Caravan levelling

We just us the ordinary yellow levelling ramps.  As we usually use hardstandings, whichvare more than often fairly flat, we hardly ever need to level anyway.  The 'lock 'n level' system seems good, but probably a bit OTT for our needs.

David 

On the rare occasion I am forced to use a hard standing, if the adjustment needed is only minor I push the gravel to form a small mound and reverse on to that. Quick and easy

When on my preferred grass pitch if needed I use the lock n level. As stated above, a great bit of kit.

I use one of the yellow levelling ramps. I always reverse up the ramp while my wife looks at the spirit level and tells me when the van is level. Then apply handbrake. If you go forwards up the ramp then the van will move slightly down when held by the handbrake until the auto-reverse mechanism arrests the movement.

I think you have that haris about face .... 😞

Lock and Level for me. So easy and so accurate. Not a matter of ‘that’ll do’ anymore but spot on and first time every time. 

When on a hard standing I generally find that scrapping away the top gravel from just in from or behind the high side and then letting the wheel sit in the scoop works very well. 

Then when leaving just scrape the gravel back.

A little OT but last month on a hillocky site recently, where you found your own patch and pitched, (one yellow wedge under one wheel of our caravan with the aid of a cheap spirit level, to answer the original post), we saw a MH parked, facing the lovely sea view. They'd backed up onto the wedges under their front wheels, so their van was now effectively parked on an even steeper slope, and it if let go would be heading off across the track and down over the edge.

I'm not a motorhomer, but it seemed to me that it would have been safer to have backed past the desired spot a foot or so, then driven forward up the ramp, so it now prevented an escape rather than encouraging one. Or am I just being hyper-cautious?

I'ver noticed a few MHomers reverse up wedges but I always drive up them. Prudence would dictate your option as sensible.

Anyone who tries to reverse the Fiat/Peugeot offerings up wedges really should seriously reconsider! They’re better than they used to be but still not happy reversing up slopes. 🙁

We once saw a Motorhomer be a bit too heavy footed and go over the top of his ramped leveller. It then got stuck tight, wedged between the wheel and the wheel arch. Luckily someone jacked his van up, took the wheel off, dislodged the ramp, put everything back together and even did his levelling for him. So be careful out there.