campground leveling
How do the Lynx and Camco plastic levels work for a Lazy Daze with duals work for leveling. Thanks John
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Don,
Hmmmm ... trick question?
Suppose:
The whole back end was low and the whole RV was also on a slight side-slope tilted downward to the left (driver's side). I run into these kind of situations off-pavement all the time.
1) I'd START onto three of the levelers at the same time (forward or backing onto the levelers) - one each under both driver's side rear dually tires and one under the driver's side front tire. I'd drive partially onto these three levelers until the side-to-side level on my dash showed the downward tilt to the left almost, but not quite, eliminated.
2) THEN - while holding my foot strongly on the brake - I'd put the tranny into park and set the parking brake on.
3) AFTER THAT I'd get out and put two more levelers under each passenger's side rear dually tire.
4) THEN I'd get back into the driver's seat, put my left foot heavily onto the brake while releasing the parking brake, shifting the tranny back into forward or reverse (to drive more onto the levelers), and hitting the gas with my right foot - while slowly releasing my left foot's pressure on the brake - so as to drive slowly onto all five levelers while watching the side-to-side level on the dash and the forward-to-back level on the driver's side door.
5) When both levels on the dash/door showed pretty close to level, I'd call it good, put my left foot heavily on the brake, put the tranny in park, and put the parking brake on.
At that point I'd have used all five levelers to be: Higher onto the driver's side front/rear levelers than the two passenger side levelers in the rear on the dually set, and be higher on all four rear dually tire levelers than the two front tires would be (... the passenger side front tire being on the ground and the driver's side front tire being up on it's leveler).
Whewwww .... leveling lesson done. :S
It's not as complicated as it sounds and after a few years of practice anyone can do it. That's what I call a "worst-case three-point leveling situation". It takes five leveling blocks to do it - assuming you block each rear tire in the two dually sets - as should be done.
I do the above using five home-made stair step leveling blocks made from screwed together 2X6's so that rocky ground will never break them. These stair step blocks can also be used for hole-filling and as a jack base support if one should ever get stuck when off the pavement.
Hmmmm ... trick question?
Suppose:
The whole back end was low and the whole RV was also on a slight side-slope tilted downward to the left (driver's side). I run into these kind of situations off-pavement all the time.
1) I'd START onto three of the levelers at the same time (forward or backing onto the levelers) - one each under both driver's side rear dually tires and one under the driver's side front tire. I'd drive partially onto these three levelers until the side-to-side level on my dash showed the downward tilt to the left almost, but not quite, eliminated.
2) THEN - while holding my foot strongly on the brake - I'd put the tranny into park and set the parking brake on.
3) AFTER THAT I'd get out and put two more levelers under each passenger's side rear dually tire.
4) THEN I'd get back into the driver's seat, put my left foot heavily onto the brake while releasing the parking brake, shifting the tranny back into forward or reverse (to drive more onto the levelers), and hitting the gas with my right foot - while slowly releasing my left foot's pressure on the brake - so as to drive slowly onto all five levelers while watching the side-to-side level on the dash and the forward-to-back level on the driver's side door.
5) When both levels on the dash/door showed pretty close to level, I'd call it good, put my left foot heavily on the brake, put the tranny in park, and put the parking brake on.
At that point I'd have used all five levelers to be: Higher onto the driver's side front/rear levelers than the two passenger side levelers in the rear on the dually set, and be higher on all four rear dually tire levelers than the two front tires would be (... the passenger side front tire being on the ground and the driver's side front tire being up on it's leveler).
Whewwww .... leveling lesson done. :S
It's not as complicated as it sounds and after a few years of practice anyone can do it. That's what I call a "worst-case three-point leveling situation". It takes five leveling blocks to do it - assuming you block each rear tire in the two dually sets - as should be done.
I do the above using five home-made stair step leveling blocks made from screwed together 2X6's so that rocky ground will never break them. These stair step blocks can also be used for hole-filling and as a jack base support if one should ever get stuck when off the pavement.
