michaelhebert1986 wrote:
Hello all. New to RV'ing. We recently bought an '02 Georgie Boy Landau and it has the Bigfoot leveling system on it. I understand how to use it (literally a push of a button), but I wanted to ask about using blocks underneath it and the tires for leveling.
Where it is parked at the moment slopes downwards a good amount. I drove the front tires up on the blocks and started to use the leveling system. Next thing I know, the front tires are in the air! I quickly retracted the jacks to where they are just pressing on the blocks of wood (and plastic) that are underneath them.
How high can I safely stack my wood (and or plastic pads) underneath the jacks to help level? Right now it is about 8 inches high.
How high can my stacks be where I drive onto them with the front tires? Right now I have them about 5 inches high.
Thanks for the help in advance!
Michael,
Leveling, in any given situation is and can be, handled differently. The subject's been discussed, oh, about a zillion times on multiple RV forums. Some lift their front tires off the ground on a repeated basis and are quite happy in doing so. Well, it's up to them, it's their coach and THEIR consequences if anything goes south.
But, I've always carried a small lumber yard with any of our coaches. If we have to shun other items in order to make room for some leveling wood, so be it. I've used the matte-mattel plastic blocks and things like that and, well, I've broke more than I care to admit. So, WOOD is my top choice. Yes, it's a few ounces heavier but, it's also a few zillion times stronger.
But, I've created ramps in my collection and, have used them multiple times in campgrounds/camp spots all over the U.S. Not all campsites are level. Here's the logic I use. It's actually quite simple. TEN POINTS (6-tires and 4 jacks) touching the ground in any level/unlevel campsite is the best possible stabilization you can get.
Not only that but, if you have to use blocks/ramps under any given set of tires, front or back, that means your jacks will have to travel farther to reach the ground. So, I use blocks under the jacks so they don't have to do that and, the shorter length they travel, the more stable they are. That's pure geometry 101.
So, my advice, try and determine what kind of wood blocks you might be using on the average and, set up for carrying those.
Scott
michaelhebert1986 wrote:
Hello all. New to RV'ing. We recently bought an '02 Georgie Boy Landau and it has the Bigfoot leveling system on it. I understand how to use it (literally a push of a button), but I wanted to ask about using blocks underneath it and the tires for leveling.
Where it is parked at the moment slopes downwards a good amount. I drove the front tires up on the blocks and started to use the leveling system. Next thing I know, the front tires are in the air! I quickly retracted the jacks to where they are just pressing on the blocks of wood (and plastic) that are underneath them.
How high can I safely stack my wood (and or plastic pads) underneath the jacks to help level? Right now it is about 8 inches high.
Michael,
Leveling, in any given situation is and can be, handled differently. The subject's been discussed, oh, about a zillion times on multiple RV forums. Some lift their front tires off the ground on a repeated basis and are quite happy in doing so. Well, it's up to them, it's their coach and THEIR consequences if anything goes south.
But, I've always carried a small lumber yard with any of our coaches. If we have to shun other items in order to make room for some leveling wood, so be it. I've used the matte-mattel plastic blocks and things like that and, well, I've broke more than I care to admit. So, WOOD is my top choice. Yes, it's a few ounces heavier but, it's also a few zillion times stronger.
But, I've created ramps in my collection and, have used them multiple times in campgrounds/camp spots all over the U.S. Not all campsites are level. Here's the logic I use. It's actually quite simple. TEN POINTS (6-tires and 4 jacks) touching the ground in any level/unlevel campsite is the best possible stabilization you can get.
Not only that but, if you have to use blocks/ramps under any given set of tires, front or back, that means your jacks will have to travel farther to reach the ground. So, I use blocks under the jacks so they don't have to do that and, the shorter length they travel, the more stable they are. That's pure geometry 101.
So, my advice, try and determine what kind of wood blocks you might be using on the average and, set up for carrying those.
Scott
How high can my stacks be where I drive onto them with the front tires? Right now I have them about 5 inches high.
Thanks for the help in advance!
