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I have a approximately 42' 5th wheel on order along with a 2020 f450 . Should take delivery of the RV in April and I am planning on building a RV storage on property . This will be my first RV so I'm trying to make the storage setup as easy as possible for backing in off of the street . I live outside the city on a normal rural two lane road . My property is downhill from the street with a bar ditch on my side and more level on the opposite side of the street. There are no curbs to contend with . My question is what would be the optimal driveway approach from the street for ease of backing down the driveway ? I'm thinking 16-20' wide should be a good width of a approach off of the street considering it will have to span the bar ditch . I'm thinking once I get it off the street I will taper the drive to 12' wide for 60' into the RV cover . I'm looking at a similar setup as the pictures shown . The RV section is 18' x50' and the lean to that is attached is 12' x 25' enclosed storage and a 12' x25' open patio area . The height of the RV section is 15' and storage is 11' . Any suggestion would be appreciated .
Do you have enough room on your property to make a driveway that goes behind your storage building so you can pull in from the back and leave out the front? A drive-through setup would be very handy!
Do you have enough room on your property to make a driveway that goes behind your storage building so you can pull in from the back and leave out the front? A drive-through setup would be very handy!
Rob
No unfortunately I have a septic field that is directly behind the RV storage site . I’m trying to plan a big enough approach from the street to help ease the backing and maybe speed getting me off the street. So I’m thinking a wider than normal approach especially since I will have the bar ditch to cross coming off the street will lessen the degree of difficulty. I would love to have a pull through in and out of the storage but my property slopes down from the street . The middle of my property has drainage through it before it rises in the back. Everything has to be built on the upper street side .
It sounds like your plan should work okay. I would probably go more toward 20' at the start. The more room the better. It Which way is the building going to be oriented?
I back into our double-wide driveway (I'd ballpark about 22-24' wide, but haven't measured) with our 32' fiver in our subdivision (so curbs), and I use pretty much the whole width. Touch the wheels on the edge of the driveway on the left, and I end up about 2/3rds of the width to the right, which is just right for my tail swing to miss a light post we have in the yard beside the driveway. I then jockey it back and forth a few times to shuffle it over the remaining 1/3rd to the right so the missus can still use the driveway on the left while the trailer's at home. Can't say for sure what you'll need, but that's what I use here. That's with a F250, your F450 with the wide-track should have a better turning radius than mine, but not sure how that's going to play into your overall radius with a longer trailer.
It sounds like your plan should work okay. I would probably go more toward 20' at the start. The more room the better. It Which way is the building going to be oriented?
The first picture showing the roll up door on the storage side will face the street which is the East side . I will be backing down the driveway into the storage . I will try and go as wide as I can so I don't chance dropping off into the bar ditch . Thanks for the input.
I back into our double-wide driveway (I'd ballpark about 22-24' wide, but haven't measured) with our 32' fiver in our subdivision (so curbs), and I use pretty much the whole width. Touch the wheels on the edge of the driveway on the left, and I end up about 2/3rds of the width to the right, which is just right for my tail swing to miss a light post we have in the yard beside the driveway. I then jockey it back and forth a few times to shuffle it over the remaining 1/3rd to the right so the missus can still use the driveway on the left while the trailer's at home. Can't say for sure what you'll need, but that's what I use here. That's with a F250, your F450 with the wide-track should have a better turning radius than mine, but not sure how that's going to play into your overall radius with a longer trailer.
I figure the wider the better to get it off the street and headed down the driveway . Thanks for the input .
Nice cover...my only suggestion is being able to back in from the driver's side and not the blind side like I have to do. I'm on a corner lot and my side street is a deadend. 14' clearance and my camper is 13-5 so I have to get it in the center. I only have about 2 inches before the ladder on the camper hits the rear of the cover. We had a 39' camper before we bought the 41' Solitide so it sticks out the front about 2 ft. It just takes practice to get it spotted in right.
Having worked on the roof of my bumper pull toy hauler when it was parked in a garage with a low ceiling, I would want something that has enough height that I'm not crawling to get to every part of my trailer's roof. Is it just the opening that is 15'? If it's like the garage in the original post, that would be plenty of room to work under.
Having worked on the roof of my bumper pull toy hauler when it was parked in a garage with a low ceiling, I would want something that has enough height that I'm not crawling to get to every part of my trailer's roof. Is it just the opening that is 15'? If it's like the garage in the original post, that would be plenty of room to work under.
It is 15’ at the opening with more room once it’s inside . I wanted it high enough for servicing and to get airflow in the summer time. Also didn’t want to have to worry about hitting anything on top in case I end up with some weird angles.
I would probably enclose the west end of your shed, or do at least 2-3 runs of metal. You'll get a lot of sun exposure there and the blowing sw and nw rains.
Nice cover...my only suggestion is being able to back in from the driver's side and not the blind side like I have to do. I'm on a corner lot and my side street is a deadend. 14' clearance and my camper is 13-5 so I have to get it in the center. I only have about 2 inches before the ladder on the camper hits the rear of the cover. We had a 39' camper before we bought the 41' Solitide so it sticks out the front about 2 ft. It just takes practice to get it spotted in right.
I have plenty of room to back in from the blind side or the drivers side . There isn’t anything across from where I plan on putting the new driveway and approach. The drainage ditch across the street is up hill from me so it’s shallow in case the front of the truck swings into it . It’s my side that is deep so I need to plan a wide enough approach so I don’t chance dropping off the culvert when backing it in.
I would probably enclose the west end of your shed, or do at least 2-3 runs of metal. You'll get a lot of sun exposure there and the blowing sw and nw rains.
Yes I agree , I will probably take the west side down to about 3’ from the bottom. That will block the sun and still leave good air flow . I have this situated close enough to my sewer clean out to use for emptying the tanks . I plan on running a 50 amp service hookup and I’m close to water to be able to hook up a hose . I’ve got a lot to do between now and March - April .
