Dual Cam Setup

JBarca wrote:


Odds are high you will be up against rear axle/receiver issue on loaded TW before you reach 10,000# loaded camper. Floor plan and where you can put gear drives the TW. I may have missed it, what year/model is the camper? I can look up the floor plan and see if I can tell any loading attributes in relation to TW. We happen to be a rear living layout folks and once that floor plan is loaded, they can be very tongue heavy.

Here's the floorplan:


Axles are split design and under the dinette/Kitchen. Fresh water drain is under pantry.

JBarca wrote:

A good question is what should be used as "level"??? I have found on several campers and longer is sometimes worse, the main frame is rigid over the axles, bows down from the axles to the front header and then the A frame can be uphill or down hill. And the frame behind the axles may bow down. I have found going inside the camper with a 2 foot or longer carpenters level on the floor just ahead of the axles is a good happy medium place to declare camper level. If you want to get real nervous, pull a string tight along the main frame rail and see for yourself. A new unloaded camper is normally better than a full loaded one.

I was assuming level should be "parallel to the ground". When I did my last measurement, which nose up at least 5/8" and more than 1" on most measurement attempts, I did this exercise:

Place 2' level on ground under TT in front of axles. Use coins at end of level to adjust until level. I needed a quarter and a nickle on the TV end of the level. So the ground appeared to slope down toward TV. Then I put the level on the lip of the I-Beam frame and found I needed the same quarter and nickle under the TV end to get level.

Might this approach be better than trying to measure from the frame to the ground - and "better" than just level on the floor?


I guess I'm confused about parallel to the ground vs absolutely level.