How to Level a Travel Trailer

If you own a travel trailer, it's important to learn how to level your RV. This process ensures that your camper lays flat on the ground, even if the campsite is uneven. The process also keeps your travel camper leveled throughout the vacation, even while people move about inside the RV. 

Not sure how to level a travel trailer? The following guide will walk you through the basics.

Choose Your Spot

Try to find a spot where the ground is already level. This will be much easier than leveling a travel camper on top of a slope!

If possible, avoid setting up your RV on loose terrain. Gravel or sand, for example, can shift under the weight of a camper. This can lead to the travel trailer becoming unlevel as the trip goes on.

Look for an area that's full of compact dirt and with minimal slope. This will keep the travel trailer leveling process as easy as possible.

Level the Travel Trailer From Side to Side

Start with your travel camper still connected to your tow vehicle. Get out a carpenter's level (or a smartphone app) and see whether you need to raise the RV's right or left side.

For the side that you will raise, put leveling blocks or boards underneath it. Then, back up your tow vehicle so that the travel trailer goes on top of them, which will raise that side.

Double-check your efforts with the level. If needed, try again and add or remove height.

Once the travel trailer is level from side to side, it's time to secure the RV’s tires to prevent any rolling motion. Put blocks or chocks in front of and behind the wheels.

Move the Tow Vehicle

Now it's time to disconnect the tow vehicle and park it somewhere out of the way.

Level the Travel Trailer From Front to Back

Use your level to see whether you need to raise the RV's front or back. Then, use the jack to adjust accordingly.

Double-check your work with the level. If needed, make any adjustments with the jack.

Once the adjustments are done, lock the hitch.

Stabilize the Travel Trailer

If you were to finish now, all of your hard work may come undone. As people move about inside the RV, it can cause the camper to slant and become unlevel.

That's where stabilizers enter the picture. There should be stabilizers at each corner of your travel trailer. Secure them firmly into the ground, which will help keep your travel trailer leveled.

For all of your travel trailer needs, visit the experts at Pete's RV Center Indiana. Our dealership is based in Schererville, Indiana. We also proudly serve those in Champaign and Decatur, Illinois, as well as Indianapolis, Indiana.