Parking your PU

[Jamiek]

Wanted to know what everybody thought about parking the PU in the grass/dirt.   We have a driveway but in order to use the driveway I park the PU on the side of the driveway in the grass and dirt.  One wheel is in the grass and the other is in the mulch/dirt.  Will this hurt the tires in anyway, like rotting the tires.  

Thanks, Jamie      :U  :U





2000 Coleman Cheyenne.  Pushing a
2004 Toyota Highlander

[rccs]

I am not sure if it will hurt your tires or not but I have parked my popup on the lawn since I bought it (12 years ago) and I have only replaced my tires once since I got it. During winter storage I do back it onto a couple of 2x12's though to keep it from sinking in so much in the spring.

[mountainrev]

Sun, not dirt, is your tires' worst enemy.

[PattieAM]

I have two pieces of plywood I will back my PUP onto - only because my parking area is a little unstable - I can see the wheels sink into the ground after a rain.  Also have a tongue chock/garage for the tongue wheel - as that baby really sank last year without it.  (Had to roll out the floor jack and sit it on plywood to get the wheel unstuck).

[Jeremy]

I put mine on a couple 12"x12" landscape pavers so it doesn't sink in the soft ground.  I have one small "chunk" of paver up front for the tongue jack.
 
 Like was mentioned, it's the sun you gotta worry about.  I made some tire covers (I have the funky 20.5x8x10 tires, so covers are impossible to find) that snap on the side of my camper to sheild them from the sun while stored.  I had the extra vinyl material from when I made a LP tank cover and spare tire cover.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 homemade spare cover
 
 
 homemade lp tank cover