Leveling

Ron,
Are you talking about putting your 5er on a permanent site in a trailer park or full timing from place to place, leveling when you stop for a night or several nights and then moving on?

ron willis wrote:
New to Permanent camping, I was wondering how to do leveling with cinder blocks and wood I have a 32 foot fifth wheel I seen it done but is there a step by step on how to do it like drop down the front and then level the back then lift up the front all by using my power leg jacks in the front or is there a web site that is a diy way or if anyone has a easy way,

Thank you,
Ron

You are on the right track. Lower the front quite a bit. Stack blocks under the frame as close to the axles as you can. The top of the blocks should be level side to side. Use a wood block for the top to prevent cracking of your concrete blocks. Raise the front to level, this should lift most, if not all, weight from the tires. Stuff blocking under the frame near the front and rear.

Well Ron, typically you level initially the side to side aspect first by using blocks under the tires on the low side or some even dig holes under the high side. Be careful with cinder block as they aren't really designed for this type of use (they get their strength from being filled with concrete). I always used 2x6's or wider and always made sure that what I did with one tire on a side, I also did to the tandem tire on the same side.

Then, once you have the side to side level, then you use the tongue jack to level front to rear. Once you have that set up where you want it, then screw down the stabilizer jacks on all four corners and cinch them up tight. DO NOT use the stabilizer jacks to level with as you will probably screw up the threads.

You will still have movement throughout the trailer as most of the weight is still on the tires and suspension. There are different devices you can purchase to help reduce this movement, but you'll never get rid of it completely unless you take all the weight off of the tires.

Hope this helps

Ron