Stupid newbie question: levelling

Normally when I make a post like this I'm taking about six volt batteries (So I will inlude that here.. There are not six volt batteries in RV's. just 12 volt that have been split in half for easy handling,,, Think of the two, joined, six volt batteries as a single 12 and many questions vanish into thin air)

now, tires.

Think of your "Dual Tires" not as two tires, but as "one wheel"

And of course you put planks under the entire wheel.

Putting plank under just half would be very bad for that half (result in a serious overload of the tire)

Yes, blocks under both duals. Also be sure your blocks are able to support the entire width of the tire and you spot the coach with all tires fully supported. Can't count the number of times I've seen tires half off the board and left that way for the night, and people wonder why they have blowouts.

12 years ago I didn't know to ask this question and spent 3 months blocking only the outer dual. I got lucky and had no blowouts. Traded the coach with those tires still on it.

Just as a note - I have the lego type leveling blocks and when I pulled my 5th wheel up them today one of the shattered in about 20 pieces.

Thanks, everyone for the help.

Capn_Dave wrote:
Never, never lift the front of your Class C with a tongue jack. I didn't ever want someone to try it with my Class C, so I cut it off..

Dave

and what did the wifey say when you cut it off
:h

I put them under both wheels of a dual set.

Treat all duals as one unit, so block under both wheels. You don't want one wheel to support the weight of two.

And yes, some Cs have stab jacks!

Me? I never knew how much I'd love automatic levelers :B

sch911 wrote:
Some of y'all need to read the OP's post better.... It's a Motor Home not a TT/HTT so no tongue jack or stabilizer jacks, and it's not a side to side issue either.

Actually some class c's have rear stab jacks.

Some of y'all need to read the OP's post better.... It's a Motor Home not a TT/HTT so no tongue jack or stabilizer jacks, and it's not a side to side issue either.

2dogtravellin wrote:
When you use blocks to raise the rear of the RV for levelling, do you put blocks under both tires of the dualie?

YES!