Motorhome Leveling with Blocks

[The Doghoues]

Originally Posted by Jopopsy

For those of you that pre-level your rig with blocks before deploying your auto-levelers, let me ask you a question

I’m trying to figure out exactly how many bags of legos (Lynx or Camco take your pick) are really needed. It was much easier to figure out when you had 3 points to level (trailer) vs. 4 points (motorhome).

So - 1 bag of legos gives you a 4” rise max. If the coach is uniformly nose down, you could use 2 bags of legos to bring the nose up.

So we’re at 2 bags. However, if you use one bag under each front wheel, you may now need to add some under the front jacks to accomodate the 4” of height you just added to the equation. 4”, 8 more legos. 3 bags for the front.

Now, if you’re off side to side, you ‘could’ need one bag for the front tire, and 2 bags for the back dualies. Plus an additional bag for the levelers. 4 bags.

If its a compound correction, meaning you’re going down front to back AND side to side, I actually think that’s the easiest to solve. Raise the lowest tire and call it a day. 2 bags if its one of the back corners, another bag for that rear jack (with some to spare). So 3 bags still.

And we didn’t even account for the minimum 1 lego for a jack to land on to give some support. *full disclosure I put 1 hosspad minimum under each leveling jack to give a good solid base*

That’s a lot of legos ! Anybody else as OCD about this as I am?

Helpful tip of the day - Camco makes a nice double sized lego - works great for rear dualies on a Class ‘C’. https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Levelin...42&sr=8-6&th=1

If you have levelers why do you need blocks. 2020 Nexus 32T. We just added 4 levelers and don’t use anything.

[Jopopsy]

Because I’ve been so out of level w/ some places we go that I’ll have a tire or two floating in the air. I’d rather put some weight on the suspension AND the levelers.

[Berjr]

Going to the races we are always in some odd location, nothing is ever level in a corn field so we pre-level the rig then use the leveling jacks for the stabilizers, I use 2x10 blocks i carry 8-10 of them along with a couple of chunks of 4x4 they work great for ramps and lever pads and i don't feel so bad f i loose one.

[The Doghoues]

Originally Posted by Berjr

Going to the races we are always in some odd location, nothing is ever level in a corn field so we pre-level the rig then use the leveling jacks for the stabilizers, I use 2x10 blocks i carry 8-10 of them along with a couple of chunks of 4x4 they work great for ramps and lever pads and i don't feel so bad f i loose one.

I never thought of doing what you do. We show Chi Chi’s for a hobby.we never go to a amp ground. Good idea tho.

[SloPoke]

Originally Posted by Click_here

... and an outdoor projector, but you will need to supply your own big screen, like a white sheet hanging down from the awning...

oh yea... this reminds me of another camper who tried to hang a sheet outside of their motor-home for shade in one of those "Premium RV Parks" as they have a VERY STRICT RULE prohibiting any outdoor clothes drying... we would get kicked out in a matter of minutes - without any refund!

[SloPoke]

Originally Posted by Berjr

Going to the races we are always in some odd location, nothing is ever level in a corn field so we pre-level the rig then use the leveling jacks for the stabilizers, I use 2x10 blocks i carry 8-10 of them along with a couple of chunks of 4x4 they work great for ramps and lever pads and i don't feel so bad f i loose one.

Yep... and when they do finally split and fall apart - they make great firewood later that night.

[CAG]

I did not read through this entire thread and this comment/question is rhetorical considering the entire question.

Why have levelers if you have to level the rig before deploying the levelers?

I have them too this just seems asinine when you think about it.

[RetiredOne]

Originally Posted by CAG

I did not read through this entire thread and this comment/question is rhetorical considering the entire question.

Why have levelers if you have to level the rig before deploying the levelers?

I have them too this just seems asinine when you think about it.

If you had read the thread, you would have seen the reason was to keep the front wheels from being lifted off of the ground by the levelers. Some here are concerned with that.

[CAG]

Sorry dude you missed my point entirely. It had nothing to do with the rest of the thread. Obviously you missed the word rhetorical.