Sagefemme
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I just went to the Apple Store to get the free Truma leveling app I've seen mentioned here. It comes up "no longer available in your area/country" or something like that. Any alternatives y'all can recommend?
Truma leveling app no longer available
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The Measure app has a level function.
Sagefemme
Advanced Member
I downloaded "Level My RV." I put in the data it needs (type of RV, wheelbase, width) and will try it one day soon when I have time. What will be nice about this app, if it works, is that I should be able to lay my phone down flat on the camper floor and then see on my Apple Watch what adjustments to make from the driver's seat. If it works that would be hugely convenient. Alternatively, if there are two people and each has a smart phone, one phone goes on the floor of the camper and the other phone is a "viewer" at the driver's seat. The two phones communicate via bluetooth. We shall see.
billharr
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+1 on Level my RV. If the wife is with me we use two iPhones. If I am by myself use my iPhone and my iPad. Works great.
We use one of these for the last 4 years, in the cab by the gear shift stick, where I can look at it while maneuvering. For $9 it is remarkably accurate for an analog device. Meets our needs. Amazon.com
Sagefemme
Advanced Member
Good use of camera equipment!
Jack
Senior Member
We have two levels mounted on the dash. Makes it easy to back and fill until (mostly) level. I used a level on the counter near the stove to get the camper level
and then mounted the levels on the dash. Why near the stove, you ask? Over time, the countertop has bowed! Having the stove level makes cooking eggs, among other things, easier.
Our previous rig, a 2005 Tacoma, did not have the nice dash dish, but we found places on the dash that worked. We have found the dash dish so useful that we would get a stick-on dish if the truck did not have one.
and then mounted the levels on the dash. Why near the stove, you ask? Over time, the countertop has bowed! Having the stove level makes cooking eggs, among other things, easier.
Our previous rig, a 2005 Tacoma, did not have the nice dash dish, but we found places on the dash that worked. We have found the dash dish so useful that we would get a stick-on dish if the truck did not have one.
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pvstoy
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I also like going old school on leveling. On past toyota truck I had two of the ones you attached a image to. Since it was a single cab I stuck them on just on the back wall and side wall so I just turned my head and could see how far off our seat of the pants level was.
Dodge double cab I bought the Lev-O-gauge that measures in degrees to 45 degrees. Now they have a Lev-O-Gauge II RV model that measures up to 10 degrees. I mounted one on dash and the other on side of drivers door.
We drive to a spot and my gal usually says what is high. Check gauges and slowly move truck around to gain better level Ness. Too far off, then out comes the plastic blocks, shovel or available rocks.
Since we have a DC refrigerator level is not too important anymore. Being off a bubble and the level off slightly is no biggie. If close enough we still sleep fine. Much simple than using electronics for us at the moment.
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Occidental
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As already mentioned forget the app, get a couple bubble levelers and set true to the bed or whatever is crucial to you to be in level, in two angles, never runs out of batteries and doesn't need an update.
Sagefemme
Advanced Member
I used Level-My-RV this weekend in a parking lot along the Old Santiam Wagon Road (adjacent to Hwy 20 in Oregon). I only made one attempt with no adjustments. I got front to back level and side to side pretty close. I was inhibited from trying to get closer by the fact that I'm still self conscious about the level of noise my new-to-me vehicle makes! There were a few other vehicles in the parking lot and I felt compelled to just kill the 5.9 L Cummins diesel and not spoil anyone's repose. I've never driven anything so big and loud. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with the engine, just how it is. Perhaps I'll get used to it.
Back to leveling. Level My RV is a perfectly simple app and works great since I wear an Apple Watch all the time anyway (phone in camper, watch on me). Also can't beat free. But of course Occidental is right, one can't always count on electronic devices being present and charged. I love the retro look of the Lev-O-Gage, which from their website looks more or less unchanged since they started making them 50 years ago. I'll have to take a look around the 2004 Dodge Ram cab for flat spots. The interior seems mostly curvy, but maybe similar to pvstoy's.......What year is your Ram? Your dash is a familiar color.
Back to leveling. Level My RV is a perfectly simple app and works great since I wear an Apple Watch all the time anyway (phone in camper, watch on me). Also can't beat free. But of course Occidental is right, one can't always count on electronic devices being present and charged. I love the retro look of the Lev-O-Gage, which from their website looks more or less unchanged since they started making them 50 years ago. I'll have to take a look around the 2004 Dodge Ram cab for flat spots. The interior seems mostly curvy, but maybe similar to pvstoy's.......What year is your Ram? Your dash is a familiar color.
I’ve always been a fan of bubble levels, and we always have one (or more) in the camper and travel trailer. The Apple Measure app falls right in that genre. If I’m in a degree or so of level, all is well, and since the phone (my electronic leash) is now like a body part, I’m seldom without it. Don’t even have to squint to see it.
pvstoy
Senior Member
Dodge truck is 2012. Your dodge diesel noise is the way they are. We call them walnut grinders. ?
If you already have the technology and able to easily use a leveling app, then why not. Embrace whatever is your choice. I don't have the electronic technology and not necessary at the moment.
If you already have the technology and able to easily use a leveling app, then why not. Embrace whatever is your choice. I don't have the electronic technology and not necessary at the moment.
Sagefemme
Advanced Member
I am curious about the relationship between the cab of the truck and the camper. I have no reason to think the flatbed is actually flat or if it is that the camper is sitting flat on the flatbed. And then there's tire pressure, which varies. I guess with my phone and watch I can find out what those relationships are. Plus it turns out my phone has Apple Measure as described above by Wandering Sagebrush. I never noticed it before. Nothing like a HUGE green bubble level!
One could get carried away with the desire for flatness.........I always have to remind myself that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
One could get carried away with the desire for flatness.........I always have to remind myself that the perfect is the enemy of the good.
Seek success, not perfection…
This reminds me of the old chestnut about motorcycles.
Just drain out all the oil and knock the baffles out of the muffler, any bike can sound like a Harley. ?
rubberlegs
back country campers
Another fan of the iPhone "Measure" app in its Level mode. We put the side of the phone under the camper overhang over the truck bed. Quickly measure left side front, back; back side left and right; right side back and front. It takes longer to type this in than to measure! Usually we shoot for 1 degree, but often get zero.
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