Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 11:47:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
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Well yeah -- I trust not the parking brake alone. I'm certain I'd wake
up to find the van nuzzled up against the woodpile if I didn't leave the
tranny in Park.

Chocking the wheels is the best way. I might gum down a 6x6 some way.
Bolts into the concrete, I reckon.

On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:37 -0600, Tom Buese wrote:

> That's a 7%+  grade-adjust your parking brake & leave in Park if it is that steep?  No clue on the fluids, but doesn't seem like they would be an issue for a week?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-sideways?
>
>
> On May 5, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
> > Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start
> > parking my 1984 there on occasion. It might stay there for a week or
> > more sometimes -- it's not really my daily driver.
> >
> > In terms of the fluids, is there a preferred orientation? I'd say the
> > downhill end of the van would be a foot lower than the uphill side.
> >
> > --
> > Rocky J Squirrel
> > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> > Bend, OR
> > KG6RCR
>