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Quote: Originally posted by giblcs0 on 29/6/2012

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Hi

Our drive has a bit of a slope and we currently park our caravan, hitch towards the garage and keep the mover in place and the brake on which obviously concerns us.
We are considering installing a hitchpost and using that along with chocks.
Anybody got any experience or advice re parking on a slope?
Would a hitchpost hold a caravan in place?

Thanks

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the mover if left on can damage your tyres.ie.make them out of shape.

I didn't buy an expensive hitch post but I do hitch to a post of sorts. I drilled a length of RSJ & bolted a ball hitch to it. To make it more secure I had a man weld the nuts to the bolts so they can't be undone & weld several bolts to the sides of the RSJ so it couldn't be pulled out of the concrete.. I then dug a nice 37 inch deep hole in our flower border & concreted the RSJ into it. I reckon there's about 5cwt of concrete in that hole. Our van's hitched to this along with the Al-Ko lock, hitchlock & leg locks will hopefully be going nowhere.

BB

My van has been sitting on my sloping driveway for the last twenty years. I park it, put the handbrake on, raise the jockey wheel so that it is nearly level inside ( it will not go any higher ) then wind the steadies down and put the wheel clamp on. It has never been a problem and never moves.