RV Leveling Tips

Above, The Beast needed a little help to level it at Yosemite National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. 

After several years of RVing, I've gotten pretty good at eyeballing level sites to set up camp. Most often, if the spot isn't exactly level, it only takes a few minutes to level the RV.

For those who need to find an easier way to level their RV, Do It Yourself RV has posted some tips on RV leveling.

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Whether you just pulled into a spot at an RV park or you’ve found the perfect spot to boondock, leveling your RV is one of the first things you’ll do.

RV leveling is important for two reasons. For one thing, your RV will be way more comfortable when it’s level. Perhaps a more important reason to level your RV is because of your absorption refrigerator. Absorption refrigerators are designed to function best when they are level. If your RV isn’t level, your refrigerator has to work extra hard to make your fridge cold. It relies on chemical reactions and needs gravity to make them work efficiently. Even occassionally being unlevel will shorten its life.

Maybe more importantly, being unlevel can also lead to your refrigerator overheating and catching fire when you are out camping, and nobody wants that. Here are some great RV leveling tips that will help speed up the process so you can get to doing what you love.

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