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packnrat · 03-18-2019, 02:52 AM

that much.

... get a better place (safer) to park.
i have a 25 foot fiver. and block the landing gear up just under a foot, if i use no blocking and use only the landing gear can easily go much higher, but i do this to keep the landing gear not extended all that much. (a stable kinda thing).
one side (wheels) up on two of the lego blocks, (side to side level), door side flat on the driveway.
and yes wheel blocks.
i am just under six feet, and can walk under the pin... but just.

Dtwallace · 03-18-2019, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by marjoa

So many these posts are written in such a—broken—way, that's it's very often hard to understand exactly what's being said. Sometimes very frustrating.

I gave my solution in Post #6.

Whatever the case it's all good on my side.

OP's original post:

I've learned to back away from offering my opinion for that very same reason most of the time.

Nanci · 03-18-2019, 06:41 AM

We were at a campground trying to level on a very sloped site in our brand new Tiffin. Cracked the windshield even with boards under the tires for a 4 inch lift off ground. Not good.

AbdRahim · 03-18-2019, 08:31 PM

rcnuts: no there is no room to back in further. Leveling is not a problem. I could use solid wood if needed. I usually raise the coach with the jacks and slide ramps underneath the tires then lower them.

The twisting on entry and exit is the main concern. I am looking at a Tiffin 32Sa or Newmar Baystar.

I guess I will have to hope for a new house first. Too bad. Thanks folks.

AbdRahim · 03-18-2019, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bluepill

These guys don't seem to be worried about frame twist, but they do run 2 piece windshields.....

https://youtu.be/ZiNR3kTq_pc

Very cool, but they are more like C's than A's.

Dtwallace · 03-19-2019, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Nanci

We were at a campground trying to level on a very sloped site in our brand new Tiffin. Cracked the windshield even with boards under the tires for a 4 inch lift off ground. Not good.

I don't think that was your fault. Tiffin has a very stout chassis using a ladder system.

Like my Fleetwood on the Spartan chassis, they don't flex as much as a bus or regular truck chassis would. Therefor the body/house mounted on this chassis is not subjected to as much flexing stress, less chance of breaking or ejecting a windshield.

I feel in your case, the windshield was pre-stressed in its mount for some reason, and it was just a matter of time that stress caused the failure.

Too bad you could never prove that to the manufacture, and have the windshield replaced under warranty.

DTW

Dav L · 03-19-2019, 07:49 AM

Any way you can put some boards under the wheels of the "twist side" as you enter / turn into the driveway? How busy of a road is it, because it might take 5 minutes to move the RV into position (blocking the road) and then place the boards between the rear and front tires before finishing the turn in? Would take some experience to figure out where the boards need to go in anticipation of the turn in.

AbdRahim · 03-19-2019, 08:20 PM

Neighbors are impatient, but I guess they will just have to wait.

Digital_Don · 03-21-2019, 05:14 PM

Our driveway is at a significant slope, and we park our 36' Dp there all the time. As noted earlier, it's a slow process of putting blocks under the front jacks, raise it all the way up, then put blocks under the wheels and lower the jacks. After doing that twice, we can get it just about level. (see attached image)

Dav L · 03-21-2019, 07:55 PM

If my driveway was that steep, I would put a "U" fashioned tire stop around the rear wheels. That single block looks like it could slip which would then mess up the body work behind the front tires when the RV comes crashing down off the front tire blocks.

I would make it out of thick threaded pipe or have a muffler shop bend it up.