HELP!!!LEVELING CLASS C

On the plus side for blocks they almost never break down or leak or trip a breaker...:)

Snowman9000 wrote:
We have a 23-something Class C. I'm sure it'd be wonderful to have an auto leveling system. But we just move around the site a bit to find a spot that's level or close to it. I'm finicky about it as it relates to keeping my head at least level or above my feet when sleeping. Otherwise I could abide by the fridge maker's advice that if it's not noticeably un-level, it's fine.

I mounted a pair of Hopkins levels. One on the dash and one on my door panel. Mine are actually graduated differently from each other. One is for the side to side and one for the front to back. Other than that they look like these:

http://www.hopkinstowingsolutions.com/products/levels/graduated_level.html

With those, I can pretty easily see how much the low end or side, including the lowest corner, have to come up. Then I use the orange lego blocks under the tires. I carry two bags of ten each. You're supposed to use them under both tires at a dual rear position. So that can use up the blocks pretty quickly. But still, twenty of them will cover most situations.

Andy Baird, who has full timed in a C for ten years or more, carries 40 of them! He can construct a very big lift, although he is exceeding their design intent. One aha moment I had was from viewing a photo of his:



You don't have to finish the ramp on both sides! :S
That gets you more lift from a given set of blocks.

I was going to comment, but snowman9000 wrote down my thoughts to the letter.

Interesting use of Lynx Levelers. I would agree that you would not want to stack them that high for a motor home, but I get the point.

We have a 23-something Class C. I'm sure it'd be wonderful to have an auto leveling system. But we just move around the site a bit to find a spot that's level or close to it. I'm finicky about it as it relates to keeping my head at least level or above my feet when sleeping. Otherwise I could abide by the fridge maker's advice that if it's not noticeably un-level, it's fine.

I mounted a pair of Hopkins levels. One on the dash and one on my door panel. Mine are actually graduated differently from each other. One is for the side to side and one for the front to back. Other than that they look like these:

http://www.hopkinstowingsolutions.com/products/levels/graduated_level.html

With those, I can pretty easily see how much the low end or side, including the lowest corner, have to come up. Then I use the orange lego blocks under the tires. I carry two bags of ten each. You're supposed to use them under both tires at a dual rear position. So that can use up the blocks pretty quickly. But still, twenty of them will cover most situations.

Andy Baird, who has full timed in a C for ten years or more, carries 40 of them! He can construct a very big lift, although he is exceeding their design intent. One aha moment I had was from viewing a photo of his:



You don't have to finish the ramp on both sides! :S
That gets you more lift from a given set of blocks.

Most of the time I can "level" by moving around on the parking pad.

To be level with slides out, I need to be about 3/4" to 1" high on the street side, I can usually find that on a pad crowned for drainage, or having slight ruts. If the pad is paved level, then I use a piece of plywood under the tires.

For seriously unlevel sites (I try not to choose them) I have a couple sets of stacking blocks, have built up as much as 4 inches under two or three wheels to get level.

We have a 28 foot Class C WITHOUT levelers. I carry a few pieces of 2x6 and use them when needed. I am careful to ensure a rear set of duals have the same support under each wheel.

My truck camper is not that different to level from a C
3 twenty four inch 2X10's and 8 or so 2X4's a foot long to change the height of the ramp as needed is working well for us.

When I had a Class C I made 4 ramps with 2X8's. Each ramp was 3 boards 1 2 and 3 ft long screwed together to make s ramp. I could stagger the lift by setting the ramps so when I pulled up on them the unit was level. Don't use them with the fifth wheel, but do use them to raise the dually when I need to crawl under it.

You'll have plenty of people telling you what you should have/need. I'm one who is definitely in the minority in that I don't ever bother to level. The places I stay are all relatively level. If where I park is a little too far off level I just move a few feet one way or another to get more level.
I'm on my 3rd class C now and have never had any problems related to not being "level". The only RVs I ever bothered to level, or stabilize actually, were a pop-up and a travel trailer.