Hi. This is my first posting. I bought a new 2014 North Trail 28BRS last Saturday and have a major problem. I can't get it up my driveway due to the slope and hill. I have to drive at a 45 degree angle backwards across my front yard to park it.
I used to have the same issue with our old trailer . . .
It was an old 1978 Coachman, which sat a lot lower to the ground than today's travel trailers.
The back bumper of the trailer would drag (actually destroyed the black water tank that way).
That rear bumper would even drag on speed bumps!
Anyway . . .
I had to do the same thing that someone else above mentioned . . .
If backing it in after a camp out, I'd have to unhook the trailer, put a ball with a lower ball mount to raise the rear of the trailer to clear the ground, then stop at the curb and change out the ball to one that was higher as the ball mount would hit the curb, then switch back to the higher ball mount to back it in the rest of the way.
Of course, I had to do the same thing pulling it out of the yard as well!
What a PITA that was!
I was told by someone about flipping the axles, but was warned that it throws off the balance of the trailer, so I never had it done.
Now, my new Trail Runner sits much higher, but the problem I've had with it is that one of the front scissor jacks drag when I pull it over the curb.
What I've discovered with my issue is that if I have my torsion bars hooked up, the scissor jack clears and doesn't drag.
So I do that!
Those scissor jacks are worthless anywayz, so I'm thinking of just removing all of them as I still use my old screw-up jack stands to steady the trailer.
The alternative is to clear all of the rocks out of the parking spot and have it cemented (got an estimate of $7000).