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5thwheelgirl
09-14-2019, 02:58 PM
Hi,
I am renting this piece of land to live in my 5th wheel. the dirt road is at a slope. I do not know how to level it on a slope. I have never had to do this.
How should I do it? Should I leave the truck attached and drive up on a ramp to lift back tires of towing truck? Should I unhitch and level it using boards? First I would have to dig out sections in the dirt and make them level to support the boards?
I already have wheel chucks.

This is my only option to park and live at the moment, and I don't want to brake or mess something up on the 5th wheel by doing it wrong.
thanks
my 5th wheel is a 2005 Keystone rv challenger
picture is below
https://ibb.co/SRVp3Xc

Canonman
09-14-2019, 03:48 PM
Is the picture of the trailer in the spot you are planning to use? If so, I see the back of the trailer running uphill. I always try and get our Cougar as level as possible side to side first. I find the easiest way is to use the Tri- Leveler. I'd suggest using two of these in front of the trailer tires so you can pull up onto them somewhat mitigating the slope. You might have to play with one a little more forward on the high side to accomplish the side to side leveling. Then use leveling blocks under the front landing gear to gain enough height to lift the pin from your hitch. Once you pull the truck forward and clear the pin you can retract the landing gear until the trailer is level front to back.
BUT, BEFORE you operate the landing gear be sure to chock your trailer wheels. Both sides!! With large, good quality chocks. Make sure that the trailer isn't going to start rolling when you disconnect the hitch.

If possible, I'd have someone who's done this before give you a hand. There is nothing like a little experience to make sure everything is safe.

wiredgeorge
09-14-2019, 03:53 PM
Your trailer is similar in size to mine and I live on the side of a hill. The important thing is to get it level as the refrigerator will get messed up if it isn't. I camped at a camp ground last year and had to use cribbing; think it was 4x6" to get my trailer level. Level the side that is sidehill with the cribbing. Then level the front using the front power legs; you may need to "shim" one side or the other to get it perfectly level front to back. I bought a couple stick-on bubble levels and put one near the level switch up front and one just around the corner at eye level for the other. The one in front tells you side to side and the one on the side tells me front to back level. When I park at home here in the hill country, I had a guy with a front loader come scrape me a pad level and put down some base and he compacted it. It was only a few hundred bucks but the base keeps the "pad" area from turning into a mud pit when it rains.