Best Way to Level TT at a Seasonal Campsite???

For serious stability (and to save your tires), you need a little air space between the tires and the ground.

I learned that from people on this forum, a year ago, when I was in a high wind area :).

Getting the RV's suspension out of the picture makes a HUGE difference.

On my seasonal I use concrete blocks under the four jacks. That way the jacks are not extend very far and can adjust as Trailer settles. Concrete blocks with wood shims evenly spaced would be the most stable.

I spent several years in a 12x56 mobile home moving with the construction camps. We moved as often as 4-5 times a year and my job was the set-up. The short answer is use the screw jacks to get it all level during set up but then use cinder blocks as the permanent supports. The Cinder blocks can be painted, stuccoed, or closed in with skirting for a finished look.

I would level the trailer side to side, then front to rear, without any supports just the wheels and front jack. Then lower the front until I had 2 inches above level in the far rear. Then put supports just behind the wheels and raise the front back to level. Then just add supports (we used 6 screw jacks per side) after it was all level.

You need a good base for your supports. For your application driveway pavers should do. Make sure the ground where your supports are is well packed and has some protection from run off washing away the material. Maybe a perforated drain pipe for your purposes buried in gravel.

BTW a 2 pack of screw jack stands was $20. So $40 total and what, a dollar each for the cinder blocks?

Alot quicker and easier than screwing around with wood shims. And they are adjustable for when it settles a little.

Ours is a 40ft destination trailer on a seasonal in WI. We leave it there year round. On gravel.
I bought 4 screw jack stands from Menards, and 4 cinder blocks. Screw jacks on top of cinder blocks. I use the front electric jack and factory levelers to to level it. Then used the 4 screw jacks to support it. I have trailer "quartered" with the screw jacks to the factory levelers.

I do get a little sway when the kids, 2 young wild boys, go running through the trailer, but its alot better than my MH was. I might get those bars that go from the frame to the levelers that are supposed to prevent sway. But the only time I ever really notice it is when Im in bed. I get no sway at all from wind. But its not as windy here as it is in ND.

We all use PVC for our sewer as well.

we Had a seasonal spot. All the park models had blocks spaced out under the frame. This seemed to work well. the ones I talked with said it took all the bounce out. for the sewer lines they all had 4 inch PVC pipe attached.
Good luck

Naio wrote:
If your location gets strong winds (including in the off season), then blocks will be more stable.

Good call. Winds can be brutal up here.

dh

If your location gets strong winds (including in the off season), then blocks will be more stable.

GordonThree wrote:
Is it a park model type trailer? The few park models I've seen appeared to have special made places on the frame for more or less permanent leveling jacks to be placed. The few I've seen used jack-stand type supports, where the jack is a huge screw you turn with a long piece of pipe.

It's considered a destination trailer, so I am not sure if it has the frame locations for leveling jacks to be placed. When I was investigating the frame, I didn't notice anything different, but it could have it.

I am on the fence between using the screw jack stands or just concrete blocks with wood shims (as needed).

dh

Is it a park model type trailer? The few park models I've seen appeared to have special made places on the frame for more or less permanent leveling jacks to be placed. The few I've seen used jack-stand type supports, where the jack is a huge screw you turn with a long piece of pipe.