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Slanted driveway question

Geiger41

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Just picked up a 2024 AR 195. My driveway is slanted. Only thing that's really holding it from rolling down are the chucks. Any other things I can do just for a little added security especially because there are children around playing all the time
 
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Set an anchor in the driveway behind the trailer, add a safety strap. Don't forget to unhook before you pull away, lol.
 
Use care with these. Fine as a backup, I guess. But my boat is on the trailer in a stall with almost no slope. Twice it has jumped over one of these (or crushed it).

I now use proper chalks at the tires...
 
Chocks will hold fine. Used to leave my AR190 on a semi steep driveway often. It's unnerving at first, but you'll get used to it.

I've purposely jumped around in mine to test (with a truck still chained to the tongue), and it's significantly more stable than it looks.

Here's where I levelled it for an oil change. You can see how steep the driveway is when you compare the tongue height to the truck. Held in place by a cheap set of yellow plastic wheel chocks.

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Yeah same type of driveway for me. When I get to the 10 hours I'll either raise it like this or just do it in the street.
 
It all depends on the slope of the drive. Mine is at 10 degrees with a house straight across so there’s no way without a heafty anchor system in the concrete I’m unhooking my boat trailer and leaving it in the driveway, chocks or not. If it’s not as steep of an angle there are plenty of ways to keep it from going anywhere while not hooked to a tow vehicle.
 
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