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AStreamNerds · 06-15-2017, 08:44 AM

Definitely Anderson Levelers and I also love the Level Mate Pro. Last time out I pulled into a spot at night to just sleep and did not plan to hook up - just recharge, dump tanks and leave in morning. Pulling into spot I turned on the Level Mate on my iPhone and found to be out of level a couple inches. I pulled forward and then backed back in to the spot about a foot over and I was less than a half inch out of level side to side and front to back. Made it so easy to setup quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CYE6pYdvGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j-kdZ6sYuA

afk314 · 06-15-2017, 09:07 AM

One thing that kinda freaks me out about the Andersons is what happens if you drive OVER the edge with a dual-axel rig? Seems like the forward one could get kicked between the tires and get stuck?

Clearly going over them isn't the plan, but on uneven ground it could happen.

AStreamNerds · 06-15-2017, 09:25 AM

The leveler kind of wraps the tire and when you get to the edge to drive off it is pointing sort of up. I would guess that it would pop up between the tires and either end up between or the second tire start driving over it too. I cannot see it getting stuck but stranger things have happened. To me it is just a matter of going slow and having a spotter if at all possible.

BoatNutG2 · 06-16-2017, 10:38 AM

I have gotten the Anderson levelers stuck between my tires a couple of times. I ended up just pulling forward. In one case it popped out in the other I ended up pulling the AS over it. No damaged occurred and I doubt the tires had to flex much more than when they hit a pot hole at speed. I have cut off 4" of the narrow end as directed by Anderson and not had a problem since.

WaLee · 06-16-2017, 11:37 AM

I've had one instance where i couldn't get them to work loose round gravel. They slide when pulling up on them . Its at my club fishing lodge So I'm going to cut some crosswide grooves in the base with a dado blade and see if that gives them some bite.

**Rocinante** · 06-16-2017, 12:23 PM

Somewhere here on the forum I saw that a member had screwed stainless steel screws with hex heads into the bottom of their Andersen levelers. They said that, like studded snow tires, it helped when backing onto the ramps.. Have not tried this yet ourselves, but it might help. YMMV, try this at your own risk.

AStreamNerds · 06-16-2017, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocinante

Somewhere here on the forum I saw that a member had screwed stainless steel screws with hex heads into the bottom of their Andersen levelers. They said that, like studded snow tires, it helped when backing onto the ramps.. Have not tried this yet ourselves, but it might help. YMMV, try this at your own risk.

I saw this too....good idea if you have problems with them sliding. I have not had this issue yet but will keep this in my head just in case.

McDave · 06-17-2017, 04:15 PM

Based on these posts, I decided I wanted to try the Anderson levelers, as the lego types have never impressed me very much. Problem is, we're leaving on a trip tomorrow morning and I just found out about these yesterday. I found them on Amazon and ordered them at about 10 AM yesterday morning. They were at my door by about 8:30 PM last night, with no shipping charges. Problem solved!

It seems to me that the Andersons would have less of a tendency to skid than the legos, since there is more of an initial bump to climb up on with the legos, and I got the Andersons that come with the anti-skid pads. We'll see. I did have a skidding problem with the legos.

ras.robshort · 07-26-2017, 07:05 PM

Anderson levelers are great. Nothing negative to say in my experience

McDave · 07-26-2017, 10:24 PM

They worked out great for us in our trip posted above. I think they tend to settle a little, so might be a good idea to overcorrect a little, at least my first impressions.

WaLee · 07-29-2017, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocinante

Somewhere here on the forum I saw that a member had screwed stainless steel screws with hex heads into the bottom of their Andersen levelers. They said that, like studded snow tires, it helped when backing onto the ramps.. Have not tried this yet ourselves, but it might help. YMMV, try this at your own risk.

Gonna try this!

Mollysdad · 07-29-2017, 10:34 PM

I'm old school. I carried several pieces of 2" x 6" x 24" with a 45 degree bevel cut on one end. The came in handy lots of times.
They did skid, so I like the hex head ideas, but they also need to stack. Maybe drill some holes on top to match the hex heads so they'll stack and lock together.