If you have read my other post you will know that our van is due to arrive anytime in the next few days (cant wait). Things is, the driveway has a slight slope & i am panicking about it rolling away!! Also the guy who is delivering it back for us from the hospital will have to put it on the drive for me...will he be ok to do this as it has no motor mover fitted. Any advice would be much appreciated!
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Not sure about the 2nd part of your query as I don't quite understand what you are asking but it does sound as if he will need to back it in with the towcar as it will be too heavy to push up a hill.
As for the rolling, you can use chocks to back up the handbrake, plus of course, the corner steadies and I am assuming you will have a wheel clamp.
You will of course have to back it in yourself on future journeys so you might want to have a practice before the delivery chap leaves
My caravan has sat on the sloping front garden ( sufficiently sloping for it to be impossible to level it with the jockey wheel ) for the past 18 years with no problems at all. I park it, put the brake on, get it as level as I can, wind one front steady and one back steady and leave it. I have had no problems with sticking brakes or with the van moving. UNtil 18 months ago I reversed the van onto the garden using the car, now I have a mover and it is much easier though to be honest it was never any real problem.
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For a licence dated 1997 or later you must add together the plated max weight of the caravan and trailer, if the total is 3500 or less you can tow it. You may even tow a caravan with a MAM greater than the cars unladen mass the restriction was removed in 2013
If the handbrake is left on for long periods it can stick, so best left off. Plastic wheel chocks should be ok. Park 'van with handbrake on, chock wheels, release handbrake slowly & 'van should hold. Wind down corner steadies. Put wood blocks or bricks under front steadies to get 'van level.
As for reversing into your drive, provided driver is competant he can reverse it in anywhere.
Quote: Originally posted by janus on 10/2/2011
My caravan has sat on the sloping front garden ( sufficiently sloping for it to be impossible to level it with the jockey wheel ) for the past 18 years with no problems at all. I park it, put the brake on, get it as level as I can, wind one front steady and one back steady and leave it. I have had no problems with sticking brakes or with the van moving. UNtil 18 months ago I reversed the van onto the garden using the car, now I have a mover and it is much easier though to be honest it was never any real problem.
I am getting a caravan in a couple of weeks for first time. been looking for storage as we have a sloping drive but interested in all your experiences.
My drive slopes down to the garage so to get the van onto the road would mean going up. I am unsure how easy this will be with towcar. Didn't realise that movers could lift up incline. Any views on the limit of incline would be great.
I use wood chocks behind the wheels. I get it as near as I can using the tow car and then 'walk' it into place by getting an assistant to place the chocks left / right as required. I usually leave the hand brake off by default but over winter storage I 'exercise' the brakes by applying the brake for a couple of days every now and again.
Hi J+K, I have small van 900kg on my drive slope rises from path level at front to about 3feet at rear,have limited space,use mover to park,(85amp battery no problems going up hill with mover),mover off wheels, hand brake on wheel chock on one wheel (no accsess to other wheel against wall),3 steadies down, has been left with hand brake off,and have had no problems.
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We always chock ours on any slope on site or in storage, thought it surprises me how many people don't bother, especailly if the are pitched above you on a slope.
The delivery driver shouldn't have a problem putting the caravan anywhere you want it put. How steep is the slope on your drive? I wouldn't worry about leaving the handbrake on if the slope of the drive needs it. I've got mine hitched to a post concreted onto the ground so once it's put on the dirve with the mover & hitched to its post it cant go anywhere.
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Topic: Storiing caravan on sloping driveway?
