Sloped Driveway Questions

[eng45ine]

This is our TT, it is close to being level, I still needed to add some additional under the tongue Jack.

[Jagiven]

I have no pictures unfortunately. Your driveway looks like a dream to park in.

My driveway extends to the back yard, In the front yard section it is significantly steeper. In the back were I park, the driveway drops off and is a compound angle, dropping off about 4 degrees both towards the driver's side rear bumper. So the rear end really sticks up, with the nose very low to the ground. When backing in I do not remove the Equalizer bars. Once the TT is straightened out, I put the TV in 4low, and it just crawls up the hill, with virtually no throttle.

I spray painted 4 small dots on the driveway indicating center of the axle location. So the helpers know when and where the TT belongs. Then I use a lot of blocking. I made custom blocks for at home, and they stay at home all summer. On the driver's side, I raise the rear tire about 7 inches, the front tire about 3 inches. The rear tire on the passenger side about 2 inches, and the front tire nothing at all. This gets the TT very close to level. Before unhooking, I place four wheel chocks all around, plus the BAL version of X-Chocks. The tongue jack sits on a board, I never use the wheel that came with the TT. Stabilizers I leave up, unless I am going on the roof for maintenance.

Give it a try, you will be fine.

[mitechie]

Just a couple of recommendations from someone that also has a semi-steep drive. I found that these wheel chocks are great and when I pull in I set them and actually go into neutral to make sure I'm seated on them well before I unhitch. So much better with these heavy duty things than the plastic chocks or even my x-chocks (which I still use to help trailer bounce)

http://a.co/4gnrkxD

I also replaced my electic tongue jack with this one that's 24" so I get another 6" of travel out of it. It's also a lot faster and smoother than the default one in my experience. I hated the jack that came on our Eagle last year.

http://a.co/bZLjw3x

Finally, the best single block setup I could find was this hand-e-block. I love my stackable blocks, but on that slope I found they would 'settle' and I didn't trust the stack to stay together. I preferred just one block that way there's no two sliding parts to move around on me.

HAND-E-BLOK Trailer Jack Stand - Foot Pads, Casters & Parts - Jacks & Levelers

[David_ski]

This is good info. I have a 5th wheel, but I also have a driveway with a considerable slope. I use solid rubber chocks on each wheel, BAL X-Chocks, and beefy homemade blocks to use for my landing gear pads. I set the rubber chocks and let the trailer settle onto the chocks before I start to unhitch.

Thanks for the suggestion to add blocks under the front wheels to even out the weight between both axles. As the weight increases onto the rear axle when the front of the trailer rises, the weight on the front landing jacks also increase. I have noticed that as I approach trailer level, the leveling jacks slow down and have to work harder with a higher current draw.

I will use either the Anderson/Beech Lane curved levelers, or a homemade ramp that has room for the rubber chock.

For my homemade blocks I used a hard rubber mat on both top and bottom sides to ensure they don’t slip. It is 1/2” horse stall mat from Tractor Supply. The blocks are made from lumber I had sitting around. 2x-4x8" blocks and 2x6" sandwiched together alternating 90 degrees with each layer. Finished height is 10.5". Pad size is 17" x 15". They are heavy and they stay home.