

| Subject: | Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:31:20 -0700 |
no, mount a level on dash, true it before securing by parking on known level ground, then use your ramps. alistair On 2012-07-17, at 7:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Thread drift. I'm not asking for ways to level the van, I got that. What > I'm looking for is an easy way to level the stove grill. Leveling it by > leveling the van would require plenty of trips in and out to take a look > at the grill's levelosity (bubble level, for example) then out to tweak > the setup, then back in to look. Wash, rinse, repeat. Easier and quicker > would be to just stand at the stove and level it through some means yet > to be finalized. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > On 07/17/2012 05:38 PM, Jim Arnott wrote: >>> On Jul 17, 2012 7:02 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>> I've had real good luck with a couple plywood bases and two tire >>> jacks. And chocks, of course. Even when the site is level they give >>> a nice solidity underfoot. >> >> What Mr. Beierl said. >> >> A 25 mm dia. bullet level and a couple Bilstein jacks levels mine just >> fine. Along with a couple Datsun collapsible tire chocks to keep it >> from wandering away. >> >> $25+/pr on eBay. A couple bucks at the bone yard. >> >> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/HEAVY-METAL-FOLDING-COLLAPSIBLE-SAFETY-WHEEL-CHOCKS-/200632207514?pt=Motors_RV_Trailer_Camper_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eb69c889a&vxp=mtr >> >> > >> >> Jim >> >> Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates >> profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. >> --Lao Tzu
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