28050 BAL RV Leveling Jack Use To Level Light Weight

This is a great leveler for a teardrop, squaredrop, or popup camper. It might even work with smaller traditional RV trailers if they have a single axle and smallish wheels. The unit is made from heavy tube steel and plate with a beefy screw mechanism for raising/lowering. Once you've got the leveler in place and engaged, it does double duty as a very solid wheel chock. This was part of the appeal for me. Trying to chock both wheels when using lego-style plastic drive-on blocks at a wonky site is difficult. I'm always afraid my trailer will roll off of the blocks. The BAL leveler eliminates that concern. If you need the full 4" of rise, expect to spend 5-10 minutes with the included ratchet wrench. It takes a lot of turns to reach full extension.In spite of rating this a 5, I had to return it.My trailer has 215/75R15 off road tires, and those turned out to be too big. When I did a test fitting at home, I was able to get the leveler in place in my mildly sloped gravel parking pad, but only after digging some of the gravel away on the uphill side of the tire. This should have been a red flag, because if you're on bedrock, concrete, or asphalt, you can't dig anything away. On our first trip to a state park RV jungle (ugh), the pad was asphalt and half a bubble off level. I was not able to use the BAL leveler - couldn't get it under the tire because of the slope. So we spent the weekend listing slightly to the left :). Thankfully, this was 29 days after purchase, and there was signal at the campground, so I was still able to initiate a return.I think for this device to work reliably, you should have at least an inch of clearance between the plates and your tire on flat ground. I'm not docking any stars for this, because the item description is technically correct ("fits 13, 14, and most 15 inch tires"). But it'd be really nice if they would instead publish minimum and maximum tire diameter measurements.

Came in super handy on my last trip to lift the low side up about 6”. It was so easy even in the dark!

My teardrop has a Westlake off road tire at 235/75R15 size. That's a 28.88 inch diameter. Big tire. This still fit around it with some room to spare. I am not 100% sure that in every circumstance if the ground is not level around the tire that I can slip it in but I suppose I could take my shovel and dig a little dirt out in front and behind the tire to get the leveler in place. It will work out your arm but I like that I can park the camper where I want and level it myself without needing someone to watch my old level ramp. It does offer some amount of "chock" but I still think I am going to chock the other tire to be safe.

This level has been a game-changer! We'd been using a red plastic Andersen leveler. Those work ok but it's a time-consuming process driving back and forth onto it, and we always ended up at least slightly off-level. And some camping spots are so badly off-level that the Andersen alone wouldn't be enough to do the job. Plus you have to be hitched up to use it.Enter the BAL Tire Leveler. Get settled where you like, unhitch, then just slide the BAL under the low-side wheel and crank it up. Can take you higher than an Andersen, and it's incredibly quick and easy. We take it along in our tow vehicle when camping. Have used it only on gravel and concrete pads so far, but I suspect it'd work just as well on grass or packed dirt.

This jack had rave reviews for good reason. It is simple to use and fits our 15" tires. Like the instructions tell you do NOT use a drill and it will only work for part of the work anyway. The ratcheted wrench that comes with it works great. It IS heavy and bulky, however, and with a popup tent trailer there is no extra storage room. So my engineer husband designed a super rack that he welded to the bumper of the trailer. When we fold our trailer down I will take more pictures to show the locking mechanism etc. We also liked the the fact that after lifting the trailer it acted as a chock. We had no worries that it would roll off.

Love how much easier it is to balance my lil A frame, using this. Just slide around the tire on the low side, and go up until it is level. Stays very secure, I'm hefty and gimpy. It goes easy, then has a tight spot for me, then goes easy again. An impact driver with adapter could be used, though be careful if your wrists are the strongest as mine has a pretty tight/hard to turn spot that could sprain a wrist easy.I have it on the low side of my camper now, stored in my driveway, which raises that tire in the air. Plastic plaforms under the high tire. This way both tires are stored off the moist ground.So far it hasn't sunk in the softer part of the driveway, I think because of how spreas out the base it.If you are looking for a safe, stable way to balance your lil camper - especially if you are doing it yourself, gotta say - this has been awesome for that.

Updating my review after talking to the manufacturer.We have a Coachmen Clipper V-TREK V2 pop-up camper with 15" wheels. The BAL leveler is very easy to use, or at least I think it would be if it weren't broken. We bought ours used on Amazon, and discovered the hex head on the threaded rod was broken when we tried to use it on a trip (see pics). The manufacturer indicated the hex head is swaged onto the threaded rod and may break if an impact drill is used to raise the leveler. Most likely the previous buyer used an impact drill, broke it, glued it back on, and returned it (I'm assuming Amazon didn't try to glue it and resale it!). The swaged threaded rod assembly is presumably strong enough to meet the weight spec when used properly. I'd suggest avoiding purchasing used unless you use it to lift your trailer during the return period because this type of damage won't be detectable by visual inspection alone. And don't use an impact drill!We were able to use a vice grip to raise and lower the leveler (we have added one to our tool bag in case this happens again). BAL sells replacement screws (part plus shipping to CO cost us $41 so we ended up paying $10 more all said and done for this used one than a brand new one cost, ug), so at least we will be able to fix it. Some reviewers mentioned having difficulty sliding the leveler into place. On soft ground we put our stabilizers down to momentarily take pressure off the tire so we could slide the BAL leveler in. This wouldn't be necessary for campers with smaller wheels.

