Leveling blocks, how many?

Gee, I must camp in some pretty tame places. I have 8 blocks and never use them all. 6 is all I've ever needed.

I am surprised in this electronic age that someone hasn't designed something that will read out in inches how far up in front and side to side to be level. That would beat a bubble in a tube.

Include a short handle flat shovel in your kit. One inch of gravel off the high side and placed on the low side is two inch change. No you are not digging holes, just leveling the tire track area.

I carry 12 4x6x12 blocks, 1 2x6x5 and 2 2x6x2. Have never need more than that.

I never unhook till I am chalked and blocked. Then unhook, then stabilizers down. I'll use a X-chalk on the blocked side and regular chalks on the non-raised side. Just wondering what the most raised side would be. If the plastic blocks fail I'll go back to the 2x6's.

I have 2X6's with beveled edges and a hole in the center to accept a big nail tent stake to keep them in place. At times I've stacked them 3 high.

Dick_B wrote:
Don't like the yellow blocks; not wide enough to support the entire tire footprint AND they are really tough to back onto. We carry enough wood to raise one side about 3 - 4 inches.

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I busted several of then when pulling onto them.
Have sunk them into the ground
Have had to resort to unsafe measures to keep them from moving/shifting when pulling onto them

Threw them away!

I carry two 2X10 boards in the back of truck
one board is 58" long and the other one is 54" long...both have tapered ends.
Use one or both as needed.
No slipping out of place, no sinking into the ground, no cracking/busting up and wide enough that the full thread width is on the board.
I also use 6X6 one foot long blocks under rear stabilizers.


OP.........don't wait on those wheel chocks!
They should be 'First on and Last off' items that are always used.
Park trailer..install wheel chocks THEN do whatever else
Then after you have done everything else when getting ready to leave the wheel chocks get removed

Dick_B wrote:
Don't like the yellow blocks; not wide enough to support the entire tire footprint AND they are really tough to back onto. We carry enough wood to raise one side about 3 - 4 inches.

We use the Lynx, and they are plenty wide, are the Orange ones more narrow?

Great thing about the Lynx. The Lynx chock hooks in to the leveler, and keeps you from backing, or pulling off of it. They also stager stack, to form a ramp for ease of rolling up on.

Don't like the yellow blocks; not wide enough to support the entire tire footprint AND they are really tough to back onto. We carry enough wood to raise one side about 3 - 4 inches.

I have two packs of 10 each and I always figured if I have to raise the TT more than two high then It's time to move or at least move it side to side to bring it closer to level. I just don't like the idea of having my TT higher than 2 high for safety reasons. I was always afraid of it rolling off the blocks, even chocks didn't seem too secure to me. I was unhooking in a rain storm once and the TT rolled forward and almost got my sons' foot had a bear of a time getting the tongue back up but I did and I have always been a little nervous of that ever since. live and learn I guess.