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[mtnras]

looking to park/store my camper on a pitched driveway.  any ideas as to how to level it on the jacks so it's not pitched/leaning forward/down the driveway?  

 

if i level it w/ wood blocks/bricks then it will still be leaning forward on the jacks.

 

are there commercial products available?  anyone have any tips?

 

mark

[chnlisle]

Store it on this;

http://www.harborfre...ires-42708.html

then you can roll it over to a level place to mount it and do the reverse when you get home.

[marty]

How pitched is your driveway? What if you lowered two jacks all of the way on the high end and raised two jacks on the low end to make it level. You might think about strapping the camper down also if it is too bad. Just a thought.

[Marshfly]

Mine is stored like this all of the time. Just extend the downhill jacks so the camper is level. My rear jacks are almost fully collapsed and my front jacks have almost a foot of tube showing. I'll take a pic in the morning and post it.

[whizbang]

My driveway is badly sloped as well.  I store the camper on saw horses.  The front lower sawhorse has a 4 x 4 on it to raise the front end 3-1/2 inches.  It is still low about an inch or more.  So, my slope is about 5 inches over 7 feet in length.

 

Jacking up is no problem.  Just jack up the front more than the rear and keep it level.

 

The creepie part is lowering it onto the truck.  The truck bed follows the slope of the driveway, and the camper does also as it lowers onto the bed.  The front jacks really get torqued.  Scary stuff.  Worse, the camper moves forwward (downhill) as it lowers in to the bed.  I actually stop a couple of inches short when I back the truck under the camper so the camper can end up snugged against the truck bed.

 

The key question is............    How sloped is your driveway?  Do the math.  Mine is about 7 to 8 inches over 10 feet.  Any more is probably a problem.

Edited by whizbang, 14 September 2013 - 04:23 AM.