The directions were not clear, so it took us a bit (and a friend) to figure out the right way to do it, but it worked great. We heard from many people that the ratchet was trash and were prepared to buy a nicer one, but this one worked great. Maybe they upgraded it after many complaints. We decided to bite the bullet and get one of these because we suck at leveling. We tend to be lazy and say, "oh well, close enough." Well, now we can adjust easily after we have parked our popup camper where we want it. We were concerned it wouldn't fit the large wheel, but it did.

I own a 2018 Jayco Jay Feather 7, single axle (14 inch tires) 19 foot travel trailer with bunkhouse. This thing is awesome! I usually spend 20 minutes leveling the trailer - put down blocks, back onto them, check the level, add more, and keep repeating until level. With this, I leveled my trailer in 30 seconds!!!!! As avid campers, this thing is amazing. We did get the pizza bag to store the leveler in, and if fit perfectly. Also, if you have kids, cut a pool noodle to slip over the bolt. That will save somebody’s shin! Great product, and well worth the money!Edit: This thing gets better and better! Usually, I level the trailer to “just good enough.” However, after a couple days, our bathroom door starts sticking as the trailer settles. Today, I raised the stabilizer jacks, raised the trailer another inch using my BAL trailer leveler, and perfecto! Seriously, if you have a single axle light camper, you need one of these! Makes small and large leveling adjustments so easy.

Works great and easy to use. My camper has 235/75R15 tires and I would say this is the maximum tire size for this leveler. I need to tap it under with a rubber mallet but it fits. I give it four stars because the box clearly says made in the USA but right on the leveler sticker it says made in China. The ratchet wrench included is a piece of junk! I threw it away just so I didn’t accidentally grab it when I need a wrench. All in all I recommend it for safely and easily leveling a single axle camper.

This works great with the 12” tires on my Flagstaff 206 LTD. I’m taking away a star because of the quality of the material used for the large steel screw. It does seem likely that it will strip out at some point.I see that many people recommend a pizza bag for storage, but I found what is the perfect spot on my popup that doesn’t take up any interior storage space in the camper or the tow vehicle.I was trying to think of a way to store it underneath on the frame somehow, but couldn’t figure out a way to accomplish that easily. Then it hit me, I wonder if there’s enough room behind the spare tire on the back of the camper?Yep, there is. In fact, on my model camper it is a perfect fit. After removing the screw and the lug that it screws into, I just slid the rest of the unit behind the spare tire. The legs of the Bal leveler sit perfectly on the back frame rail (bumper) and the tire pads on the leveler nicely hug the spare tire, keeping it perfectly located. I wrapped an old bicycle tire tube around the top of the legs to keep from scratching the camper paint and it adds even more snugness to the fit (ask me how I know it will scratch the paint! Take my word for it, just use something to put in between the leveler and your camper). It is a tight enough fit so that I don’t think you need to tie it down with anything if you don’t want to, and I don’t think it would come off on any roads except maybe a washboardy Forest Service road.For extra security I hooked a small bungee cord in the holes where the screw lug was located, wrapped it around the spare tire bracket and hooked it back to the hole on the leveler for the lug. It’s not easy getting your hands squeezed in there to get it hooked up, but it’s possible if you have smaller hands. The only thing left to do is put the screw and it’s lug into a freezer bag or some other container and throw it in your camper - done!

I normally use a Camco tri-leveler for my popup camper but I can never get it perfectly level unless I move my trailer back and forth 10 times. Of course, if you have a popup, you cannot adjust it after you are all set up and just have to deal with it. With the BAL 28050, I can adjust the leveling of my trailer at any time. The product itself is very solidly built and I'm not worried about stripping any of the threads like some have mentioned with my 1500lb dry popup. The only issue may be size. It's very large. I just have to find a creative way to secure it to the bottom of the trailer when it's not in use so I don't have to store it inside. Great product so far.

We have a small Palomino popup that we had inadvertently screwed up the frame by thinking the rear stabilizer jacks were ok for leveling. After a serious mishap in the middle of nowhere in which the frame actually snapped and shredded a tire, there was the expense of frame repair and replacing a tire. If it hadn't been for an oil field worker in his Magic Truck of Equipment who actually bent the frame back into place and spot welded it and then swapped out the spare, I might have left that thing sitting on the side of the road to be picked over by the buzzards. After that experience, I realized we must have been doing something wrong for the past 3 years of owning this little camper. We knew we weren't coming anywhere near to overloading it, there's not that much room in it for stuff or people, two of us at most, on a few occasions adding a small grandchild. I came across this leveler while looking at things like jack stands... the rest is history. I have a 12 inch tire and it fits quite well, no modifications needed. We had a very level spot the fist time out and barely needed to level up an inch, if that, but it did the job. And my rear stabilizers did their job of stabilizing and that was it.. with the front supported by the jack stands I bought, we had no excess movement in that camper for the first time since we've had it. Live and learn... and buy this.

My husband said its the best gadget that I have gotten for our pop up camper. Makes leveling a breeze.

Super easy to use. Levels in minutes.

Nice and sturdy

I like the design and how easy to level and stabilizes. My 1400 pound teardrop trailer. The lifting screw is crap and after 7 uses this tool is essentially unusable. This has been discussed by others and this company should go back to the drawing board……do not recommend

I read reviews and measured and doesnt fir the tires...