1. Drive/reverse into your intended parking space and park your vehicle where you intend to park it.
2. Jump out and check the side/side level of your bus. Don’t be too concerned about front/back level right now.
3. Based on the current level of your bus, determine the number of boards you need to place under which tyres.
4. Mark the location of your tyres and note which tyres need raising to level your bus.
5. Drive forward (or reverse, whichever ices your cake) approx 1-1/2 mtrs in a straight line.
6. Place the required boards where the tyre markers are located to level your bus.
7. Slowly drive back onto the boards and stop. Apply your parking brake.
8. Check the level of your bus form side to side. Adjust as required by repeating the previous steps.
9. Chock the tyres to prevent movement once satisfied of the side to side level of your bus.
10. Level front to back by adjusting those lovely scissor or bottle jacks you have for just such occasions.

A useful trick is to make or buy some water level indicators to attach to either side/corner of your bus.

Water levels are small, slightly bent transparent tubes with a small steel ball as an indicator. Match the ball with the plumb mark on the tube to find the right level.

Obviously, you will want to attach them when you know for sure the bus is sitting absolutely plumb. These can tell you pretty much straight away how many boards you’ll need to place under each tyre.

If your bus is fitted with stabilisers, only use them to stabilise after you have levelled the bus. Don’t use them to raise or level the bus.

Ok, now I know I how to level my bus, but why do I have to level it? I’m happy to put up with a bit of a lean when I land, I mean all I want to do is relax, not fart around for ever trying to make everything straight.

Sure, I can understand that, and the only real reasons for levelling your bus is probably the fridge and comfort. A lot of housebus and motorhome fridges run on propane gas (those gas bottles aren’t just for the barby you know) while stationary and if the bus is out of kilter, the flame heating the coil that creates the cool could in fact be missing the coil and your fridge doesn’t cool as well as it should. It can also be quite dangerous by posing a fire risk.

Anyway, trying to exist with a lean-on for any amount of time becomes tiring and frustrating. It is well worth spending 10-20 minutes getting yourself set up and straight in the first place.