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Old 12-09-2015, 12:21 PM   #1
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Level the bus why camping?

What do you use to get the bus level and stable while camping?

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Old 12-09-2015, 01:53 PM   #2
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Boards mostly, shovel if necessary. I never bother with stability.
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Old 12-09-2015, 05:51 PM   #3
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I use boards, and have stabilizer jacks mounted in the back,
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Old 12-09-2015, 08:27 PM   #4
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I thought blocks cut from stall mats seemed like a good idea, but I haven't actually tried it yet.
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Old 12-09-2015, 08:45 PM   #5
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After a KOA experience much like a scene from Lucy's and Desi's movie "The Long Long Trailer", (our camp site sloped both down and to the side) I decided to give up on boards. I adapted an automotive port-o-liner and a set of tent trailer jacks into a hydraulic leveling system for Honeysuckle Rose, my 1935 Chevy Skoolie.
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The valves allow me to set the height of each jack independent of the others.
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I substituted the hydraulic rams for the original jacking system in the jacks.
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This pic is of a trial fit. The flex lines now link up with steel tubing from the pump to each jack and no longer show.
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Old 12-10-2015, 12:14 AM   #6
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Leave it to Jack to complicate what a couple of 2 x 12's would do!
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