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02-22-2017, 09:35 PM
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Rivet Master
2022 25' Flying Cloud
NCR
, Ontario
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 3,077
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did anyone use these hopkins level
Hopkins provides levels for all occasions ranging from leveling your motor home, travel trailer or camper to interior uses in like leveling your RV appliances.
http://www.hopkinstowingsolutions.com/products/levels/
i saw this in a 1 year old sport 16 trailer that they are selling
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02-22-2017, 11:45 PM
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Rivet Master
1995 25' Excella
xxxxx
, xxxxxx
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 2,349
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I have one on the front of the trailer. I can see the bubble from the truck.
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02-23-2017, 04:04 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Huntsville
, Alabama
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 288
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I have one on front of RPod.
I can see it from truck, but just barely so must have good eyes.
Might have preferred one a little bigger, but those monster ones are just so ugly.
High probably I'll put the same one on the new AS when we get it.
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2017 Airstream 26U Twin
2017 F250 Platinum
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02-23-2017, 07:03 AM
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Rivet Master
1994 30' Excella
alexandria
, Kentucky
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,310
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I have the large silver and blue with steel ball level (Level Master). It works great and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. It is easy to use - 1/2 increment means 1 - 2 x 8 board, 1 full increment means 2 - 2 x 8 boards.
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A family member has the smaller black level similar to the Hopkins. No good for me. The level bubble is very slow to respond. After making adjustments you have to wait forever for the bubble to settle. The large level in the picture shows immediate adjustments.
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Steve, Christy, Anna and Phoebe (Border Collie)
1994 Classic 30'11" Excella - rear twin
2009 Dodge 2500, 6 Speed Auto, CTD, Quad Cab, Short Bed
Hensley Arrow hitch with adjustable stinger
WBCCI # 3072
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02-23-2017, 07:08 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,278
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I use the small one on the side and a large Level Master on the front where I can clearly see it thru the rear window.
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02-23-2017, 01:04 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1999 25' Safari
Currently Looking...
Sparks
, Nevada
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 48
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I have been using the the larger Levelmaster since about 1990 ish and like Crispyboy I really like it.
VicH
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02-23-2017, 01:18 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,926
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I use a phone app called bubble level. Yes, you have to get out of your rig to place the phone on a surface but it's fast and accurate - easy to set on several surfaces including the top shelf in the fridge. I've found that sometimes just having the tongue end of the trailer level isn't sufficient in an unlevel site - the trailer is a bit twisty.
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02-23-2017, 01:35 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2006 23' Safari SE
Nevada City
, California
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 265
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crispyboy
I have the large silver and blue with steel ball level (Level Master). It works great and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. It is easy to use - 1/2 increment means 1 - 2 x 8 board, 1 full increment means 2 - 2 x 8 boards.
A family member has the smaller black level similar to the Hopkins. No good for me. The level bubble is very slow to respond. After making adjustments you have to wait forever for the bubble to settle. The large level in the picture shows immediate adjustments.
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The same came on my trailer. Works perfectly. I back onto the Anderson levelers util the bubble centers set the break chock it. Easy peasey. Small level by the door to get the jack height right. Done!
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02-23-2017, 01:54 PM
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Michael Wild
1978 31' Sovereign
1984 31' Airstream310
Edmonton
, Alberta
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 92
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LOVE the big ass level master. I can get close using my backup camera
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02-23-2017, 04:05 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 97
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crispyboy
I have the large silver and blue with steel ball level (Level Master). It works great and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. It is easy to use - 1/2 increment means 1 - 2 x 8 board, 1 full increment means 2 - 2 x 8 boards.
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A family member has the smaller black level similar to the Hopkins. No good for me. The level bubble is very slow to respond. After making adjustments you have to wait forever for the bubble to settle. The large level in the picture shows immediate adjustments.
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Im thinking about getting one but not sure where and how to install. Does it have a sticky backside? Half the time I forget to check the side-to-side level before unhitching, and end up rehitching. I think this level will help remind me to check my level so I dont have that extra work. Thanks!
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02-23-2017, 04:59 PM
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1 Rivet Member
2014 19' Flying Cloud
Newmarket
, Ontario
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 17
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I use a round bubble, which gives me all directions at once. I'm used to using this in my T@B and really liked it. However, on my first trip out in my 19 ft, I found that each spot in the trailer I placed it told me a different thing! If I was to continue using this where would give me the most accurate reading? Table? Counter? Floor? In the fridge?
Thanks!
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02-23-2017, 06:42 PM
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#12
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4 Rivet Member
1967 26' Overlander
Spartanburg
, South Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 437
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skycar
I use a round bubble, which gives me all directions at once. I'm used to using this in my T@B and really liked it. However, on my first trip out in my 19 ft, I found that each spot in the trailer I placed it told me a different thing! If I was to continue using this where would give me the most accurate reading? Table? Counter? Floor? In the fridge?
Thanks!
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The fridge is the reason it is so important to level your trailer. Our Dometic is 50 years old and still cooling because it has never been allowed to operate out of level more than 15 minutes. By level I mean no part of the bubble outside the inner most lines on a straight level or outside the inner circle on a round level placed on the refrigerator itself. I use both each time.
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02-23-2017, 07:09 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Huntsville
, Alabama
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 288
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Love that giant level. I too have to ask how you mounted it.
As far as getting the side-to-side level right, on the Pod I first leveled the camper as level as possible relative to the frig, then mounted the outside level.
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2017 F250 Platinum
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