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07-07-2014, 02:07 PM
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Rivet Master 
2016 28' Flying Cloud
Brandenburg
, Kentucky
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 898
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Best RV Level Jobs
Well, just saw this level job this past weekend and wanted to share it with the forum. If you have a photo of a better job that this, I'd like to see it.
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07-07-2014, 03:21 PM
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Rivet Master
2005 19' Safari
GLENDALE
, AZ
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,453
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Wow, unless the tire on the right is under-inflated, it looks like it is carrying all the weight. This doesn't looks safe, or wise.
Also, I'm not sure cinder blocks will hold up under the stress. I've seen some decorative blocks crumble under a lot less weight than an RV, and these don't look very big.
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07-07-2014, 03:39 PM
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Moderator
1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
, Washington
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,255
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I only have a single-axle trailer, so I have no idea how someone would end up with their wheels hiked up at an angle like that! Why?!
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07-07-2014, 04:06 PM
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
From All Over
, More Than Anywhere Else
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,868
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As an engineer, and a safety coordinator at work as well, this makes me cringe, just to look at it!
I'd call it Yankee ingenuity, but most Yankees I know are smarter than that.
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07-07-2014, 04:11 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 30' Classic
Oswego
, Illinois
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 13,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
As an engineer, and a safety coordinator at work as well, this makes me cringe, just to look at it!
I'd call it Yankee ingenuity, but most Yankees I know are smarter than that.
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Easy there, big Fella!
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"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." - Red Green
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07-07-2014, 04:15 PM
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Full Time Adventurer
2007 27' International CCD FB
Nomadic
, USA
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Get-r-done ingenuity!
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07-07-2014, 05:53 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 31' Sovereign
Oswego
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,017
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Why are wheels out of wells? something is wrong here as I have never seen this before, as I have AS since 1963 before several sob & have had trailers since 1950's. P.S I also was involved w/safety in my line of work this why I do not condone using jacks and jack stands on tandem axle trailers of any make.... I have seen people killed because of careless acts & not pleasant to see. I will not go further at this time because moderators get upset with facts.. I am 80 yrs. old & had close friends killed including my father & brother so as I stated before safety safety safety.
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07-07-2014, 06:13 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 28' Flying Cloud
Brandenburg
, Kentucky
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 898
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This was Some Other Brand as was the one next to it that was leveled up almost the same way. Manners precluded me from just standing there to marvel at it and saying WOW out loud!
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07-07-2014, 06:15 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Biloxi
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,278
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No way, no how would I ever do something as foolish as this. There has got to be more to this story.
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07-07-2014, 06:21 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Dual springs have a toggle built between them so they still share the load, even when ramped way out of whack like that.
It's still kinda creepy looking, huh?
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07-07-2014, 06:24 PM
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Retired
2008 30' Classic
Currently Looking...
Livingston
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2012
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My wife ribs me about the lumber yard I haul around, but I am never this risky. Solid wood.....
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TVKetchum
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AIR 71620
WBCCI 5809 Reg 9 Unit 155
2008 Classic 30'
2019 F250 4x4
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07-07-2014, 07:10 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 30' Classic
Oswego
, Illinois
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by featherbedder
Why are wheels out of wells? something is wrong here as I have never seen this before, as I have AS since 1963 before several sob & have had trailers since 1950's. P.S I also was involved w/safety in my line of work this why I do not condone using jacks and jack stands on tandem axle trailers of any make.... I have seen people killed because of careless acts & not pleasant to see. I will not go further at this time because moderators get upset with facts.. I am 80 yrs. old & had close friends killed including my father & brother so as I stated before safety safety safety. |
We're looking under an extended slide out which gives us an odd perspective to the wells in relation to the wheels.
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"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." - Red Green
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07-07-2014, 08:01 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
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I could say so much about that leveling job, I just don't know where to start. (hint, none of it is good)
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07-07-2014, 08:16 PM
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Rivet Master
2005 28' Safari S/O
Paradise
, California
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,446
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No words necessary...
...but I have to say something to post this pic!
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"THE OLDER I GET, THE BETTER I WAS"
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07-07-2014, 08:21 PM
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Rivet Master
2016 28' Flying Cloud
Brandenburg
, Kentucky
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 898
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dznf0g
We're looking under an extended slide out which gives us an odd perspective to the wells in relation to the wheels.
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Yes, you are correct about the slide out. I should have pointed that out. Thanks
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07-07-2014, 08:37 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,190
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Once, I dug small trench , on the high side. I was thinking that it would keep me from rolling. I dug a ramp to get out.
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07-08-2014, 09:08 PM
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Rivet Master
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,408
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Good blocking may suffice...
I have laminated 2x4's to cross a driveway hazard (thanks to the city)... They have worked for a 18 months and at least 30 deployments.....
They will be replaced in a couple of weeks... but it does the job..
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WBCCI# 30676
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07-26-2014, 08:04 AM
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Rivet Master
2008 25' Classic
Full Time
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,309
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My brother in law sent me these two cell phone photos of an Airstream he saw in a Tennessee state park.
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07-26-2014, 08:11 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 39' Land Yacht 390 XL 396
Common Sense
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,319
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Not too proud of this one, but it's what it took in an Arkansas State Park.
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Steve
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