Hi all. A friend of mine is thinking of buying a caravan and keeping it at home. The only problem is that the driveway is on a gradient. Am I right in thinking that if he tries to reverse it up there then the brake would come on.
Cheers
Steve
The brakes will not come on.Another thing is when pitching caravan on a backwards slope and applying hand brake, always re-apply it more as the caravan will be able to roll backwards when un-hitched, as a friend of mine found out 30 years ago when the van ran his wife over and broke her leg.
But reversing up a steep hill can be quite hard on the car clutch, especially if you can't approach at a decent speed. E.g. Through a narrow driveway entrance. Might be best to invest in a good mover and big leisure battery. Unless that is out of the question financially (but could be as cheap as a new clutch)
I had a mover fitted in September for the same reasons, steep slope on drive and 3"-4" clearance each side of the gable and garden wall. Makes life easy and as said will save the clutch longterm.
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That is the main problem with a sloping drive. It depends on the road camber as well. You may find the caravan bottoms out and you won't be able to make it.We had to have a ramp between the drive and the road.
A mover will also make life much easier.
gee thanks for your help oxter ,googled mover and got someone that dances good googled caravan mover and got some pictures of them on amazon weird looking gizmo thought it looked like some sort of winch but not sure so googled how do you use a caravan mover looks like it bolts on too the caravan and rolls onto the wheels
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googled caravan mover and got some pictures of them on amazon weird looking gizmo thought it looked like some sort of winch but not sure so googled how do you use a caravan mover looks like it bolts on too the caravan and rolls onto the wheels 
