-) Thanks a lot!469Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
Thanks a lot to everybody, good input! Lynnmor, we get a lot of snow here in the winter, I really would like to get the trailer away from that. Also, I'll see how quickly it will be to get it in and out. Maybe we'll always put it in the garage. Would be nice to have the extra parking by the house. The shop is also not "just" for the TT, the trailer will take maybe 20% of the shop floor. Many more things to go in there - wood splitter, cargo trailer, 3 quads, mower, etc ....469Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
Thanks again! I would only park the trailer in the shop during the winter (most likely), so once in, once out per year. The shop will be on our property. When looking at the picture, the back of our house is about 120ft to the left or the shop. The private road in front of the shop wraps around and our driveway is attached to it. The road is used by us and 6 other houses only. In fact, the road itself is on our property, with a right-of-way for our neighbors. We have a nice RV pad right next to the house also, where the trailer is parked now, and where we plan on having it parked during the summer and before / after trips for loading and unloading. With the 44ft of gravel between the shop and the road, the rig (trailer + truck) would probably just fit there.469Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV storage - how much room is needed?
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.241Views0likes0Comments
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