Storing boat and trailer on sloped driveway???

[Cdb74630]

I have a 19' nitro 901 cdx and would like to be able to park it on my driveway. Problem is my driveway has a decent slope away from the house and the boat has to be backed in due to the driveway being too short. Also, the garage is too shallow to park the boat in there. With wheel chocks and a floor anchor with chain/cable attached to the trailer for extra security I'm not worried about the boat moving when taken off the truck. My question is, what are options if any for the trailer tongue? With the downward slope I'm afraid there will be too much pressure on the trailer jack wheel. I've thought about wood block a cinder block or something like that but I'm still afraid of it possibly tipping over with the weight. Anyone dealt with this situation? Or is this something I should stay away from? Thanks in advance for the help.

[TritonTRXV8]

I keep my boat on a sloped driveway. I wouldnt call it steep just average but I just use wheel chocks on both tires and have never had any issues. The jack has been just fine to. As long as the jack is rated for the weight it is capable of holding the boat up at any angle i would think.

[Bamaman]

Slopes scare me to death when it comes to trailers of any kind. There's nothing more frightening than seeing your trailer and/or boat in a runaway situation--especially if there's something down the hill for it to hit.

If you have tandem axles, there's a fifth wheel stabilizing wheel chock that goes between the tires, and a long handle wrench turn screws that lock both tires together. I would back that up with wheel chocks on both tires on the downhill side.

[Late Bite]

You don't want to do this???
http://www.bbcboards.net/general-bas...ithout-me.html

[grayline]

Get the piviot wheel donut it works great and its only $6 at academy!

[Lea]

What is that donut made of, grayline? I had a black one...plastic, I think... which did not hold my boat at all. The whole rig slid back til it hit a curb.

[Reedbassn]

I also have a steep sloped driveway. My solution was to widen the driveway up by the garage doors (two car garage). I can now park the boat to the side of the garage door and leave it hooked up to the truck (thus putting the pressure on the trailer hitch and not the jack). This also leaves pleanty of room for the wife to pull in and out with her car into the two car garage. To clarify, what I have is enough cement room up by the garage to park three vehicles side by side, two in front of the garage doors and one to the side of the doors.

[mikeky]

Could you put in a curb to back up to?

[mrc.in.wi]

Buy another house.....mans gotta have his priorities