I have a simple two-sided bubble that allows for a quick glance. Having the refrigerator level enough is also important. We live and travel in the mountains where there is no horizon line.” – Keith Benefiel, 2016 Ford F-150, 2001 Hallmark Guanella We have used Lynx Levelers for 25-years, and touch up with the Happijacs. And then there’s trying to sleep.” – Neal Haymore, 1990 Ford F-250, 1968 Siesta It just bugs me when I’m cooking pancakes if they are all running to one side. I have a compressor refrigerator so I am not worried about hurting it by being off-level. Normally this takes less then five-minutes. I use level blocks and a shovel to get pretty close to level and call it a day. Once I find a good spot I will check the level of the rear floor of the camper with my level app on my phone. “When we’re out camping we look for as level a spot as we can find. Then we make dinner.” – John Cook, 2017 Ford F350, 2018 Northstar Laredo SC We just lay the phone on the truck’s console, and move back and forth until we’re hungry (oops, I mean level). “We use an Android app called Laser Level, but there are many to choose from. They work fine.” – Brian and Chris Hagen, 20, 2014 Palomino SS-1251 pop-up We level the truck with orange stacking blocks. The bubble doesn’t have to be perfectly centered. We use them when we camp for the night, and it’s mainly for sleeping. “We have bubble levels on the front and side of the camper. The Question of the Week was, “ Do you level your truck camper rig every time you park?” The other half aren’t comfortable if the camper isn’t level wife-rolling be damned. In all seriousness, the percentage of truck camper owners who attempt to perfectly level their rig versus those who level by eye, make dinner and grab a beer is about fifty-fifty.Ībout half of us can’t be bothered to level our rigs perfectly. Is this some kind of divine in-tire-vention? Even better, some among us apparently have a natural intuition to know exactly how many leveling blocks are required under which tire to become level. Many of us believe we are blessed with the ability to “see” a level spot in a parking lot, open field or campsite – myself included. And we wonder why the motorhome and towable crowd think we’re special.ģ. Alternative approaches to using a simple bubble level include placing a can on its side to see if it rolls, placing water in a frying pans to see if it runs, and staring at glasses of water. Don’t tell Angela, but I will be testing this strategy in the near future.Ģ. More than one reader actually admits to this. Being off-level is evidently a proven technique to ensure the wife gets – ahem – closer at night. After reading each and every response, a few zingers stick out:ġ. In total, we received a mind-boggling 21-pages of level-headed to slightly off-kilter feedback. Once again the enthusiasm for a Question of the Week went totally and completely gonzo. Suggested tricks go far beyond blocks and bubble levels. 115 truck camper owners share their techniques, products and attitudes for leveling a camper.
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