hey y'all on today's tuesday talks for rvers we're going to dive a little
deeper into leveling we did a video previously on leveling and we used the
anderson buckets and anderson levelers and steve i'm going to go with steve b
because i don't want to murder your last name had asked a question and asked for a
little more in-depth video so steve today i'm going to dive a little deeper just for you
our process when we get to a campground is pretty similar jimmy stays in the truck i get out and
man the controls today we are fortunate enough to be staying at a harvest host
so this was the perfect opportunity to not be blocking the road or anything like that while we
dive a little deeper so i know that everyone does not have the same leveling system that we have
however this is the only one i have to give you an example on so i'll talk to you as best i can
with the knowledge that i have so when i get out and i turn it on
the red dots so at this particular site the front and the right side
both need to come up that's what the red dots mean if you go over here into manual mode and hit enter
if you hit right or left it'll tell you how far off it is so 3.5 is a pretty big
difference um the front's not going to be as bad so what that means is this particular site
we're going to get out i'm going to get the camper where i want it we're going to
get out and get the anderson levelers and we're going to go ahead and bring that right side up
first but to answer steve's question because the front still needs to come up to be level
i definitely know i have enough room to put my anderson buckets under the front feet
if the reverse was the case if the rear needed to come up there's a good chance i won't have enough
room for the buckets to be in the front because as we mentioned previously the process for the
leveling system is once you get it off the truck and you tell it to level the front's going to drop
down first and maybe come back up a little then it's going to drop the jacks on the driver's side
until they hit the ground and have some pressure then it's going to drop them on the other side
it's going to work outside to side level first and then it's going to either raise the front
up or lower the front to get a front to back level so the problem steve was having was his
front end needed to come down so when you put the buckets in it didn't have enough room to
get down far enough to start that process so this is what i use to determine whether or not
i'm even going to be able to use the buckets in the front and sometimes you just can't use them
today we're going to be able to but we're going to show you how we use the anderson levelers
and how we use the buckets step by step so let's go around to the other side and get the leveler
set up so we can get started for anyone who's not familiar with the anderson levelers and
how they work you're going to either back or drive you know whichever way you want to set them
on there until it gets level and then you'll put the other chalk under it so that it keeps it
flat still i'm not sure the right word these aren't depending on who you ask they may or may
not be necessary i don't like to if i hit level right now the camper would probably level itself
and these tires would be completely off the ground depending on who you ask that's a problem or maybe
it's not i'm just more comfortable at least having something under it what i use to determine whether
to have him back on or pull onto these is for example we already looked and it was off by 3.5
at the at the command center so what that means is we're going to use probably every bit of this
to get it somewhat close to level the tires may still not sit on this because it may be too much
but if that's the case i don't want to pull forward when we're leaning downhill in the
front too i'm going to rather have him back up so that i can get my chalk underneath here
so that if it were to roll one way or the other it's going to roll downhill which is going to be
forward and i feel like this is a little more stable that's just my opinion there's nothing
scientific to it so my process once i decide how i want him to handle that is i put the levelers
where i'm gonna want them to be so for example
if i want the tires to end up here and i want him to back onto them this is
where i want the tire to finish so i'm going to set it right beside the tire
i'm going to have jimmy pull up so that the back side of that tire is right even with this you
know the little the beginning part of it whatever the right word would be and then i'm gonna slide
those behind the tire then i'll have him back up till he's right up on top i'll put the chocks in
then i'll roll over to the other side and put chalks on those wheels those wheels
are going to stay on the ground so we're going to chalk that side
but these are just going to be the chocks to hold the levers again unless this is you know there's a
tree or something involved this doesn't have to be an exact science just where you think you want it
so we're going to pull these over
get them secured under there
sometimes with the center tires it's a little tight
and now we'll have him back up
i'm going to stop right there so we're using the majority of that slide these chocks underneath
and i actually think he can maybe come back a
little further so we're going to come back just a little bit more
now he's going to keep his foot on the brake until i get all these secured
so that he doesn't roll up and mash my fingers okay so now we're going to check and see what
change that made here the front probably is not going to be any change but the right was at 3.5
now it's only off by 1.6 so still a little bit there's a little playroom there and the levelers
can only be but so big the front is still low and just like i said earlier if the front needs
to come down you can't put the buckets here the same applies to the next two jacks on the side
since this side is going to be lower you may or may not have room to put your buckets under there
so check that you know if they won't fit they won't fit you just don't need them and if you
know maybe like at this instance we'll probably put the buckets on the other side and not worry
about this side because that side needs to come up and i want there to be more stability over there
so we're going to run through the rest of the process we're going to get it off the truck
with the level button and then we'll check out everything and see what it looks like
so i want to put in two plugs um for those of you that do or do not know uh one of the features on
this particular leveling system when you unplug this from the back of your truck it recalls where
this is so when you're reversing the process and hooking it back up to your truck
and you want it to be at the right level to to catch your um
your hitch when you first turn this on if you push the left and right button together
it is supposed to take you back to the level you are at when you disconnect it from the truck
disconnect from the truck meaning when this plug was disconnected from the truck
before everybody gets all up in a tizzy about that there is a safety feature that will not allow it
to drop the front end to get to that level so if the front end needs to come down to reach
that level it's not going to work it's going to say feature disabled when you try to do it and
it's not going to work don't get frustrated that's the way it's supposed to work however
if the front end has to drop you know when you're level at your camper and when you're going to hook
it back up to the truck it needs to come up it will go up so it's a great procedure but it only
works some of the time but in case you didn't know that was an option it is an option and worst case
scenario if you hit the button it doesn't work it's because it needs to drop down and it won't
do that for safety reasons another plug i want to throw in is for this handy little contraption we
got and tampa last year it's made by morryde we have a video jimmy can put a link above for that
when we get where we're going this hole is notched out like your plug is
simply put your plug through there then you rotate this around
and i just like to lay this up here so it stays out of the way
originally the thought was it was going to be called a turtle but i think for whatever reason
or i decided against that and it's called a cord keeper but it is available through more ride now
and this is just magnetically attached to our pen box the only time we ever take it off is to show
people so short of that it lives there while we're traveling everywhere we've never had it move it
just stays right there so just another neat little something we have that we really enjoy so steve
i hope you're watching and i hope that answered your questions if not feel free to contact us back
and for those of you that are harvest host members or even those of you that aren't but
are thinking about maybe joining today we are able to do this and not walk up the campground
because we are at my favorite harvest host sutler post farm it's a cloudsdale farm
you can come and take a tour learn all about the horses learn about the
family that owns them and takes care of them so if you're ever in or near mechanicsville maryland
please be sure to check them out because it's just an awesome place an awesome group of people
until the next time you find us camping be it in a campground or a harvest host safe travels y'all