6
Setting Up Your Camp-Inn
™
When you arrive at your campsite, select a suitable spot for setting up
your trailer. You should pick an area that is fairly level. Care should be
taken to ensure that there is adequate clearance for opening of side doors
and the rear hatch. Keep in mind that the area behind the trailer will be
your kitchen/dining area.
Wheel Chock Blocks -
Before unhitching your trailer, even on level
ground, place chock blocks ahead and behind both trailer wheels to
prevent the trailer from rolling.
If you have the parking brake option, it is recommended that you
still use the chock blocks, in case the brake lever is accidentally
released.
If the camping area is extremely sloped, it is recommended to leave the
trailer hitched to the tow vehicle for stability. An extremely sloped area
would be any area that slopes more than 8 inches in the length of the
trailer or slopes more than 6 inches from side to side.
Leveling -
If the ground in the campsite is not level, the trailer should be
leveled, side-to-side. Adjust the leveling jack on the ―Low‖ side first.
When the trailer is level side-to-side, lower the leveling jack on the
―High‖ side until it touches the ground.
(TIP) (no pun intended) A food can laid on it’s side, on the countertop,
will indicate level side to side. The can will roll toward the low side.
Also, small adhesive backed levels are available at many hardware
stores and may be attached to the trailer cabinets or body for reference.
NEVER use the leveling jacks to lift BOTH wheels off the ground at
the same time, while the trailer is in use.
Unhitch the trailer from the tow vehicle and use the hitch jack to raise or
lower the tongue, leveling the trailer, front to back.
(TIP) You can use the doors as level indicators. Open the doors so they
are perpendicular to the trailer. If the tongue is low, the doors will swing
further open. If the tongue is high, the doors will swing closed. Adjust
the tongue jack up or down until the doors do not swing.
You may leave the trailer hitched to the tow vehicle and still use the
tongue jack to raise the head of the bed slightly for stability and to reduce
movement.
Remember to fold jack before driving.
