Driveway incline can I do it?

[tommer12]

Think I can back my nautique up this driveway without dropping the prop cage on the concrete?

Thanks much!

Tommer

[Flux]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

You may want to get a pair of these:

http://www.dhmtrailers.com/online/home.php?cat=161

My cage hits ever time I go up, due to the cage meeting the incline before the wheels get up there. Some folks make wooden ramps to get the wheels up and keep the cage off the concrete. We just slid it in there because it only caught for 2 feet, but we have steel rollers built into the cage bottom. I would rather have the eurythane wheels though.

[AbunDiga909]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

If you can't straight up, try doing it on an angle. Or, pull into and out of it like your going to parrall park. That way the prop guard will already be over that hump before you start to backup.

[Mikeski]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

Lower drop hitch insert combined with some bridgework made with 2x12s should do the trick (double them up). We had to do it to my buddies, his was so steep it would lift the tires off the ground.

[tommer12]

yeah, I heard pretty much the same thing over at the cc fan site. I'm thinking that the casters from DHM will work, but I was hoping not to drill holes in the cage. More of clamp on deal.

I could probably use the 2x12. I know they will work. Just turning the corner on a dual axel is always fun.

Cheers!

[darrel409]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

its gonna scrape. Id follow Flux's advice. My old driveway was about like that and we used to just scrape the trailer up on its skid plates and say "we should get some of those wheels".

[tommer12]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

You think the wheels are pretty easy to bolt on?? Just drill through the cage and bolt it on. here is a pic of my trailer

[darrel409]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

Yes, it should be a simple bolt on or they also make weld-on. Then a little rattle can red to keep rust away.

[Christopher-W.-Becker]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

All,

If you are using a trailer with surge brakes, expect the brakes to lock up (even with the blocking cylinder). I put a chisle in the slides to prevent the brakes from engaging.

Trailers with a reverse blocking solenoid (like RAMLINs) work if you can go all the way in on one shot. But if you take the tow vehicle out of refeverse, the cylinder puts the pressure on the brakes and when you go back into reverse the blocking solenoid locks that pressure on the brakes.

[darrel409]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

Good point, my DHM trailer has a manual reverse lock out. Is that the blocking cylinder you mentioned? Its simple but sometimes a pain to get out of truck walk back and engage it then get back in to back up a grade.

[BigBald]

RE: Driveway incline can I do it?

my driveway looks a bit steeper than yours....and at an angle, mine barely scraps. If I have a decent load in the back of my tow vehicle (lowers the rear end a bit), it doesn't scrap at all....

but looks can be deceiving in a picture.

[todda]

yeah Bigbald, I was thinking the same thing. My driveway looks a bit steeper than this, and my DHM doesn't scrape at all, I actually get by with about a whopping 1/2 inch clearance! If for nothingless, the little cage wheels are pretty cool.

Todd

[Christopher-W.-Becker]

All,

On the Ramlin trailers, the solenoid is powered by the reverse lighting circuit...so you dont have to get out. Great, until you pull forward. Backing up is easy as long as there is not a downgrade and you take the vehicle out of reverse.