Quote: Originally posted by conbarway on 27/8/2009
this was really usefull information about pegging out but just a quick question on leveling i have the windy-down legs as well as the steadies would i still need chocks and could i use them to level my tt.
thanks for the great information this site provides.
barry...
It's best practice to chock. If you're on a dead flat piece of ground and have a braked trailer well, not so essential. On any sort of slope? Think about it...if you're pegged out and your trailer moves, even four or five inches, your pole frame is attached to it and may get bent out of shape and your canvas will rip. Is it really worth not chocking it? Only takes 30 seconds and chocks are hardly bulky to carry.
As to leveling with wind down steadies, no. Even caravans should not be levelled with wind down steadies. The weight of the trailer should be carried on the main wheels and jockey wheel and it's very simple to level it front to back by using the jockey wheel. If youy start putting too much weight on one or another steady then the chassis will start warping out of shape.
Of course, what do you do if you've got an older trailer tent with no jockey wheel? I had one (still do, till Saturday when it goes to the new owners) and it had wind down steadies. What we did there was to ...yup, level it with the steadies ...but then we put supports under the drawbar so that the weight was partially carried on that. We never walked around on the trailer when it was just on the steadies and we never used the steadies to jack the trailer up so that the wheels were lifting off the ground. It was a right fiddle levelling with steadies, have to say. It's much easier using the jockey wheel on our conway!
Topic: Pegging question
