How many 2X4's ?

[birol]

To balance Finally, I am going to carry 2X4's cut to different sizes. Do they have to be pressrue treated ?

How high should I expect one wheel to be lower than the other ? 6" at the most ? That is a lot of distance to level ... ! What is your experience .....?

Or do I need 2X6"s ?  or 1X6" ? ... Inquiring minds HAVE TO KNOW !!!!

[Cheryl]

Hey Birol,
From past experience, 2x6's are a better bet for the width of the tire. 3 lengths are all that should be needed. If you are more than 6 inches out of level, that second step out the door could be a real doozey!
Hope this helps,
Cheryl

[tlhdoc]

If you can find scrap lumber use that.  You don't have to use specal wood.

[birol]

Scrap Lumbers are us ! Huge construction yard next street ! They have been building this subdivision since 1997 ! And still going strong ! I will swipe some cut 2X6"s  and be done with it

[tlhdoc]

Scrap Lumbers are us ! Huge construction yard next street ! They have been building this subdivision since 1997 ! And still going strong ! I will swipe some cut 2X6"s  and be done with it

If you ask they may give you some scraps.  Then we will not have to bail you out of jail :yikes: , so you can come to the rally.

[Gone-Camping]

Not only that, they may even cut the ends at 45

[MtnCamper]

I would also take a one inch piece too. That way you don't have to jump 2 inches at a time.

[birol]

Swipe as in meaning making them disappear, not as in being caught while stealing  :yikes:  :Z  :#


They throw these things away but new they cost 6 bucks anyways, I will probably go get a clean undamaged one and cut to sizes I want. I have a table saw, so I can pretty much shape them anyway I need. Thanks for the tip on cutting the edges at 45 degrees, I would have never thought about that !

[Steve-o-bud]

We carry a big 4X6 block, that is about 18 inches or so long, which we aquired from a real nice guy that was watching us struggle trying to level our trailer. At that time we had our little Jayco with the 8 inch wheels, and the chocks wouldn't hold the trailer with the wheel on smaller wood blocks. The whole trailer would pivot, and the wheel would push the chocks right off the blocks. VERY FUSTRATING!

Even though I now have a BAL leveler, (provided by my DW after the above incident, as a father's day gift), I keep the big block in case the BAL doesn't have enough lift. It is big enough for the BAL to sit on top of it. I have not yet had to use it, but I know that if I decide to leave the block at home, I will have a site that needs more leveling than my BAL will provide, and I will be sorry!

[Calstate361]

You may also want to have some blocks for the stabelizers.  If you have to raise the tires that high off the ground to level it, the stabelizer(s) may not come down enough, so carry at least 4, just in case.  It is better to be safe than sorry.  I also agree with carrying some 1" size.  Most of the time when we level we only need an inch and it wouldn't work for you if you only had the 2 or 4 inch blocks.

 
Joan

[bearbait]

They throw these things away but new they cost 6 bucks anyways, I will probably go get a clean undamaged one and cut to sizes I want. I have a table saw, so I can pretty much shape them anyway I need. Thanks for the tip on cutting the edges at 45 degrees, I would have never thought about that !

cut them long enough to accomodate wheel chocks so that the trailer doesn't just roll off of them.

[Gone-Camping]

For that matter, since you've got the table saw, maybe a good idea to dado cut a notch into them (not very deep) to set the chocks into, that way they will catch in the notch instead of being pushed off of the wood.

Boy, this is starting to get complicated...Better just take the whole lumber yard, and everyone at the ralley can figure it out for ya!!!