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Post by marc4242 on May 17, 2009 18:11:43 GMT
I've just seen some yellow drive-on plastic levelling err thingies. What sort of levelling devices does everyone use?
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Post by Graham on May 17, 2009 21:04:48 GMT
We use yellow drive-on plastic levelling err thingies, but try to get a level pitch if we can.
Graham
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Post by jiffyman on May 17, 2009 22:00:33 GMT
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Post by viv on May 17, 2009 22:01:56 GMT
We bought two yellow drive-on plastic levelling err thingies, but have never used them. We store them in one of the underseat compartments but think we could have bought smaller ones. We got them from Halfords and they are quite big did not know they came in two sizes.
Maybe someone else knows which size would be best. I reckon mine would do for a large Winnebago!
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Post by jayjay on May 18, 2009 9:07:39 GMT
I have some similar to the ones in the link. I do tend to drive around and find somewhere fairly flat! In the lakes, the little CS was described as 'slightly sloping' hmmmnnnn!  I'm glad I had them then! No-one around and only theory to go on, I reversed for four inches onto them and was very pleased with myself! My dad reckons you should get the largest you can store as one day you might need that height - and if you only need half then you reverse half way up them until level. If you only have small ones (like me) you only have a raise of however much they measure at the back, about 6-9 inches at a guess on mine. I took a photo I was so pleased, but I can't see how to post it like we used to! What would have been better was to have put the 'van the other way around and have the levellers under the front wheels as the step out of the pod was a long long way down! |
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Post by wheelmon on May 18, 2009 11:06:51 GMT
I once read some advice on using levelling ramps but I am finding it difficult to word it concisely. Basically it's to do with not being able to drive off them when you want to go home!
Ideally you need to be able to roll off them without needing much traction. If it's rained and become boggy since you drove onto the ramps, your driving wheels may not be able to get enough grip to pull the van off the ramps.
It's really just something to be aware of - I avoid going downhill onto the ramps.
I bet you're all thinking 'what's he on about - it's common sense'.
Anyway it's the sort of daft thing I might do in a hurry to get that first cuppa (not done it yet, I hasten to add!!).
I have four quite small ramps (Fiamma) which can grip onto each other in different positions thus giving a lot of variation whatever the slope.
Hope this is of some help rather than confusion!!
Keith
ps: by the way two of the ramps fit nicely into the gas locker along with two 907 gaz bottles. The other two go wherever there's room at the time - usually the 'wet' locker round the other side.
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Post by niloc on May 18, 2009 19:53:32 GMT
And in really wet weather we drive onto the ramps, and then put the grip mats down behind so we have somewhere to roll off on to that might give us sufficient traction to drive off. After destroying two sets of the yellow grip mats with the weight of our three and a half ton motorhome we bought some heavy duty black ones that have survived, so far.
Colin
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Post by marc4242 on May 26, 2009 18:21:08 GMT
Thanks everyone
Jiffy, thanks for the comment about a pirit level, I'd not
thought of that.
Viv, I expect you've been lucky so far in not having to use them :-)
Jayjay, I also might have put them at the back before realising
the drop!
Keith, many thanks for pointing out that it's a good idea to be able to
get off the things again.
Colin, where would I get those heavy duty grip mats?
Marc
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Post by Derek on May 26, 2009 19:47:46 GMT
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Post by niloc on May 26, 2009 22:17:15 GMT
Hi Marc The heavy duty grip mats I have are about the same shape as the yellow ones but much thicker, see website: www.milenco.com/grip_mat.htmlColin |
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I'm glad I had them then! No-one around and only theory to go on, I reversed for four inches onto them and was very pleased with myself!
