Leveling camper in drive way

The slope on my driveway is such that the back bumper is almost touching the cement when level.

I chock the tires, block the tongue jack until it is a bit above level, then I lower the frame onto a couple of cement blocks and 2x4s on each side of the frame so it sits level.

It is kind of a pain to do, but a couple of concrete blocks under each side of the frame, just behind the hitch makes it stable on the sloping driveway.

Park in the street

trail-explorer wrote:
..and when using stacks of lumber under the jack, set them so the lumber length runs parallel to the trailer, not perpendicular like shown near the top of this thread.

Why? Movement of the trailer can totally topple that stack of lumber.

Normally your argument might have merit but not in this case. What you seem to be missing is that there is no trailer movement. The stack isn't subject to any force that would cause it to shift forward since the tires themselves are firmly chocked in place using the weight of the trailer itself bearing down on the wheel pads. I've been parking trailers for 16 years now using one variation or another of this same technique to secure our trailer on our significantly sloped driveway - there is no force on that stack that would cause it to shift in any way.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Park in the street

Not in my city you won't ... 5 hr limit during the day, no overnight parking at all. ;)

I use 6x6 posts I had laying around. I cut them down to 24 inch and 12 inches long. I put the 24 inch ones down first, side by side, then two 12 inch ones on top of that side by side then one 12 inch on top of that. I have a farm jack that I put under the coupler to hold up the front as I raise the tounge jack so I can put the layer of 6x6s under it. I put the bottom layer parallel to the frame then layer two perpendicular to that and then the top layer parallel to the frame again. I also make sure I chock all four tires before unhitching from the truck.

I use 6x6's. I like the wider footprint over 4x4's.

Chocked or not I have had my TT creep on non level ground. I will at time have the TT set up, chocked, stabilizers down with awning and slide out and get about an inch of spring back when I reset the tongue jack. This especially noticeable on sloping ground.

I have solved my problem, I replaced my jack with an electric one that has a 18" stroke length with a foot that will extend an additional 6" so my system now consists of backing the camper in the drive way, taking my trolley jack and lifting both the camper and truck up a few inches laying blocks down three high, and then lowering my system and disconnecting my truck, and raising the electric jack till the camper is level I'd post a picture of it but for the life of me can't figure out how

TYandkate wrote:
I have solved my problem,

I called Holiday Inn :)

bobndot wrote:

TYandkate wrote:
I have solved my problem,

I called Holiday Inn :)

???? oh if only it were that easy!