I've seen a few things on Amazon for leveling trailers wirelessly but they are in the hundreds of dollars. I also found an app called Stay Level on the iOS app store which looks very promising. It requires 2 iOS devices, one in the trailer and one outside. The one sitting on the floor in the trailer is used as the level which communicates with the device outside. The only issue is that they have to be on the same WiFi network. While you can setup one with a hotspot, this is obviously difficult in areas without cell service where hotspot isn't an option.Any other ideas for leveling other than a breaking out the 'ole spirit level?

Well, this may sound a bit corney, but here it goes!Considering my truck has a construction shell on the bed, I put a hook right smack in the middle of the rear window door that lifts up. I then have a 1/2 inch dow rod with another hook in the end. When both ends are hooked together, the rod hangs. Once it quits swinging so much, gravity??? .... does what? It pulls straight down! The rod acts like a plumb line, perfectly straight up and down now.On the trailer I have a set of marks (right smack in the middle of the nose cone) that are straight up and down, and in view through the rear window of the truck and shell.Now, when back up, it doesn't matter how crooked (side to side) the truck is, the rod always hangs down straight. Once the two marks on the trailer nose are exactly parallel, I have a perfect level trailer side to side! It works every time!Front to back, after unhitching? I have a small bubble on my electric tongue jack.Technology is so over rated! Go back to the simple mechanics of gravity and leverage and you too could build a Roman aqueduct that runs a hundred miles with only a inch or two difference in fall from the beginning to the end using nothing but water as a your measuring tool.

Stop the high tech stuff...the one area you can tell level is the stove burners...when you cook, butter in a skillet will run to one side or the other...just put a regular carpenter level on the stove, when you are level front to back, side to side you're done.

DutchmenSport wrote:Well, this may sound a bit corney, but here it goes!Considering my truck has a construction shell on the bed, I put a hook right smack in the middle of the rear window door that lifts up. I then have a 1/2 inch dow rod with another hook in the end. When both ends are hooked together, the rod hangs. Once it quits swinging so much, gravity??? .... does what? It pulls straight down! The rod acts like a plumb line, perfectly straight up and down now.On the trailer I have a set of marks (right smack in the middle of the nose cone) that are straight up and down, and in view through the rear window of the truck and shell.Now, when back up, it doesn't matter how crooked (side to side) the truck is, the rod always hangs down straight. Once the two marks on the trailer nose are exactly parallel, I have a perfect level trailer side to side! It works every time!Front to back, after unhitching? I have a small bubble on my electric tongue jack.Technology is so over rated! Go back to the simple mechanics of gravity and leverage and you too could build a Roman aqueduct that runs a hundred miles with only a inch or two difference in fall from the beginning to the end using nothing but water as a your measuring tool.

I have auto-level, so I get to cheat.

2X on the "stick" method. I'm a techy, but get frustrated when technology doesn't work or is designed poorly.

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Larry-D
Explorer II
Apr 07, 2017
8" torpedo level with a magnetic base
vermilye
Explorer
Apr 07, 2017
Since i have a single axle trailer, I started out using a combination of the Andersen Leveler and the Hopkins Lighted Level. The "bubble" turns red (from the LED in the level) when level, and can be seen from the driver's seat.

It worked great, but it was too easy to forget to turn off the level light & end up killing the battery. After using it for awhile, I found that I could use the truck's mirrors to watch the belly band on the trailer to tell when it was level & haven't fired up the Hopkins in years.
hedge
Explorer
Apr 07, 2017
I bought the level-mate but haven't installed it yet. It's a small sending unit you mount in the rv and then you can see how level the rv is from an app.

Should work well with my truck camper as I can move around the site and probably find a spot level enough without getting out to check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh_5Nwu9T8E&t=3s

I'm a techie so I love the gadgets.
kellertx5er
Explorer
Apr 07, 2017
JoeGood988 wrote:
Stop the high tech stuff...the one area you can tell level is the stove burners...when you cook, butter in a skillet will run to one side or the other...just put a regular carpenter level on the stove, when you are level front to back, side to side you're done.

This assumes the stove is level with the floor, the beds, fridge, etc. Unless you verify all this, you should level the one component most important to you.
MrWizard
Moderator
Apr 07, 2017
wifi between devices, does not need a cellular data connection
a router will 'route' traffic 'data' between connected devices, with out using internet

I don't know how the ios app works, but if it has to go thru the internet, then its NOT wifi router independent, its cellular internet "DEPENDENT"

NOT wifi
Horizon170
Explorer
Apr 08, 2017
In the 50+ years the Wife and I have camped, being perfectly level isn't high on the priority list.
I have an East/West level on the dash and a North/South level on the door jamb by my left ear. North being straight ahead.
That is my simple way of getting approximately level.
Don't use the stove top and the microwave doesn't care if it's not perfect.
I guess that I could dangle a laser on a one foot string from the ceiling and put a dot on the floor. :B
ol__yeller
Explorer II
Apr 09, 2017
I use the cabinet door and bathroom door. I open both to 90 degrees and watch the swing. When they don't move, I am level enough.
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Apr 09, 2017
Gee.. I always used a BUBBLE LEVEL or BALL LEVEL where I could see it in the rear view mirror.. (Side to side leveling) and a second one on the side of the trailer for Front to back (done with the jacks) Never had a problem.
austinjenna
Explorer
Apr 10, 2017
I just have a level on the side of the fiver and the front. I never thought of it as a big pain that I needed some other device to do it. I also glued a little bubble level on a magnet I keep in the propane area, after I unhook from the truck I just set it to level-that tells me where I need to be when hooking back up....easy

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