Leveling Blocks

avoidcrowds wrote:
Do you try to get your tires level to one another (on the same side of the trailer) as part of your leveling process?

At home I do where I our driveway slopes significantly to the road and the trailer can often be parked for weeks at a time in one location. The system I devised for using the weight of the trailer itself to absolutely prevent the trailer from shifting forward also elevates the leading tires on both sides of the trailer, the net result being that the equalizers between each set of tires sit level just as they would when the trailer is parked on a level ground surface.



For camping this isn't a practical solution and because the trailer is rarely parked in any one location for more than a few days at a time the equalizers do sit off level, one relative to the other, when parked on a site that slopes significantly to the front or to the rear. However, in that case what I am more concerned about is any potential for trailer slippage, ergo the reason I prefer an in-between tire solution between both the low side and high side set of tires. I'm not convinced the Andersen chock which augments the leveler itself will do this when site slope is significant.

As illustrated earlier I'd still be using a set of adjustable BAL Standard Tire Locking Chocks if they would fit my current trailer. However, even when adjusted to their shortest length they don't so I had to devise an alternate method - sets of rubber chocks that are prevented from shifting by hardwood spacers - a system that absolutely does prevent trailer shift no matter the slope or degree of low side elevation I need to have the trailer sitting level front-to-back and side-to-side. This pics shows a triple Lynx elevation but I can go higher if necessary.