Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

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Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Cosmo » Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:25 pm

Due to my parking situation I needed a solution that helped me move a 1500 pound trailer up a 2% grade. This allows me to come and go without asking people to shuffle their cars or waiting for them to get home... Its worth the cost for me!

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby John61CT » Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:22 am

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Cosmo » Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:37 am

Sorry about that this is the correct Link

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby John61CT » Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:26 am

Nice robust unit if you need it, and don't mind paying that much.

IMO a more generic winch + wire rope solution could be helpful getting the TV unbogged when out offroading, rather than such a single purpose gadget.

Personally I've just practiced my TV backing/maneuvering in an empty parking lot with cones until my skills got up to the level I need.

Little backing cams are getting so cheap, and again useful for other contexts.
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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Cosmo » Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:15 pm

Yes lots of other good options available. I am just putting this "out there" for those who might find it useful. This solution just happen to work better for me. I have a block and tackle which is multi purpose but I could not get a good anchor point in the garage that lined up with everything and the way it pulled was not the place I wanted the trailer to go and there were other issues (for me). Same for the winch in my case. Trailer Valet makes a smaller less expensive unit for people who are interested. - but it did not fit my trailer. I have about a 1 inch clearance on each side of the trailer in the garage due to my garage clutter and racks. I needed a spotter when backing it in. I preferred to throw money at the problem and be independent. Less expensive model https://www.amazon.com/Trailer-Valet-V2 ... dpSrc=srch

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby tiiiiii85 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:18 pm

Hello Cosmo,
I am a viewer of your channel and I find it very interesting and insightful. Thanks for sharing all of your experience!

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Cosmo » Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:06 pm

Thank You for your comment. Its fun to share with people. I have picked up many tips and ideas from fellow teardrop'ers here and on Youtube. We are an unusual lot viewed as "way too small for comfort" by the "big riggers" who have never slept in one and "way too big" by the spork wielding minimalists who have never slept in one. But we sure are having Lots-O-Fun.

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby mary and bob » Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:34 pm

Our son is thinking about one of those to move his pop-up camper behind his house for winter storage. I told him to do what I do, get a lawn tractor and do it with that, and he can cut the grass too. Thanks for the video.
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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby working on it » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:59 pm

  • Your "trailer valet" looks like a perfect solution to your "insert-trailer-into-garage" problem. I have a similar problem at my garage, also, which I faced again, only yesterday. My solution is underway, by using redneck-engineered parts, that aren't quite as good as a powered dolly, but should help me out.
  • My driveway is 110ft. long, slightly uphill, another 75+ feet downhill at 3% grade(my guesstimate), veering towards the left into a single bay in my 3-car shed/garage. The driveway itself is re-cycled roadbase mixed with sand, becoming all sand just prior to the garage. Since my trailer tongue is short, and my driveway is crowned, backing it up for nearly 200 ft, with different grades and surfaces to handle, and a 90 degree turn thrown in, makes it very difficult, so I drive it in forwards, and unhook it on the crest of the hill. I'll pull my truck forwards a bit, then back up past the trailer. Then, I manually swing the tongue around, and hook it up to a redneck hitch I made, positioned on the right front of my truck, for depositing the trailer backwards into the garage. I formerly put the trailer into the garage by hand, until the increasing weight of it, my advancing age and infirmities, and a lack of available help (the wife is getting older, too) made the manual positioning a no-go. When my trailer was weighing only 1500 lbs, it was "almost" impossible to roll downhill into its' bay unless there were two or more people managing it, with stop-blocks used to impede runaway-trailer scenarios, but now, at over 2000 lbs, it is impossible.
  • At first, seeking an interim solution, I threw together a strap-on front hitch for the front bumper, which worked OK, but it was a bear to install/uninstall. So, I made a light-duty receiver attached permanently to my truck, easy to attach the hitch ball to, and instantly ready for the move. http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=59692&hilit=pushbar But, I still had to drag the tongue of the trailer around to face the other direction, by alternately lifting the jack's "sand foot" free from digging into the mixed surface, and carrying the tongue weight myself. Yesterday, I couldn't budge it without the help of my much-younger neighbor.
  • I'm going to modify my jack, by bolting on a 8" diameter flat-free-tired swiveling caster, to the bottom of the current jack's sand foot. Since that jack is used at full extension now, the caster/jockey wheel modification will fit well, and should help me move the trailer tongue without help. It's not as good as using a powered valet dolly, but certainly cheaper, as befits the entire "redneck-engineered" trailer motif I created, anyway.
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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Tom Horn » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:43 pm

If I had a need for something similar I would use this trailer dolly before I used that thing. Looks like it's a lot more trouble than its worth to me. I tend to like the simple things better.

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby bobhenry » Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:20 am

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby absolutsnwbrdr » Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:31 am

Tom Horn wrote:If I had a need for something similar I would use this trailer dolly before I used that thing. Looks like it's a lot more trouble than its worth to me. I tend to like the simple things better.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools ... 0df9a116d1


If you watched the video, you'll see that he has one there in the driveway. I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that having the "powered" trailer valet makes things easier, as he only has to worry about steering, and not pushing. Good solution for those who need it. I have the Scotty parked in my back yard, and its super tight to maneuver in and out. I'm going to give that standard wheeled trailer dolly a shot, but if that doesn't work... :twisted: :twisted:

https://www.trailervalet.com/shop/rvr/

Just kidding, thats cost almost a third of the entire camper. But it is pretty damn cool! 8)

Thanks for sharing Cosmo! Maybe one of these days we'll bump into each other!
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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby dmb90260 » Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:12 am

I have had the earlier Trailer Valet for over two years. This model is mounted onto the tongue rather than then ball connection.
I use it to move my 15.5' Kenskill around in a very tight space.
Aside from being a little awkward for the taller person, it works very well.
This particular model costs around $300 and worth every penny,

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Re: Moving the trailer up an incline by hand

Postby Nobes » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:14 am

I have a very short but much, much steeper driveway. There is no way I could ever back my 1500 lb TD up. It's hard to back the truck up there just by itself! Plus, the garage opening is narrow and I only have inches of clearance on each side after the TD enters the garage. My solution was a winch bolted to a 4' 2x6 which is attached with large screws to 4 studs in the back of the garage, plus a trailer dolly to steer from the front. I couldn't find an AC winch, so I have to grab the battery out of the TD and use it to power the winch. It takes 2 people--one with the dolly, one to man the winch and shout steering directions to the person manning the dolly--but now that all the pieces are in place and assuming I have someone to help, it's pretty easy.

I like Cosmo's solution for his situation. I think with my hill, the trailer valet would have difficulty getting up to the garage. For my situation, I like my solution.
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