September 27, 2018. Eureka Springs, AR. On The Level

There are certain things we just take for granted, not giving them a second thought. One such thing is that floors in homes, office buildings and schools are level. Movie theaters, auditoriums, ramps in sports arenas are on a slant to make them more handicap accessible and minimize the chance of attendees tripping on steps. Arkansas is another place where you can expect the ground to be uneven, rocks are an ever present hazard, and motor homes and travel trailers need to be leveled from time to time to prevent your living quarters from sloping.
Yesterday, I decided it was time to re-level our motor home because most of our doors were not staying open or shut as they should. Sometimes the leveling process can be done easily by
merely retracting the jacks and resetting them using the auto feature or manually adjusting each jack. But that was not going to solve our problem. I needed to move the motor home off 4 1/2 inch blocks under the front wheels and use only a 3/4 inch board under the left front and left rear wheels. To do that meant bringing in all four slide-outs after going on the roof to make sure the awnings were free of debris and water and removing the PVC pipe we use to prevent awning sag, retracting all the jacks, disconnecting the power cord, water hoses, dump hose, removing all the protective wheel covers, inflating the suspension air bags, make sure the wood blocks under the jacks were not going to be in the way, drive forward about two feet off the front wheel blocks, put down the thinner board under the left front and left rear wheels, back up onto the lower boards and get back to the exact front to rear position over the jack blocks and then do all the above procedures in reverse order. After that I could auto and manual level the coach.
After about two hours, adding four feet to my motor home driving resume, and a little bit of cleaning and rearranging, we now have a bathroom door which doesn't move from where we put it, a coach which sits on the level while the ground around us slopes from front to rear and left to right. Nothing appears to have been broken. I didn't have to call the RV repairman and I didn't spend a penny, and no injuries or bruises. Pretty good outcome for the effort expended and the result desired. Level again.......and all is well. Thank You, Lord.

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