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Originally Posted by joshua2000
Today I spent the whole day cleaing out the garage and the TM made it by just three inches. Thanks to the awesome idea of the swing hitch.
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Hey, welcome aboard! You're gonna love it, and so are the kids.
My TM also just barely fits in my garage, thanks to the swing tongue. Actually, I have perhaps 8" to spare - luxurious compared to your 3". The first time I backed it in, I was oh-so-careful - but still ended up touching the drywall at the back of the garage with the TM's back bumper. Drywall has no strength at all, of course - it crushed like paper. NUTS! So I decided that in the future, I'd back the TM in halfway with the tow vehicle, and then finish it up by hand using the dolly wheel on the jack. I inched it in oh-so-carefully, but it is so heavy that when the bumper AGAIN contacted the drywall, I didn't feel it. More drywall damage - NUTS AGAIN!
Rather than continue to destroy the drywall, I went to Home Depot, and bought a nice straight 12-foot 2x8 and a half dozen lag screws. I mounted the board on the back wall of the garage, screwing it into the studs, at just the height of the TM's bumper. Now if I bonk the wall - well, it ain't smart, but it does no harm. Bonus - the board covered the previous damage to the drywall, so I didn't have to repair it.
Just a thought from someone else with a short garage.
Bill