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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 03/2/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 02/2/2016

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It makes levelling so easy. Park on the pitch, look at the level and use the number of planks needed and drive onto planks. Simple and cheaper than £150 for the airbag and having to connect 12v pumps. The only problem is that I can't remember where I got them.

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How does the level gauge know how thick your planks are ?

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I am still struggling to understand how a levelling gauge goes about helping level a caravan as all it does is tell you that the caravan is level. The OP seems to indicate that he wanted to know how to go about physically levelling a twin axle which a leveller will not do.

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Quote: Originally posted by alpiner on 05/2/2016

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I have had a twin axle van for the last 16 years and never used a leveling device, i found the best way to do it is when booking, advise the site you are visiting that you have a twin axle van and that you require a level pitch.
so far its worked every time.

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 03/2/2016

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Quote: I am still struggling to understand how a levelling gauge goes about helping level a caravan as all it does is tell you that the caravan is level. The OP seems to indicate that he wanted to know how to go about physically levelling a twin axle which a leveller will not do.

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To level a caravan you need to lift one side. Driving the wheels onto something does the trick but if you use planks you might not lift that side enough or too much. If a device tells you how many inches, then put the required height of planks there and drive onto them.

There is no simpler method. The gauge doesn't lift the caravan but makes it a simple job by indicating what height of planks is needed.

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Quote: Originally posted by issym on 06/2/2016

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I must say the Lock n Leveller looks easy. We only have single axle at present and use
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It's similar to the wooden planks idea with the spirit level telling you you which section to drive to. Even so there is a still abit of forwards and backwards to get the lock right. We saw a Cochman with a self levelling device and googled to see if we could fit that but it seemed a bit of a faff. My "new" favourite layout is an island fixed bed with a middle section bathroom, rather than the end bathroom we have at present. I've only seen it in twin axle so just keep dreaming. Now with the Lock and leveller I'm interested to research that and maybe think about that layout for real.

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Quote: Originally posted by Prospector on 08/2/2016

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So what levelling device do you use to make sure the levelling device is level.

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Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 07/2/2016

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Quote: Originally posted by issym on 06/2/2016I must say the Lock n Leveller looks easy. We only have single axle at present and use

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It's similar to the wooden planks idea with the spirit level telling you you which section to drive to. Even so there is a still abit of forwards and backwards to get the lock right. We saw a Cochman with a self levelling device and googled to see if we could fit that but it seemed a bit of a faff. My "new" favourite layout is an island fixed bed with a middle section bathroom, rather than the end bathroom we have at present. I've only seen it in twin axle so just keep dreaming. Now with the Lock and leveller I'm interested to research that and maybe think about that layout for real.

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Our previous van Swift Challenger 580 had the layout you like came in at 1600kgs on a single axle.
There are some really heavy caravans that are single axle (1900kg) but 950kgs per wheel is almost a metric ton. A 4x4 with large chunky wheels and tyres usually has around half that weight per wheel.

Twin axles do tow well but if we ever change our van I would go for a smaller lighter single axle as we don't need the space any more.

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