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Old 02-27-2015, 07:38 AM   #1
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Leveling blocks.

Ok we got to go camping about 5 times last year do to our camper being delivered later then we was told. I carried 3 2*6 boards around to level with. This year I was going to try the square stack blocks. My question is if you have to put some under all 4wheels how do you chock the wheels?
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Old 02-27-2015, 07:52 AM   #2
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Ok we got to go camping about 5 times last year do to our camper being delivered later then we was told. I carried 3 2*6 boards around to level with. This year I was going to try the square stack blocks. My question is if you have to put some under all 4wheels how do you chock the wheels?
Like this! and place X-Chock on the other side! Youroo!!
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Ok we got to go camping about 5 times last year do to our camper being delivered later then we was told. I carried 3 2*6 boards around to level with. This year I was going to try the square stack blocks. My question is if you have to put some under all 4wheels how do you chock the wheels?
There may be something simple about this that my Simplistic Mind isn't seeing, but if you're "Leveling" with them why would you ever have some under all four wheels?

Before I get pounded by someone who knows more about camping than me, I'm just asking the question for my own knowledge.
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Old 02-27-2015, 08:37 AM   #4
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Evidently my mind is just as simplistic as yours Ashley. Any way, like youroo said, leveling blocks one side, x-chocks other.
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I carry 4 2x6's in my pass thru storage, and I use them under the low side tires only as needed to level. I have 2 sets of the leveling blocks, but I use them under the stablilizers and also under the steps if I have enough. I usually throw a couple 6x6 blocks in the back of the pickup also just in case.
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Old 02-27-2015, 08:42 AM   #6
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Has anyone tried the Anderson levelers? I know this has been addressed many times, but every one I talk to that use them say they are the cat's meow. Whole lot less to carry with you & take up less space & much lighter than the wooden boards we all have carried.
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Mainly because we found them left at a campground, we carry two sets of the orange leveling blocks. If we are not using them under the tires or the tongue wheel, we can use them under our supply of firewood, or under the bag of charcoal, to keep those things off the damp ground. (We go to FS campgrounds a lot, so this can be an issue.)
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I still carry 1" x 8" (by 12") boards (about 12 or so) to level and sometimes to place under stabs. I have the Andersen lift, but haven't tried it yet... But, no matter how its blocked up or lifted, the BaL X-chock wil work. The make different models, depending on how far apart the tires are.

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And this under the Steps!
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Like this! and place X-Chock on the other side! Youroo!!
What would be the problem with putting X-chocks on both sides?
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No problem at all.
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IMHO, both sides is mo' better.
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What would be the problem with putting X-chocks on both sides?
Nothing! Yourroo!!
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There may be something simple about this that my Simplistic Mind isn't seeing, but if you're "Leveling" with them why would you ever have some under all four wheels?

Before I get pounded by someone who knows more about camping than me, I'm just asking the question for my own knowledge.
Where I camp at I have had to put boards on both sides to get level two times last year
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Where I camp at I have had to put boards on both sides to get level two times last year
Wouldn't that be "Lifting" instead of "Leveling" when you start adding material under both sides?

What I wasn't getting about the Original Post was if your camper is two inches out of level then why would you be adding under both sides at any point to level it? IF your only goal is to "Level" it. Seems to me adding anywhere besides under the low side is just counter productive.

Call me Lazy, but I like to think of myself as Logical. I'm not gonna add something under both sides to Level my unit. To each his own. That is what makes sitting around a campground entertaining is seeing all the different ways people go about trying to accomplish the same thing.
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I might see the need to do both sides if the ground is soft and you want to increase the footprint to minimize the sinking.
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I might see the need to do both sides if the ground is soft and you want to increase the footprint to minimize the sinking.
Thanks.... I couldn't see it either
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I might see the need to do both sides if the ground is soft and you want to increase the footprint to minimize the sinking.
Now that I will agree with. Bigger Footprint makes total sense. Just couldn't see it from a "Leveling" standpoint.
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Old 02-27-2015, 02:54 PM   #19
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Well I'm new at this and I know last year at one place I had to place some boards under both sides of my camper to get it right. And I would like to just use the leaving blocks I seen at camping world. That would be better than hauling around 3-4 boards 6foot or so long. Not every camping spot is level. I was told by my dealer the only way to leavel my camper is by putting stuff under the tires. Not to use jacks at all. I am going to use xchocks this year too. The guy beside me was camping for 15 years and said they tried to give him the spot I was in. But he has a lot of trouble with it the year before. So he didn't want it.
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You are correct - Never use the jacks for leveling; they are there to "stabilize" the unit. The X-Chocks work well. We carry one (treated) 2x8x4 to level - 4' is long enough to span boat wheels. We use the leveling blocks for the stabilizing jacks.
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