levelers

One thing I learned in college is that "A luxury, once attained, becomes a necessity. Levellers are one of those items. An air conditioned car is another. Every car since 1960 has had AC (47 of those). Since I now use a walker it would be very difficult to use blocks or pads. I can get down very easy but the getting up part isn't as easy.

Yes, they are a heavy Marsha. The whole mat weighs 100 lb., but in pieces you can toss them around easy enough, even when moving a stack.

The Lynx blocks are only 8" wide, so you have 4" of roll-on room between the 1" high layers. I decided to make 12 and 8 inch pieces. Each piece is 3/4" thick and does not compress. By having a mix/match of sizes, I can stack and stagger same as lynx blocks. I've only used them once (at front wheel only) and stacked two 12" backed by two 8", then two 12" flush to the back. ASCII graphic below.

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That gave me a total lift of 3" at one front wheel. Drove on nice and easy. I could have put on two more 8" pieces flush to the back for 4.5" lift. I have read posts saying that if you need more than 5 or so inches of leveling, you should re-park or just deal with the lean.

It would take 10 Lynx blocks to reach 5" height at a cost of at least $40. That's a total of 30 total blocks to lift front and back 5" at a cost of about $120.

You would need 12 of each size strip to get 4.5" lift on one side (all three tires) of a class C. A 4' X 6' horse mat is selling for $40 from Tractor Supply. Cut the mat into 6' X 1' strips, then cut those into four 12" strips and three 8" strips. You will get a total of sixteen 12" strips and twelve 4" strips. More than enough to have all sorts of options.

I would recommend using chalk line to mark your cut lines and use a brand new utility knife to do the cutting. Hanging the edge off a work bench allows the cut to open as you work and makes things easier. I think that if you have a vibrating cutter tool, that might work even better.

The big criticism I saw about the Lynx blocks was that they crack pretty quickly. Wood is cheap, but I read that it also cracks and gets super heavy when wet anyway. End result of the horse mat was non-slip stackable pieces that will last a really long time at really low cost.

Jose

DaHose wrote:
I took a hint off another forum and cut up a horse stall mat. The mat cost $50. I got a large number of strips. Getting the same amount of Lynx levelers would have run me twice as much. Only used them once so far. One side (front/back) on an uneven river side dry camp site. They worked great.

Jose

Terrific idea! First, what did you use to cut them? Secondly, are they heavy? What size did you cut them and all the same? Thanks!

I took a hint off another forum and cut up a horse stall mat. The mat cost $50. I got a large number of strips. Getting the same amount of Lynx levelers would have run me twice as much. Only used them once so far. One side (front/back) on an uneven river side dry camp site. They worked great.

Jose

We have a 31 ft class c that has HWH automatic levelers and I highly recommend them. Easy to level, and very stable in the worst of storms.
No crawling around with wood or plastic leveling blocks or moving back and forth. park, hit the button, done...

Dave

We are old school we use 2x10 to level. Four two feet in length then another four cut four feet. Last week I was glad I had these instead of the blocks as I got stuck in some sand and was able to get out by driving out on the boards.

We have a 31'. We carry about 3 sets of lynx levelers and some 2x10 boards. Been to 3 parks so far in it.

First park, used all 3 sets of levelers on two front wheels. Side to side ok.
Second park, used a single 2x10 under each front tire.
Third park, nothing required.

Levelers will help stabilize the unit as well. We do notice movement, but we have gotten sort of used to it. I'm thinking of just getting some stacker jacks (4 for $40) and use those at times. Short weekend trip, probably not bother. Week long, maybe. But I'm having a hard time of thinking about paying an additional $3000 for it. Maybe you can get them put on in the deal?