Leveling Your Travel Trailer

Travel trailers are the perfect way to elevate a campsite into a luxury suite, but only if they’re level. Any odd angles can be more than uncomfortable—they can be downright unsafe. We here at McGovern’s RV & Marine want to help keep your next trip smooth and fun, so we’ve put together some tips for leveling your travel trailer. To learn more, or to see the travel trailers we have for sale, contact our store in Grande Prairie, Alberta, today!

Supplies

You don’t need much to get this done, but you’ll need a few materials and tools to get it done right, including:

• A digital or bubble level.
• Boards or leveling blocks.
• Wheel chocks or other methods of keeping wheels in place.
• A hitch jack.
• Stabilizer jacks.

Once you’ve got these, you’re ready to get things leveled!

The Right Place

To start, of course, you need to get your trailer to the right spot. Parking your travel trailer on relatively level ground will get you off to an easy and sensible start. It might take a bit of driving and maneuvering to get it just right, but that hassle is nothing compared to trying to level your rig on uneven terrain.

Side To Side

Once you’ve got the spot picked out, try to park your trailer about a foot and a half from where you want it to end up. Use your level to measure how your trailer currently rests side-to-side by placing it on the tongue of the trailer. That will tell you which side is higher than the other.

Next, put boards or leveling blocks behind the wheels of the side you need to raise. Slowly back your trailer onto those materials, then put it in park and use the level on the trailer tongue again. This might take a few tires to get everything just right, but it’ll mean a much better night’s sleep.

Stabilizing

Once the sides are as level as they can be, lock everything into place. Use wheel chocks, bricks, or more boards in front of and behind every wheel to keep the trailer where you put it. That will prevent even a slight roll, which can undo all your work at best, and cause serious damage at worst.

Front To Back

Now it’s time to level the front and back. Use your level to see which of them is higher, if either. Place it perpendicular to how you used it on the trailer tongue, then use a hitch jack to adjust the front higher or lower as needed. This might also take a few tries.

Secure It

Now that everything is level from side to side and front to back, you have to keep it there. Use the stabilizer jacks at the corners of your trailer to minimize rocking motions that might change the levels, then kick back and relax.

Ready to hit the road? If you have any questions, or just want to see our inventory, contact us at McGovern’s RV & Marine. We proudly serve Edmonton, Alberta—let us serve you today!