Where do you place your inside level?
When you are setting up at your campsite or RV site where do you place your level? We have a little round level. We usually set it on one of the refrigerator shelves. Sometimes on the counter. Oc...
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Another method for leveling an RV is by using the old "eye ball" method. Being an armature carpenter (never been paid for my work, sure have done my share of it), I've learned how to eyeball two objects and get them perfectly straight.
Well, when backing or pulling into a camp site, I went through a phase where I'd look for a straight vertical (up and down) object in the distance and would "eye ball" the end or side of trailer until the object and the side of the trailer were perfectly parallel. This worked GREAT for side-to-side leveling.
Then that process was shot to pieces they time we decided to spend a few days on the in-laws farm. I parked the camper in the barn lot and I eye-balled it absolutely perfect parallel with the corner of the barn. I was so proud of myself. I lowered the stabilize jacks, got everything all set up and then entered the camper and OMG! I thought I was climbing Mt. Everest.
So, I went back outside and looked at my "eye ball" parallel perspective. Didn't make sense, perfectly parallel.
Then it hit me! OH Dang! The entire barn (as big as it was) was actually leaning one direction! That was when I quit relying on the using parallel upright objects exclusively method! DUH!
Well, when backing or pulling into a camp site, I went through a phase where I'd look for a straight vertical (up and down) object in the distance and would "eye ball" the end or side of trailer until the object and the side of the trailer were perfectly parallel. This worked GREAT for side-to-side leveling.
Then that process was shot to pieces they time we decided to spend a few days on the in-laws farm. I parked the camper in the barn lot and I eye-balled it absolutely perfect parallel with the corner of the barn. I was so proud of myself. I lowered the stabilize jacks, got everything all set up and then entered the camper and OMG! I thought I was climbing Mt. Everest.
So, I went back outside and looked at my "eye ball" parallel perspective. Didn't make sense, perfectly parallel.
Then it hit me! OH Dang! The entire barn (as big as it was) was actually leaning one direction! That was when I quit relying on the using parallel upright objects exclusively method! DUH!
