RetiredbutWorking wrote: I am on my third class c and have never had leveling jacks. To me it is simple, I just pull into my camp site. If it is level, I am done. If not, I throw a couple of boards under a tire or two, done. I have never had to crawl in the mud to level. I never make the wife crawl in the mud to level either. To me, leveling jacks are just another system to maintain and a drain on my cargo carrying capacity.
Just wish you could try them once and you would be sold !!
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Seriously I traveled all over the 50 states, and have never needed to level. On all sites you can pull forward or back and get "pretty level' , not bubble level, but, I ain't that anal.
I still have those slick plastic tire levelers in the same wrapper I purchased them in.
Probably depends a lot where you stay. If you're mostly at RV parks, then probably, you don't need jacks. If you're at government campgrounds, especially those in states that get actual weather where the sites erode and shift from year to year, jacks are, IMO, a great thing.
We've stayed in some sites that were so darn steep that it would have been pretty unsafe to have our coach perched up on wood blocks. Not to mention, all that wonderful storage space in your coach that you use up schlepping that wood around. I've seen people pull out the equivalent of a small Home Depot lumber department when they start to level their coaches. For us, we pull in. Whoever is driving drops the jacks. The other stands outside, glances under the coach to ensure that the jacks all dropped like they should. We double check the levelling with a bubble level.
And, about 2 minutes later, we're done.
Someone here told me that it makes sense to buy your jacks when you first get your coach because you'll get your full value out of them that way. (Sometimes, you get truly brilliant and invaluable advice here!) We tried wood and plastic blocks twice. We bought the jacks (the joystick model). That is probably some of the best money we have ever spent. Honestly. It just makes RVing that much better. I see people lounging around in $200 chaise lounge chairs; they have all the other fancy Camping World gear, but they level their coaches with wood, and I just think, they could have saved that $400, saved up some more, and bought something truly worth the money.
My two cents, for whatever it's worth.
Dh, our 2 year old German Shepherd, 15 yr old Beagle/Spaniel and me.
Exploring every National Park (and Monument) in USA, Canada, Mexico & beyond.
3 well-used backpacking tents.
2008 Itasca Impulse, 24'
Clearly, an individual choice. Our first RV did not have them and we got along just fine. Our current RV came with them. With our first RV we just didn't know what we were missing - we are sold on the leveling jacks. We many times park in more primitive areas and having them makes getting level as easy as a push of the button. Now - I would not be with out them.
Rick & JoAnne Morgan and Sandy (9 year old Shepherd and Husky mix)
2007 Winnebago Aspect 26A Our RV Travels
Retiredbutworking wrote: I am on my third class c and have never had leveling jacks. To me it is simple, I just pull into my camp site. If it is level, I am done. If not, I throw a couple of boards under a tire or two, done. I have never had to crawl in the mud to level. I never make the wife crawl in the mud to level either. To me, leveling jacks are just another system to maintain and a drain on my cargo carrying capacity.
My thoughts exactly. We use plastic leveling ramps, not a lumberyard full of wood. Easy to store, lightweight, no problem even if it's raining. Takes no more time than hydraulic or electic jacks. Last weekend the guy in the neighboring site jockey'd his jacks around for over ten minutes, and it was an asphalt paved site almost level.
It just one of those "to each his own" things. If I still worked as an RV service advisor, I'd tell everyone to get jacks and any other accessory that could break or require service. It was just extra money on my paycheck.
2007 Winnebago Access 31c
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