Levelling your caravan

Love the lock n level, does the job I bought it for, makes fitting the locks on my T/A so easy and safe, easy to level.

my only complaint is the storage bags being too small. They are a pain to get back in.

eurotraveller many insurances stipulate that both wheel and hitch locks sure fitted and I take that to mean anywhere. But I admit to not always bothering with the wheel lock.  However my insurance says I cannot "leave for more than 3 hours unattended". Would they really pay up at a Mway services?  

Thanks Pippah. Your insurance may indeed say  that - but not mine.  So we are off to France again in a few days time - with both bits of floor board and a hitchlock. Regards to you.

eurotraveller many insurances stipulate that both wheel and hitch locks sure fitted and I take that to mean anywhere. But I admit to not always bothering with the wheel lock.  However my insurance says I cannot "leave for more than 3 hours unattended". Would they really pay up at a Mway services?  

You need to read the exact wording and many are very strict. If the policy allows you to leave the caravan unattended for three hours without the locks then it does not matter if it is a motorway services or anywhere else it is covered. Insurers cannot say they will exclude a loss if the policy does not exclude it.

I have managed with the same two bits of board - one thick, one thin - for the last 40 years. Sometimes I use one, sometimes the other, and sometimes both. But complicated wheel clamps on a campsite  as well?  No need surely? 

Write your comments here... I do the same as Eurotraveller. Not only is it very cheap but it is easier to run the wheel along the board to get the exact alignment required to fit the Alko wheel lock. That is much harder to do when the wheel is on a steep ramp. I actually have two short planks of different thicknesses which used singularly or both together offer 3 different height options and it is surprising how easy it has been to judge what is needed.

We use a spirit level.

I use the multi “plank” leveller, and the spirit level placed on the van’s side for across axle levelling. 

Judging what height I need is then child’s play, in my case and I suspect most others, I need a plank(s) that are 8 times the gap I can see at the end of the spirit level, when the vial is set for it to be vertical. So if it is an 1/8th” then it needs a 1” plank, 1/4”, then two inches. 

Its not rocket science and so easy to constructively estimate what will be needed. 

Like many I have a 2.3 metre wide caravan and the wheel track of this is 80” +/- a couple of inches; and my standard hand level is 10” long, so a ratio of 8:1. If you buy the standard 250 mm 10" spirit level no one will be significanly different to me.

I have just recieved my new L&L  The Service from L&L was superb and the new one compared to the old one is a vast improvement. Much wider allowing the tyre to miss the valve by a good margin. I am in Wales at the moment with it in place. 3 people have already come over to look at it and fortunately, L&L sent me some leaflets with the product allowing me to hand them out. To all those who "don't trust them" I say this. Once you have used your L£L with consummate ease to level your van, you can, for your peace of mind, place a sissor or hydraulic jack behind it under the axle. You will still have the wonderful experience of easy levelling but also know that if you spring a leak( which has not yet been known I believe) you have the assurance of the jack holding it. Just a thought as I have done this in the past so best of both worlds! 

We always carry a bottle jack (and a Bulldog leveller which is brilliant) but just reading that last comment made me wonder, wouldn't it be just as easy to use the jack in the first place? Your thoughts ladies and gentlemen!

One thing I do not follow with this device is that if one is using it on the near-side to fit wheel locks, and the pitch spot slopes to the off-side is one not actually making it worse, or does one purchase TWO sets to ensure a level van?