An alternative to leveling blocks that I came up with.

skip1221

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Last year when I was camping and I had the camper perfect, then it rained for three days straight. The right side of the camper was on those angles leveling blocks and had sunken two inches into the mud. So I decided to put two U brackets under the camper on each side of the frame and I made two 2x6 boards 7 feet long. I painted them and now when I go to level the camper I use a board under the tires If I need two I use them both. Here is what they look like. From the leveling blocks to the boards. Driving onto The boards give you a lot more stability and its easier to use and the wheel chalks work better as well.
 

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Been using lumber ever since my original pop-up. Old school technology (a board from a tree) is still best. I carry a LOT of lumber with me. There are times, I've used it all too. If you travel, you never know what the actual logistics of the campsite will ACTUALLY turn out to be. Not everyone parks their campers in high class RV resorts. Some of us park on dirt!
 
Been using lumber ever since my original pop-up. Old school technology (a board from a tree) is still best. I carry a LOT of lumber with me. There are times, I've used it all too. If you travel, you never know what the actual logistics of the campsite will ACTUALLY turn out to be. Not everyone parks their campers in high class RV resorts. Some of us park on dirt!
I have carring 2x6 boards of different lengths way back to my truck camper days.
Still the best way to level a trailer.

Don
 
I finally got tired of slippery 2x10's when I tried to roll up on them. We just got a set of the wedges, so far so good on our first deployment, we are getting a lot of rain right now so I'll have to check them to ensure they havnt sunk. But they were real easy to level with. The wife watched the Lippert level controller while I backed onto them, and we hit it right on the head 0.0 side to side first try.
 
When I painted them Hammer I also poured sand on the boards for grip. But if the wedges work for you then thats great. It only took the one time to put the wedges to bed for me. Now I carry ONE wedge in case I get a flat and need to change the other tire.
 
Like many I have used boards for everything and carry a lot in the bed of my truck. I cut an angle on the ends to the tire rolls up and doesn't scoot the board.
 
Another reason to carry extra bits of lumber or levelers is to keep the picnic table level. Traveling in "non" flat locations often means the campsite is on some kind of a slope or incline. With extra bits of lumber available under the legs of the picnic table, the eggs don't roll off the flat griddle or the pancakes don't all lump up on one side of the frying pan! I always level the picnic table, and use wood shims under the griddle and frying pan to get it perfectly level. Yes, I use a small carpenter's level for the griddle. I'm just a bit anal when it comes to a level cooking surface.
 

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