Over the winter, my fifth wheel dropped a bit on one side and is no longer level. Is there a way to level the camper without hooking up to my truck? Can I use a hydraulic jack to lift up the camper and put shims in that way? Placing tony fifth wheel hitch onto my truck is quite a bit of work, and I have a heavy duty hydraulic Jack that should be able to lift the camper. I am just wondering if anybody has tried this or if I should just bite the bullet and reinstall my fifth wheel hitch.Thanks and sorry if this has already been. Posted. I did do a quick search on this before posting.

If it settled below a tire, I would jack up the frame as if I was changing a tire, and put a board or 2 under the tire(s). Have you checked the tire pressure lately?

Are you saying the wheels have sunk into the ground on one side, or something has happened to the suspension on one side?

Dropped a bit how? Suspension collapsed? Details m'lad, details. :)I don't think I'd use a single jack to try and lift the camper. Maybe two of them on the frame in front and behind the wheels, and jacked up evenly.

Come on guys this is not rocket science. Jack it up like you were changing a tire, add the needed shim under that tire then do the same to the other.

It's not a triple axle? I like to know the details of the problem before offering advice. :) Sometimes all is not as it appears.

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Greene728
Explorer
May 21, 2016
Dman1 wrote:
Thanks. Sorry for lack of details. Double axle trailer. Just parked it on the site in the fall. Lot is gravel. There was a different camper there in previous years. I believe that the foundation is good. The gravel was likely loose last year and settled with my camper sitting there over the winter. I will check the tire pressures again, but I thought they were fine. Stabilizers are down.

I realize that it's not rocket science, I was just curious if anybody levelled with a jack or if it was easier to just hook it back up to the truck. I have a 4 ton jack and the trailer likely weighs about 14K with everything in it right now.

Thanks.

A 4 ton jack is gonna struggle with it, but may do it with plenty of caution and cribbing. You'd be better of with a good bottle jack of 10 tons or more and plenty of lengths of 2x6 or 2x8 in say 12-16in lengths. Get everything jacked up nice and level and place boards under the tires, landing gear, and stabilizer jacks. Just be in no hurry and get her done right for the long haul!
fj12ryder
Explorer III
May 21, 2016
And don't try to use the stabilizers to level from side to side, they aren't designed to do that. Front to back yes, side to side no.

Yep, a 4 ton jack will struggle depending the heft of the 5th wheel.

How far has it sunk?
TomHaycraft
Explorer
May 22, 2016
What everyone is posting, to add some leveling blocks under the wheels on the low side ... but what about up front under the landing gear? To keep from torquing the frame, I'd hitch up, raise landing gear, jack the wheels, then reset landing gear.

This was my experience when wanting to level the trailer prior to mounting a level on my pinbox. Trailer was in storage, I jacked up each axel, placed the necessary block under the wheel. Level in my kitchen, didn't change the bubble at the pinbox.
edatlanta
Explorer
May 22, 2016
stickdog wrote:
Come on guys this is not rocket science.

Jack it up like you were changing a tire, add the needed shim under that tire then do the same to the other.

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