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    Posted: 15 May 2016 at 8:14pm
Hello,

Would you recommend the camco or lynx leveling blocks - 
http://www.amazon.com/Camco-44505-Leveling-Blocks-pack/dp/B00480BWCI

or the camco tri leveler - http://www.amazon.com/Camco-44573-Yellow-Tri-Leveler/dp/B000BUQOFO 

For those of you that use either setup, what do you do about chocking your wheels on the "lifted" side?
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Posts: 100 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 8:30pm
I use something else, a screw up BAL leveler.  See http://www.amazon.com/BAL-28050-Light-Trailer-Leveler/dp/B000BH5MAA.  It simultaneously chocks and lifts the low side.
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Posts: 51 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 8:32pm
Thanks the BAL looks great but I was looking for a lower cost solution
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For a number of reasons I recommend the yellow "Lego Blocks". Buy two sets because they are also useful under the stabilizers and tongue jack in soft soils. Also buy a set or two of matching chocks. They can be used with the blocks on either or both sides. My impression of the Tri-Level thing is it would be a small target to get the desired height and the trailer would tend to roll back off the ramp. Not a user friendly setup.
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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 8:33pm
We use the leveling blocks when needed.
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Posts: 281 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 8:41pm
We have not used the tri leveler.  Early on (we're RVnewbies) we bought the BAL leveler.  The Lego blocks are the best.  Easy Peasy.  We didn't like the BAL leveler
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Posts: 3220 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 9:28pm
Our Lynx leveling blocks are orange (like the yellow ones) and as sailor states "easy peasy."  Also use the wheel chocks on both sides of the blocks to stabilize the wheel, sometimes have to mount upside down to make it work, but have never had an incident in the 5 years we have used them.
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I use the orange blocks, and wood blocks.
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Posts: 6288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 10:27pm
I tried (and still have) the Andersen leveler (looks like a curved wedge). One places it with the point of the wedge toward the low-side tire and then drives up onto it until the (hopefully) correct height is reached. Then one uses the other wedge to block the first wedge. The other wheel is then chocked.

I also used the leveling blocks. They can be set to provide more lift than the Andersen leveler, but they are not exactly easy to use. The BAL leveler is not the cheapest by any means. However, keep your eyes out on Ebay. You may find one at a price you would be willing to pay.
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Posts: 21 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2016 at 10:36pm
I second the Andersen levelers. I also put a giant bubble level on the center of my trailer so I can see it in my rear view mirror - the combination of the levelers and the level makes leveling for one a snap...


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