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    Quote Originally Posted by geotex1 View Post
    All level readings are from the trailer floor. You cannot use countertops, sidewall plumbness or anything in or about a slide room. Even on the floor, you will get variation because the frame is cambered and also imperfectly welded. You use best averaging of to get the deck as level as possible and then zero your autoleveling. After that, you must fight to become one with the imperfections because there's nothing plumb, level, square or true in RV construction!
    Excellent point!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Albertasaurus View Post
    Levelling your trailer can be a head scratching, frustrating exercise. It would make my life a lot easier if all the interior doors were hung on the same side - that way they all would stay open instead of one of the 4 slowly closing on its own. It doesn't bother me, but it drives my wife crazy. And we all know Happy Wife = Happy Life.

    What I do as a starting point is place a 4 foot spirit level on the kitchen floor and level the trailer fore to aft and side to side as best I can. Then I make small adjustments to the landing gear and/or "shims" under the tires to get the interior doors as synchronized as possible. Having the doors staying put usually means the stovetop isn't exactly level and my eggs slide to one side of the pan or the other. First world problems I guess.

    Anyway, as others have mentioned, do whatever makes you and yours comfortable.

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    If your rv feels and reads level and you only have one door that floats you can try an old trim carpenters trick. Take out one of the hinge pins and give it a little tap with a hammer. You want to have a very slight bend in the hinge. Not enough that you will notice it as hard to close but it will give just enough tension that the door will not close on its own.
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    One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is that a stovetop may be leveled with washers or shims if it’s significantly different from the best overall level.
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