How to level my camper WITHOUT moving it or using blocks?

thcguy12
Explorer
May 18, 2015
Thanks for the advice by the way - got the camper as level as we could this weekend using your advice - your all the best for sharing you knowledge!
Bigbird65
Explorer
May 18, 2015
thcguy12 has leveled with us about his capabilities. He has been given every piece of information that he could possibly need. I think it is time to get off of his back.
wireman910
Explorer
May 18, 2015
If you don't intend to tow it, you should get it off the tires. If you are going to tow it, What will you do if you have a flat and no jack?
PeteK-Hou
Explorer
May 18, 2015
Me thinks that thcguy12 has had a bit too much of the THC....

What is THC?
Wishbone51
Explorer
May 18, 2015
I'm really not mocking you at all, but those are some of the basic skills needed for being a man. One website that I've directed my son to has many of those skills covered. "The Art of Manliness" I even refer to it from time to time (shock), when caught in a situation that might get my man card revoked. Here is the automotive section:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/category/manly-skills/cars/

Includes changing a tire (which involves a jack) and driving a manual transmission.

It's OK not to know something, but what makes a man is to be able to learn it and not rely on others for everyday things, or limit your abilities due to not learning it. I hear women are attracted to the self-sufficient man.
thcguy12
Explorer
May 18, 2015
Yeah - just never needed to use a jack (always call AAA).

I don't fix things around the house or anything. I don't know anything about engines, suspension, towing, etc. I can not drive a manual transmission either.
RVcircus
Explorer II
May 18, 2015
Jacks,a shovel and/or lumber will do the trick.
Wishbone51
Explorer
May 17, 2015
Sprink-Fitter wrote:
I'm with you, a man that don't know how to use a jack is weird.

I race karts competitively in my spare time, and I'm the only one on the track that isn't a car guy. I asked someone one day how to adjust my valves, and he gave me a blank stare.. "The same way that you do on your car" ... haha .. I still had to be shown, and can now do it just fine, as well as re-surface my valves and other engine maintenance stuff.

I agree that it is odd that someone doesn't know how to use a jack, but I understand the situation. Just has to be shown once. Just a late-bloomer. :)
Sprink-Fitter
Explorer
May 16, 2015
westend wrote:

Good point--safety above all! I hope the OP has/knows what wheel chocks are.
This situation, of a man in the USA never having used a jack, is a first for me. Although, I've encountered other "firsts" with folks so it isn't a cataclysmic event. I wonder how many folks there are, now-a-days, that have never handled a manual transmission. :@

I'm with you, a man that don't know how to use a jack is weird.
westend
Explorer
May 16, 2015
gmw photos wrote:
I'm thinking if we are trying to be helpful here, since we're dealing with someone who has never used a jack at all, the main thing to dwell on is safety. Such as making sure the trailer tires are blocked/chocked so the trailer cannot move forward or backward, and for sure, once you start jacking it up, to make darn sure no part of your body is in a place where you can be pinned if/when it falls. I'm betting there are many, many injuries and worse every year from trailers/vehicles falling off jacks, most of which we never hear about. I've seen things fall off jacks. Believe this: when they come down, it's in a big hurry.
Always best to do this jacking while it's still hooked to the tow vehicle, but the OP has said they don't want to do that, so it's going to be dicey.

Good point--safety above all! I hope the OP has/knows what wheel chocks are.
This situation, of a man in the USA never having used a jack, is a first for me. Although, I've encountered other "firsts" with folks so it isn't a cataclysmic event. I wonder how many folks there are, now-a-days, that have never handled a manual transmission. :@