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437162 PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:02 pm Thank this member for this postReply with quote
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Ok, I have got the M/H on the levelling blocks, but in the very little experience that I have had with this, when I put the hand brake on & put it in 1st gear it always rolls back a bit.
So I got a pair of chocks but what is the safest method for the WIFE putting these in place & removing them?
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rrusty wrote:
Ok, I have got the M/H on the levelling blocks, but in the very little experience that I have had with this, when I put the hand brake on & put it in 1st gear it always rolls back a bit.
So I got a pair of chocks but what is the safest method of the WIFE putting these in place & removing them.


There something wrong with your handbrake. It shouldn't roll

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Hi rrusty

I wouldn't worry about it. We very rarely use our blocks these days, and we seem to be forever on some sort of angle one way or the other. You'll get used to living on a slope Wink

Having said that, if we were staying somewhere for several days, I'd probably spend some time getting it right. If it does roll back a bit, I'd drive on a bit further before applying the brakes.

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Derek, When we got the van the handbrake was useless so this is supposed to be it adjusted.

Gerald, The wife thinks she is swaying back & forth if it is slightly off the level, when we park up, the 1st thing she reaches for is the spirit level.
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Hi

The best method of levelling a motorhome is to fill a glass with wine and place it one a table. If some spills out, ask the good lady to drink some and then reposition the van. Top up the glass, and if you are on a slope, the glass will overflow again. Ask the missus to drink some more wine. Repeat a few times and the time will come where it matters not whether you are level!

Instead of using levelling chocks, use planks of wood. You have a bigger area to drive on.

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Gerald, The wife thinks she is swaying back & forth if it is slightly off the level, when we park up, the 1st thing she reaches for is the spirit level.


Unlike mine who reaches for the wine. The swaying back and forth comes afterwards. Laughing

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That sounds VERY familiar......

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rrusty wrote:
Ok, I have got the M/H on the levelling blocks, but in the very little experience that I have had with this, when I put the hand brake on & put it in 1st gear it always rolls back a bit.
So I got a pair of chocks but what is the safest method for the WIFE putting these in place & removing them?

It is quite normal for it to roll back very very slightly as the handbrake takes the strain or the suspension settles.
Depending on what is behind or infront of my m/h and depending on if I have driven up or reversed up I sometimes pop it into gear, but I don't like leaving it in gear for long periods as the clutch plate might stick.
If you don't leave it in gear, make sure that if it does roll back that it can't roll into anything.
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You could buy or make a couple of wheel chocks!
Oh, and we use a spirit level as I don't like my gravy running of my plate and into my lap Rolling Eyes Laughing

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Get the wife to reverse while YOU put the chocks in place Razz

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Life's too B**** short to be worrying if you are level or not, only time to worry is if you have to get tucked in at night to stop from rolliing out of bed......

I often wonder what people get upto on campsites....now I know....I thought the whole point of owning a motorhome was to go and enjoy oneself, not faff about .....

mines never level, I don't drink (unfortunately due to diabetes not because I don't want to), and I'm with the chap who says its okay so long as your gravy don't slide off the plate, no problem make thicker gravy!!!!!!!!!

Your wife needs to come out in the van for a week with me, I guarentee she won't ever moan about being level again! One woman to another I could soon get her mind on more important matters!