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Anyone using gadgets for leveling?

Interex
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I've seen a few things on Amazon for leveling trailers wirelessly but they are in the hundreds of dollars. I also found an app called Stay Level on the iOS app store which looks very promising. It requires 2 iOS devices, one in the trailer and one outside. The one sitting on the floor in the trailer is used as the level which communicates with the device outside. The only issue is that they have to be on the same WiFi network. While you can setup one with a hotspot, this is obviously difficult in areas without cell service where hotspot isn't an option.

Any other ideas for leveling other than a breaking out the 'ole spirit level?
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WNYBob
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2X on the "stick" method. I'm a techy, but get frustrated when technology doesn't work or is designed poorly.

Winnebago_Bob
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I have auto-level, so I get to cheat.
2017 Winnebago Aspect 27K

Winnebago_Bob
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Well, this may sound a bit corney, but here it goes!

Considering my truck has a construction shell on the bed, I put a hook right smack in the middle of the rear window door that lifts up. I then have a 1/2 inch dow rod with another hook in the end. When both ends are hooked together, the rod hangs. Once it quits swinging so much, gravity??? .... does what? It pulls straight down! The rod acts like a plumb line, perfectly straight up and down now.

On the trailer I have a set of marks (right smack in the middle of the nose cone) that are straight up and down, and in view through the rear window of the truck and shell.

Now, when back up, it doesn't matter how crooked (side to side) the truck is, the rod always hangs down straight. Once the two marks on the trailer nose are exactly parallel, I have a perfect level trailer side to side! It works every time!

Front to back, after unhitching? I have a small bubble on my electric tongue jack.

Technology is so over rated! Go back to the simple mechanics of gravity and leverage and you too could build a Roman aqueduct that runs a hundred miles with only a inch or two difference in fall from the beginning to the end using nothing but water as a your measuring tool.


2017 Winnebago Aspect 27K

JoeGood988
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Explorer
Stop the high tech stuff...the one area you can tell level is the stove burners...when you cook, butter in a skillet will run to one side or the other...just put a regular carpenter level on the stove, when you are level front to back, side to side you're done.
2003 3330 Jayco Legacy

DutchmenSport
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Explorer
Well, this may sound a bit corney, but here it goes!

Considering my truck has a construction shell on the bed, I put a hook right smack in the middle of the rear window door that lifts up. I then have a 1/2 inch dow rod with another hook in the end. When both ends are hooked together, the rod hangs. Once it quits swinging so much, gravity??? .... does what? It pulls straight down! The rod acts like a plumb line, perfectly straight up and down now.

On the trailer I have a set of marks (right smack in the middle of the nose cone) that are straight up and down, and in view through the rear window of the truck and shell.

Now, when back up, it doesn't matter how crooked (side to side) the truck is, the rod always hangs down straight. Once the two marks on the trailer nose are exactly parallel, I have a perfect level trailer side to side! It works every time!

Front to back, after unhitching? I have a small bubble on my electric tongue jack.

Technology is so over rated! Go back to the simple mechanics of gravity and leverage and you too could build a Roman aqueduct that runs a hundred miles with only a inch or two difference in fall from the beginning to the end using nothing but water as a your measuring tool.