Automatic Leveling system

[BetterWayLiving]

Has anyone here considered adding an auto leveling system to their bus?

If you considered it:
What were your reasons for considering it?
Why or why not did you eventually do it?
Did you do it before or after you did your build?
Brands you would recommend to use or absolutely stay away from.
If you did it, would you do it again?
And maybe most importantly, how much living in your skoolie do you do - weekends here and there on up to full time living?

[Drew Bru]

I briefly looked into adding some kind of leveling system to our air bags (we've got rear air suspension) but it seemed a little more complex than I wanted to deal with. We've got some leveling blocks and carry some scraps of wood, but I think we've only used them twice in our 7 months of full time living. It just hasn't been all that necessary. It would be pretty sweet to have one of those setups like some of the Class A motorhomes have but that would be more of a luxury than a necessity for us.
I seem to recall there being some threads about leveling jacks and pneumatic leveling systems from years back, but I don't know if anything ever came of them.

[kazetsukai]

Originally Posted by BetterWayLiving

Has anyone here considered adding an auto leveling system to their bus?

Trying to put one together.

Originally Posted by BetterWayLiving

What were your reasons for considering it?

Things like drainage are the most obvious. Less obvious: Sleeping. My bus is parked on a slab that's a few degrees off level and it is very noticeable when trying to get some shuteye.

Originally Posted by BetterWayLiving

Did you do it before or after you did your build?

Build is a WIP that's mostly done. Most of the work left is testing and tests are why I want a way to level the vehicle easily.

Originally Posted by BetterWayLiving

If you did it, would you do it again?

Can't answer this directly as I haven't done it yet but, I imagine the more times you move + park, the more valuable this functionality would be. Someone overwhelmingly stationary may be fine with simple manual jacks.

Originally Posted by BetterWayLiving

And maybe most importantly, how much living in your skoolie do you do - weekends here and there on up to full time living?

Not much yet but plan to full-time.