Load Levellers on camper trailer?

Sorry.
We have a Cavalier Camper Trailer with 14' annexe weighing approx 750. Towing it we have a 2002 100 series LC. Saw these load levellers on a friends caravan (admittedly it was a very large caravan!) and was just wondering. We are planning on travelling to the Kimerley end of June to beginning of August with another couple.
Ta Judy

Then the answer is No you don't need them.

My old man uses them on a 23" off road caravan and they are good on that application.

Cheers Steve.

Thanks for that Steve. We were only wondering if there would be any benefit for us.

No worries Signman, everyone is entitled to their opinion. We purchased our camper trailer early 2005 after swagging it for years. It suits our needs, is basic, easy to erect and put away and all up cost us less than $10 000.

Your answer was a waste of time /energy [just like this is ].

G'day Signman
OK - why do you reckon they are a waste of money?

But first I'll explain why I went the CT way. Travelled with a tent for yonks. Roof rack and back of Cruiser packed to the roof line was the norm. Then tried a few years with a box trailer to cart the gear and left the roof rack at home. Knees not as good as they used to be and getting the gear on and off the roof was becoming harder and harder. Then one year we travelled with friends who had a CT. As it happened it was a wet trip. Suddenly being off the ground when it was wet looked very attractive. So we thought - we are towing anyway so why not just get a CT. After much research and trying to get out of it as cheaply as possible we bought a soft floor model. Just couldn't justify the $ being asked for hard floor versions.

Having a CT offers both advantages and disadvantages (some significant ones in the latter camp). Overall I'm quite happy with the way we've gone.

However we still run an annual Easter trip for our club and it is a tent/swag only affair due to the nature of the driving. So I'm not a CT only sort of person. If I ever went back to the Vic high country I'd leave the CT at home.

Signman - I agree with you to some extent because paying more for a CT than a small car is, to my way of thinking, absolutely ludicrous.

So over to you - please explain.

Cheers from the Moose

Thanks Andrea. In the latest Repco catalogue load leveller kits are $179 each. They got out of it cheap!

Hi again,

The levelling blocks I mean and excuse my ignorance, as this is useually my husbands domain, they are made of a hard Plastic ours are orange in colour and they look like wedges, and they come and you can get the plastic chock blocks, we paid $70.00+ for ours only 3 weeks ago, and that was at a caravan shop here on the Gold Coast.......
But you can try
www.camec.com.au
they might have some.....

Andrea

Hi Andrea,
These are bars that fit along the A frame of the trailer to stabilise the load. No worries though I know what you are talking about.

Cheers Jude

You're talking about different things - Jude about a device that makes a caravan ride more level whilst Andrea is talking about something you drive onto to level the trailer when the ground isn't level. $70 for that is a rip-off. I made mine from a few bits of scrap timber - cost = a few screws, glue and a bit of my time.

Jude - if the bum is dragging a bit, apart from the already mentioned options, you can try to load it so that the weight is moved to a more optimal position. With mine I actually took the spare wheel off the draw bar and put it underneath. The weight distribution is now much better. The general rule of thumb is to have no more than 10% of the trailer's weight on the tow ball.Mine was impossible for me to lift before I made my mods.

But in answer to your question - never heard of anyone using load levellers on a CT.
Cheers from the Moose

Thanks Moose. As I said above it was only a query on what others opinions were.
Cheers Jude.

G'day Moose
Why use initiative and knock up a few wedges (as you have done)- when you can go to a Camping Show (or similar) and pay $70 for a few pieces of plastic ??

Hey Signman
I suppose not everyone is as tight as I am:-)

Hell, I must be a cheapskate. (Or my Scottish heritage is showing)
Why bother with levelling blocks.

On the rare occasion that the ground is so uneven that levelling is required, I simply dig a depression under the wheel on the high side.

DIO

Your camper is hardly comparable with the one that this thread is concerned with. Yours is the weight of a caravan not a box trailer with a bit of canvas with a total weight not exceeding 750kg.

PeterD

just to qualify that: it depends whether your concerns are travelling at high speeds on the highway to get there, in which case, some sway bars, which are reasonably priced, will do the job. When you get to the rough stuff, chuck em away (well, don't cos you'll need em on the way home) as you won't need em anyway - in fact, they'll hinder your articulation. Airbags might be the go. Not too expensive and you can give that rear a lift and vary it according to your needs.

enjoy the trip