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Bucky Dutchman
Newbie Joined: 30 Jan 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Topic: Trailer Valet 5X Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:16am |
We plan on parking our 2017 172 on a crusher run pad that slopes front to back at a 10% grade (2 ft drop over 20 ft). It will be a tight fit on each side, so we are considering buying a Trailer Valet 5X. Will it work for this situation? Will we have to put a board down to keep it from slipping? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:40am |
I don't know of anyone who has had luck with them on gravel.
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Grandpa Hiker
Senior Member Joined: 04 Jan 2015 Location: Martinsville, V Online Status: Offline Posts: 143 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 8:27am |
I have had a Trailer Valet. It worked great on level or nearly level asphalt surface. It would surprise me if it would work on your 10% grade gravel drive. Putting boards down would help if the gravel surface had less slope but on a 10% grade I would be concerned about it slipping. Part of the issue is that you would only have the tongue weight holding the small tires of the Trailer Valet in contact with the ground. If you were to get part of the way up the 10% grade & the Trailer Valet started to spin or worse yet slip backwards, you would have the entire weight of the Pod trying to roll downhill. I seriously doubt the Trailer Valet brakes could stop it.
I replaced my Trailer Valet with a power trailer mover from Purple Line. http://www.purplelineusa.com/video-introducing-power-trailer-movers.php
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Rob & Becky
2014 Ford Explorer 3.5 SOHC V6 2015 R-179 Pod aka Piddle Pod "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain!!" |
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 8:47am |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 9:37am |
I used a trailer dolly with small inflatable tires to move around an empty 16x8 covered cargo trailer, not so heavy as a Pod, on a flat hard pack surface with pea gravel on it and it worked, but it wasn't easy. With loose gravel, ufff, you'll be struggling. Adding a grade 10% would be asking for an accident.
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GLBCamper
Senior Member Joined: 30 Jun 2015 Location: Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 274 |
Posted: 01 May 2017 at 10:18am |
I have a trailer Valet XL. I love it, but it would not work on gravel, even on a level surface. The literature says it works on gravel, but the demo they show on their site shows it on gravel with an unloaded flat bed utility trailer.
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geewizard
Senior Member Joined: 16 Apr 2017 Location: Spokane Online Status: Offline Posts: 347 |
Posted: 17 May 2017 at 3:25pm |
I have one and I'd like to get rid of it since it will ONLY work on a hard surface! I even put down a motorcycle ramp with big corrugations in it and the Trailer Valet still wouldn't move the Pod.
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