Wheel chock question

SoundGuy wrote:

Deep Trax wrote:
The primary purpose of these is for leveling. They work much better if your tire rolls up to the mid point of the large ramp which gives you about a 2" lift for leveling. That way the small chock fits fully under the large ramp as shown in the picture.

If you need smaller or larger lift for leveling such as 1" or 3", your tire will be much closer to one end or the other of the large ramp. When you end up like this, the slightest movement of you trailer can cause your tire to roll off either end of the large ramp.

The only solution to avoid this is to keep repositioning your trailer and the large ramp until you end up with your trailer level and with the bottom of your tire near the mid point of the large ramp. Of course this is more work and eliminates the advantage that Anderson claims to have in this design.

I have a pair of these in my trailer and don't find them near as great as all the Anderson videos show.

DISCLAIMER:

I don't use the Andersen Leveler system because our current Coachmen has a narrow 29" axle spread so coupled with 14" tires there's just not enough room between adjacent tires to fit the leveler. Yes, I could trim the narrow end, even profile the thick end, but they still won't fit. With that said, I often find myself parking on campsites that slope noticeably to the rear so I'd have to agree - I wouldn't be comfortable at all parking the low side tires on a set of Andersen levelers and having the tires sitting so close to the fat end, not when the slope of the site itself is wanting to pull the trailer off the leveler and the only thing stopping it are those Andersen chocks. :E

I never rely on just the levelers to keep the camper secure. All wheels are chocked. Andersen type levelers can be used in either direction. The slope of the site and the side to side difference determines how to use the levelers.
I was just on a site that was about 18" out of level front to back and 2" out side to side. No problem getting level and secure. Just a little bit of cogitating.
If the site is a lot worse than that, then all bets are off.