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How To Determine When RV Is Level?
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How To Determine When RV Is Level?
My RV has no leveling bubble from the factory. So I have nothing simple I can use to determine if the RV is level.
I used two beam levels on my last outing. A 4' beam level and a 2' beam level, both using bubble vials. No two surfaces in my trailer agree on what is level.
Should I be using the sidewalls to determine side-to-side level? I tried that but liquids in pans on the stovetop drain to one end of the pan, and the tub doesn't drain quite right.
To determine front-back level, I put the 4' level down the middle of the trailer, parallel with the frame. That worked OK, but it still felt off a bit.
I used two beam levels on my last outing. A 4' beam level and a 2' beam level, both using bubble vials. No two surfaces in my trailer agree on what is level.
Should I be using the sidewalls to determine side-to-side level? I tried that but liquids in pans on the stovetop drain to one end of the pan, and the tub doesn't drain quite right.
To determine front-back level, I put the 4' level down the middle of the trailer, parallel with the frame. That worked OK, but it still felt off a bit.
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I just use a 2' bubble level on the floor inside the door, side to side first, then when I am leveling it front to back with the tongue jack, get it where I want it and put down the stabilizers. Always works good for me.
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walmart rv dept. has 2 pak bubble type levelers with a peel and stick backing , about $2.59 each ,
buy 4 pks , put 2 levelers on each corner of your rv as low as possible, and be as ocd as you want.
buy 4 pks , put 2 levelers on each corner of your rv as low as possible, and be as ocd as you want.
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I have bubble levels, beam levels, level app on my phone, glass of water, etc. It's my dang RV that doesn't have any 2 places that agree on what is level. The floor in RV seems to have a crown on it. I tried the phone on the floor and wow was it bad!
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Choose your battle then, pick one of the liquid locations (stove, tub...) and get that level both ways and stick on a set of the RV bubble levels mention above, that way you can easily get back to that same level point with decent repeatability. I would focus on the tub personally, the stove may be able to be shimmed to make it level with the new tub zero bubble.
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Given the lack of anything in the trailer being square, I'm not convinced that the sidewalls are a good place to determine if the trailer if vertically straight or if it's leaning.
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The door swing thing is just an old dealer trick to ball park it fast, otherwise the fridge is the most sensitive if out of level so folks can try a bubble level on the center rack as a possibility. 
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I use adhesive bubble levels on the right front of my RV (trailer w/ power jack). One gives me front to rear, the other side to side. I use a bubble level in the refrigerator as "reference" for "level"......If and when the reefer is level, the unit is level "enough". Find a paved parking lot, position the RV so that the reefer bubble level is "dead" on level, then attach the exterior bubble levels.