Got a guy right across the street from our house who has a VERY steep
driveway. His parked car, were it to break loose, would skitter right
down that driveway, across the street, and end up in our front yard.

On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:15 -0600, Tom Buese wrote:

> I parked my westy at the top of a very steep driveway after a snow storm that had been plowed, but was still icy,  & a couple of minutes later heard someone say that my van had rolled down the driveway & into the street, lucklily not hitting anything or anybody.  This was w/ the parking brake fully pulled & the van in gear, IMHO.
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> YMMV,
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> Mr. BZ-it is so hard to get good help
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> On May 5, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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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:
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> >> 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,
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> >> Mr. BZ-sideways?
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> >>
> >> On May 5, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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> >> > 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
> >>
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