Setup & leveling

Level side to side before you drop the jack

A trailer that sits crooked drains showers to the wrong corner, lets cabinet doors swing open, and rocks you awake all night. Get it level in the right order and the whole setup goes faster.

1. Find the low side while still hitched With the trailer still on the truck, set a bubble level (or a phone app) on the floor and see which side sits low. The truck holds it steady while you sort this out.
2. Drive up onto blocks or a leveler Stack leveling blocks or a curved ramp leveler in front of the low-side tires and pull forward onto them until the side-to-side bubble centers. On a tandem axle, ramp both tires on that side together.
3. Chock, then unhitch Set the wheel chocks now, while it is level and still attached, then disconnect from the truck.
4. Level front to back with the tongue jack Run the tongue jack up or down until the front-to-back bubble centers, then drop the stabilizer jacks just to steady it. Stabilizers steady, they do not lift. Cranking them too hard only twists the frame.