Level my RV

[Leadfoot21]

So for whatever reason my motorhome was ordered with a lot of options but a leveling system was not one of them . I’m camping Sunday though Thursday and evidently my site isn’t the most level. My motorhome is 34’ long and I need cheap options to level her that I can have here by the end of the weekend …. Help me out this is my first time that I’ll be leveling it or anything .

 

[Stingray]

Floor jack and cribbing.
I know not permanent, but would solve your quick weekend problem,
or the orange drive up ramps.

 

[Leadfoot21]

She’s 15,000 lbs

 

[Stingray]

She’s 15,000 lbs

Shit, I'll stick with drive on cribbing though. in the short term.

You see guys carry all sorts if home made blocks to level with

 

[Dan]

There's no jacks at all on it?

 

[Leadfoot21]

Correct , none . Just the locations where you could install factory ones and bolt them in .

 

[Austin]

I'd hit up Home Depot, grab a few pieces of 2x that match the width of your tires and have them cut it into 2' or so lengths .... do the same with a 1x for finer adjustments then stack and just go back and fourth on them till you're close

..... probably cost the same as a leveling system

 

[Dan]

Damn that sucks. They should have the drive up blocks at camping world or even Walmart.

 

[Clb]

2x8"-10" (10' = 2 -5'rs should be plenty to put both tires onto)
45 deg cut in middle drive up the 45 stack as needed.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Park where you want, chain the high side drive wheel to keep it from turning.
Brake torque until level.

 

[Derp]

Grab two or three big bottle jacks from harbor freight? That would get you some pretty fine adjustment.

 

[D Nelly]

2x6 cut in whatever lengths you think is reasonable. A few pieces of plywood scrap for fine tuning. Knock a 45 on the ends of everything to keep them from sliding as bad when you pull up on them

 

[AKnate]

She’s 15,000 lbs

And? Ive put 90,000+ lb equipment on cribbing and never worried about it.

A regular floor jack should lift it just fine. My "4 ton" lifts a 24,000lb dumptruck without issue.

 

[Stingray]

And? Ive put 90,000+ lb equipment on cribbing and never worried about it.

A regular floor jack should lift it just fine. My "4 ton" lifts a 24,000lb dumptruck without issue.

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[Leadfoot21]

You think some of these : https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Olympian-Aluminum-Stabilize-Position/dp/B000760FWU/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?crid=2Y6N2EOTVAMJK&keywords=screw+jacks+for+rv&qid=1653242014&sprefix=screw+Jack,aps,208&sr=8-12&tag=91812054244-20#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div sitting on some 2x10’s would suffice ?

 

[Etyler2]

The Legos also look like they work and stackable

 

[Clb]

The leggos are ok but you need a shiton of em. And hard to find in his situation

 

[rockyota83]

dont cut 45s all the way through the 2x, leave a 3/8"-1/2" vertical as to not make a sharp point that catches shit and/or splinters/cracks

 

[AKnate]

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Not seeing where 2 or 4 even mentions a floor jack

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Not seeing where 2 or 4 even mentions a floor jack

That's impressive!

 

[D Nelly]

You think some of these : https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Olympian-Aluminum-Stabilize-Position/dp/B000760FWU/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?crid=2Y6N2EOTVAMJK&keywords=screw+jacks+for+rv&qid=1653242014&sprefix=screw+Jack,aps,208&sr=8-12&tag=91812054244-20#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div sitting on some 2x10’s would suffice ?

It's a pain in the balls to lift with them anything over like 1/8-1/4". When we'd use them on my parents camper we'd lift it with a bottle jack and then lower it down onto the screw jacks. They're made more for support than leveling if that makes sense

 

[Leadfoot21]

It's a pain in the balls to lift with them anything over like 1/8-1/4". When we'd use them on my parents camper we'd lift it with a bottle jack and then lower it down onto the screw jacks. They're made more for support than leveling if that makes sense

Yeah I don’t mean to raise it just to sit it on after lifting it with a bottle Jack . was thinking 4-6 should suffice on pads

 

[Stingray]

Not seeing where 2 or 4 even mentions a floor jack

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[GLTHFJ60]

Correct , none . Just the locations where you could install factory ones and bolt them in .

How the hell do you get it off your truck's hitch then?

Floor jack and cribbing is the way to go. To to the store and buy some lumber, cut it to lengths, drive up on it to get level side to side. If not level front to back, either put the truck's tires up on the same cribbing, or unhitch the trailer and lower it down.

 

[Leadfoot21]

It’s a motorhome not a trailer

 

[Stingray]

Driving up on tapered ramps or pre-made plastic blocks, or cribbing is how cheap ass bastards have been doing it since the first RV's


Until you mount a leveling system, all of the above answers are the way to go.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

It’s a motorhome not a trailer

What does it matter. Drive on top of shit to make it level, or jack it up with something. You have four corners if it's a motorhome.

Don't over think this any more than you already have.

 

[Leadfoot21]

What does it matter. Drive on top of shit to make it level, or jack it up with something. You have four corners if it's a motorhome.

Don't over think this any more than you already have.

Nobody is over thinking anything you kept referencing a trailer and a hitch …. So I let you know it’s a motorhome .

 

[OHV Wildcat]

Just wanted to say that motorhomes can't handle ground that's as uneven as a trailer can. This is due to the need to keep the drive wheels in contact with the ground or cribbing or whatever (for parking brake purposes). So, if your site is high on one end, you should try to put your drive axle on the high end, so you can raise the front. Don't reverse that.

 

[1Sinner]

No air leveling system?

Wood cribbing would be the easiest and most economical. Takes up a lot of space. If you get the itch, get a 12v dump trailer pump/tank combo add a couple hydraulic cylinders, run lines, make floor pads. Hydraulic leveling system. Tada.