Hi!
We need to park a Scamp 13 in the side yard between our house and the street. If we move the fence out next to the sidewalk, we will have almost 14-1/2 feet. This side of the house also gets the afternoon sun, and the summer high sometimes hits 103F.
- Option 1: Back the Scamp straight in from the street (perpendicular to the side of the house) through a gated opening 10 ft wide or so.
- Option 2: Park the Scamp parallel to the house under a structure that shades it from the sun.
Questions:
- How wide would the gate have to be to back in the camper, make a 90-degree turn, and avoid hitting the house and the fence?
- The camper will be backed in and turned to the left. What is the minimum amount of fence required to the left of the gate opening?
- Any recommendations on how to guide the trailer and provide first-time error-free parking?
We've ordered the trailer, so we don't have one to move around in a parking lot and see how much space and turning radius are needed. We want to use the time and make the space ready for when it arrives.
Thank you so much!
If the area you are talking about is paved and fairly flat you can get a wheel for the front jack which will allow you to push the Scamp around by hand. They move very easily. Don't forget to block the wheels when you get the trailer where you want it.
Good to know. Thanks!
I park the scamp between my neighbors fence and my garage, i have 8' of width and what i do is line up the scamp best i can with the car, then unhitch it and use the wheel on the front jack to maneuver it by hand, works out great. I'm sure it will be even easier with its paved, right now we are just using strategically placed boards on dirt, but its still pretty easy to push in the scamp.
Using boards is a great idea. Saves having to pave the whole area!
Thanks!
i keep my Scamp in a single car garage that sits sideways to my main two car garage. That is if you back up my driveway you would back into the two car, and the one car sits at a 90 Degree angle to it. I don’t think it would be possible to back it in their using a vehicle as there is only a couple inches clearance on each side of that garage door. So I back mine up the driveway, unhitch and then I have what I think is called a trailer dolly. It has three big pneumatic tires and a ball on it. You just put that ball under your trailer coupler, push down and it makes it very easy turn the trailer on a dime and get it in anywhere. Search trailer dolly on amazon and I think it will come up. It is very easy on a flat surface, if it is bigger rocks or something it would not be and you’d want to lay down some plywood or something
Great suggestion! We will definitely look into that.
Thank you!