Many travel trailers come equipped with stabilizing jacks at the rear of the RV. For travel trailers that do not have attached stabilizing jacks, you purchase the jacks separately. When picking out a stabilizing jack for your travel trailer, make sure you get one that has the necessary lifting capacity. Larger travel trailers will require a stabilizing jack with a larger lifting capacity, while smaller travel trailers require less.
A regular automobile jack can sometimes double as a stabilizing jack. Regular automobile jacks are normally used to lift a vehicle for the purpose of changing a tire or doing some work underneath the vehicle. If the automobile jack has a lifting capacity that is appropriate for an RV travel trailer, then the automobile jack will level the trailer while it is parked.
Use wooden planks to level the travel trailer by placing them under the tires. To accomplish this, begin by either placing the wooden planks directly in front of the tires or behind the tires. Move the vehicle until the wheels are sitting directly on top of the wooden planks. Check to see if the level is satisfactory. Add or remove planks and repeat the process to find the perfect level.
You use leveling blocks the same way as wooden planks. Another way to use leveling blocks is to combine them with a stabilizing jack or a regular automobile jack that you use as a stabilizing jack. You must place the stabilizing jack on top of the leveling blocks to bring the jack closer to the underside of the travel trailer and reduce the amount of lifting that is required. Add or remove blocks as necessary.
