Took a little while, finally got it setup and now trailer is kept at home!!!!!!
Because of area, width is 10 ft x 26 ft lenght, went with 10 ft legs height, with the braces, just gives enough room. Tight tolerances, with backing it down the side of house, through the gate, and into the carport!!!!!
I wouldn't go to tight. Especially if you are going to pour a concrete pad you have to take into consideration whatever incline the pad poses when pulling in.
I PAID a construction company to build a pole barn with a garage door wide and tall enough for my MH. They DID measure for the air conditioner unit but what they did NOT account for was the slope of the concrete apron in front of the door. If I would have had a flat entrance it would have fit but the incline of the apron put the front up and it hit the AC unit when trying to pull it in.
I built a building for the MH and it didn't fit.
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rockhillmanor wrote: I wouldn't go to tight. Especially if you are going to pour a concrete pad you have to take into consideration whatever incline the pad poses when pulling in.
I PAID a construction company to build a pole barn with a garage door wide and tall enough for my MH. They DID measure for the air conditioner unit but what they did NOT account for was the slope of the concrete apron in front of the door. If I would have had a flat entrance it would have fit but the incline of the apron put the front up and it hit the AC unit when trying to pull it in.
I built a building for the MH and it didn't fit.
I had night-mares, that it was not going to fit, after several different projects, to put this all together. Bummer on your project.
Due to my property, that was the option, with storage shed, area, etc.. Land is sloped, so first had to have side of house, drive done, one tree removed large oak, then to get level area for carport, needed a retaining wall, just used gravel, once getting level, then had to figure out height & type of carport. Still going to have to go to a little wider gate, to help relieve backing it in there.
It works, will definitely keep it protected, and have a nice piece of mind having it right in the back-yard, vs. at a storeage yard.
1L243 wrote: I think you are talking about those metal RV/car ports that you see advertised all over the place? I had one installed for my RV. My RV is about the same height as yours. Mine must be a different brand, I have 8 foot legs with the peak being 11 feet. I bought this Port for a smaller RV. I had them come back and add 10 feet in length to it. It is now 36 x 18... Questions I have is will you be backing straight in, is your drive way flat or up hill? Reason I say this is mine is uphill till you get to the concrete apron and the rear of the trailer barley fits but it levels out as the wheels hit the concrete apron and goes in.
If I had to do it over again I would go bigger Probably 36 x 24 with 12 legs. I would add Gables to each end if you don't need the added height but should you go bigger later you can remove the front cable I did it's easy). Bigger is better!
Not sure if you are still following this thread...
And BTW, hi neighbor (on the north border of Gearhart)
I notice you chose not to have sides so does your structure do well at keeping the "weekly" sideways rain off your TT? I'm sure your structure is rated to withstand the frequent high winds we get here but do you know what wind speed it is rated for? Thanks.
Markiemark32 wrote: Took a little while, finally got it setup and now trailer is kept at home!!!!!!
Because of area, width is 10 ft x 26 ft lenght, went with 10 ft legs height, with the braces, just gives enough room. Tight tolerances, with backing it down the side of house, through the gate, and into the carport!!!!!
Markiemark
Wow, they sure used some large side braces! I have a 20' wide x 8' side wall car port. The side braces they used on mine we just a tad longer than the top center braces ( which are about the same size of yours ). It was installed 5 years ago, and no problems. I would think you could take those current side braces off and cut them down some, to give you more room. If you want, I could take a photo to show you mine.
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Red Rocket Hello! I did not enclose the sides but If I had to do it again I would with a walk through door on the house side and maybe windows on the other side. I also would have went BIGGER! The wind can get roaring out here you can here it in the trees but because how our house sits on the lot out wind meter has never got over 10mph. Now down in the Surf Pines area near the ocean it may be too windy for one of these structures unless it protected in some way.
Markie.... It looks good you will like having your rig at home and out of the weather. I agree on the braces they seem way overkill and in the way. The braces that they put on the peak of your cover are the same one they put on the sides on my cover. They are only about 18 inches long (guessing). How did they anchor your cover to the ground?
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When we had a car port up in WI. I was able to get our class A which was 12'2" in it. We also had sides and a rear panel on the car port. They were open 1" from bottom and top. To allow for strong winds to blow through. Support post were 4" square metal post.
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1L243 wrote: Red Rocket Hello! I did not enclose the sides but If I had to do it again I would with a walk through door on the house side and maybe windows on the other side. I also would have went BIGGER! The wind can get roaring out here you can here it in the trees but because how our house sits on the lot out wind meter has never got over 10mph. Now down in the Surf Pines area near the ocean it may be too windy for one of these structures unless it protected in some way.
Thanks. Not much in the way of wind/storm protection here. Didn't you hear, the name officially was change to Surf Stump after the 2007 storm
I think the highest my anemometer has seen is 79mph but it sees 65mph every winter and from multiple storms. I thought those structures were guaranteed for very high winds?
We had ours built with 12 ft sides, and it's about 14.5 ft in the middle. Also it's 12 ft wide. It's easy to come back later & close in the sides. I just bought some r panels & put them on the sides myself. Our fiver is about 13.2 at the tallest point in the middle. The only change I would've made is makeing it wider. I wish we had gone 16 ft instead of 12 ft wide. Then we could've opened the slides while covered up.
I had read on one of the RV Car Port websites that they are rated up to 150mph. I actualy bought mine that was on display at Trucke's 1 stop there in Seaside. I have not been buy there lately to see if they are still selling them.. You could probalby drive around your neighborhood and see if anyone else has one.
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