How much room do I need to back a trailer into my driveway?
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How much room do I need to back a trailer into my driveway?
As the title says.
Just using very rough figures, assume my car is 18' long and my boat/trailer is 34' from hitch to prop. The road in front of my driveway is 25' wide and my drive entrance is 16' wide.
There is a bunch of good reasons why I don't just try to back the boat in and see if it fits so I'm asking if anyone here has to back their trailer in with limited space to turn. I would have to virtually jackknife it in if possible.
Anyone have a boat/trailer around 34' overall and have to back her in from a narrow street with a pretty conventional size pickup?
Any help is much appreciated.
RR
Just using very rough figures, assume my car is 18' long and my boat/trailer is 34' from hitch to prop. The road in front of my driveway is 25' wide and my drive entrance is 16' wide.
There is a bunch of good reasons why I don't just try to back the boat in and see if it fits so I'm asking if anyone here has to back their trailer in with limited space to turn. I would have to virtually jackknife it in if possible.
Anyone have a boat/trailer around 34' overall and have to back her in from a narrow street with a pretty conventional size pickup?
Any help is much appreciated.
RR
Last edited by rak rua; 03-05-2016 at 08:37 AM.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]551802[/ATTACH]Sure I do it all the time, boat and trailer is 35' from drives to tip. Helps that I have dual and not triple axel, but you still see tire marks.
I am also doing it with a old twin I beam 4WD long bed ford that has a turning radius of a semi.
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I am also doing it with a old twin I beam 4WD long bed ford that has a turning radius of a semi.
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I would back my 35' cabin cruiser,road was 24'wide but had a 24' wide driveway,tri-axle trailer truck was an avalanche,I would wet road so tires would slip. Didn't use whole drive way only about 12'
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I've been known to make scale model on paper and shift things around to see if do able. Said cruiser fits in a very tight slip at marina where I have to swing bow over w blow boaters stern
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Crew cab long bed truck, 52' from props to coupler, street 30' wide and can put it my yard using 15' of the driveway.
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Thanks a heap. I thought it looked like a cryptic question but the answers are all good. Never thought about wetting the roadway first so the tires will slip, good, simple tip!
Thanks again.
RR
Thanks again.
RR
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I recently added a receiver hitch to the front of my 2015 Chevy 2500 HD Z71. I put my 35' Cigarette in a tight spot down my driveway and into my shop.
I find it a lot easier using the front hitch and pushing it around.
I find it a lot easier using the front hitch and pushing it around.
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Great question, very interesting. I'll potentially be attempting to back a 40' loa trailer/boat combo into my driveway from a narrow road w my crew cab f350 w an 8' bed. I've been looking for some sort of devise that would allow just two opposing wheels to be on the ground for the turn, crazy I know... The water trick I like..
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Great question, very interesting. I'll potentially be attempting to back a 40' loa trailer/boat combo into my driveway from a narrow road w my crew cab f350 w an 8' bed. I've been looking for some sort of devise that would allow just two opposing wheels to be on the ground for the turn, crazy I know... The water trick I like..