Steep transitions on driveway?

[kingcobb]

Planning out driveway for shop, there is a significant dropoff from where my shop stops to the road. 14 foot distance with about 2 foot of drop.

I drive a 4 wheel drive F150 so clearance isn't a big deal but still a 14% slope seems a bit high. Could I do a steep transition type ramp at the road, a more gradual "driveway" and then a steep ramp at the shop...also considering putting a slanted transition coming into the shop at the garage door?

 

[kingcobb]

Here's a pic.

 

[manwithtools]

A lot of work now, but could you practically reduce your floor height?

I would think one slope would be best.

 

[JuncleJohn]

One slope makes more sense to me. Too bad your garage isn’t back another 10’. Less slope and room to park a vehicle.

John

 

[Fav Onefour]

Brutal.
Not much driveway length to help you out. Are you talking about "about" two feet from the slab surface to the street surface? Somebody must have measured a real number before laying out a spendy build like this one.

I have a steep drive at the house. Average slope is 16% over fifty feet and it meets a flat street. The drive is a pain in the begeezus. It's pretty much **** to use for anything. Most vehicle doors slam shut just from gravity. Heavy vehicles hit and drag well before the 14' mark. Your pickup might be fine, but the trailers and straight trucks hauling whatever won't like your slope. Is that a big deal? Maybe not, but remember that means most of your stuff going in and out with a truck will need to be lumped from the street.