Can you level a caravan solo?
Yes — completely. Every step in the caravan levelling process is achievable by one person. The reason most people assume it needs two is that guessing — eyeballing the lean, shouting directions to the driver, adjusting ramps by feel — is genuinely easier with a second pair of hands and eyes.
When you have accurate measurements, the guesswork disappears and so does the need for a spotter. OzLevel tells you exactly how many ramp blocks are needed before you put a single ramp on the ground, and exactly how many millimetres to wind the jockey wheel before you touch the crank. There's nothing left that needs a second opinion.
The jockey wheel step has always been a solo job — one person at the nose of the van, winding a handle. Side levelling with ramps is the only step that traditionally needed a second pair of eyes, and that's where OzLevel's audio assist changes everything.
Phone placement for accurate readings
OzLevel Caravan needs to be on a surface that moves with the van — not the tow vehicle cab. The kitchen bench or dinette table inside the caravan are ideal; they're mounted level to the van's floor and are stable enough for accurate readings.
If you use the Calibrate function in settings with the phone in its usual position, any minor lean in the surface is zeroed out. After calibration, you're reading the van's actual attitude — accurate to well under 0.5°, which is more than precise enough for levelling.
The solo process — step by step
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Survey — measure before you get out
Park in your chosen spot. Apply the park brake. Leave the van hitched. Open OzLevel Caravan and wait for the reading to settle. Note your roll reading (which side is low, which ramp step) and pitch reading (jockey wheel direction and mm). These two numbers are everything you need. OzLevel carries them through the wizard so you don't have to write anything down.
⭐ Pro: enable audio assist now — you'll use it for driving onto ramps in step 3 -
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Set your ramps to the correct step
Get out, retrieve your ramps, and set them to the step height OzLevel specified. Place them on the ground in front of the low-side axle wheels. Because you know the correct step height ahead of time, placement is definitive — not a guess. No one needs to watch from outside.
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Drive onto ramps — using audio to guide you
Get back in the tow vehicle. With OzLevel Pro's audio assist active on your phone inside the van, drive forward slowly. The tone frequency increases as the van approaches level. When the tone reaches its fastest steady rate, the low-side wheels are fully on the platform — apply the park brake. Get out and visually confirm before moving on. Without audio assist: drive slowly at walking pace, feel for both wheels settling onto the platform, and stop.
⭐ Pro: audio assist is what makes this step genuinely solo — the rising tone replaces the spotter -
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Unhitch
Lower the jockey wheel to take nose weight. Release the coupling. Disconnect electrics and breakaway cable. Move the tow vehicle forward. Unhitching has always been a one-person task — nothing changes here.
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Jockey wheel pitch — the inherently solo step
Open OzLevel Caravan to the pitch level screen. Wind the jockey wheel in the direction shown — up for nose-down, down for nose-up — by the millimetres displayed. Check the reading as you go. With Pro audio assist active, the tone guides both hands on the crank. Tighten the clamp when the reading is within 0.5°.
⭐ Pro: audio assist here means your hands never leave the crank — the tone tells you when to stop -
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Corner steadies and chocks
Wind down all four corner steadies to firm contact. Chock wheels not on ramps. Every step just completed — one person, exact numbers, no guesswork.
Why audio assist matters for solo setup
The traditional reason for needing a spotter during the drive-onto-ramps step is simple: the driver can't simultaneously look at a lean-reading screen inside the van and watch the ramp from the cab. A second person stood outside with a phone reading solved that problem.
OzLevel Pro's audio assist changes this completely. The app plays a tone through your phone speaker that increases in frequency as the van approaches level. You drive slowly forward, hear the tone accelerate, and stop when it stabilises. The ears replace the spotter.
The same applies to the jockey wheel step. Winding while glancing at a phone screen on the ground means setting it down, winding, picking it up, checking, repeat. With audio assist, both hands stay on the crank and both ears track the progress. The entire pitch correction becomes a continuous, fluid operation.
Frequently asked questions
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Can you level a caravan solo?
Yes. Every part of the levelling process — measuring, placing ramps, driving on, unhitching, and jockey wheel adjustment — is achievable by one person. OzLevel Caravan's exact readings and Pro audio assist remove the need for a spotter at every step.
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How do I drive onto ramps solo without someone watching outside?
Measure the required ramp step first, set the ramps to that step, then drive forward slowly. OzLevel Pro's audio assist plays a tone that gets faster as you approach level — you can monitor levelling by ear from the driver's seat without needing anyone outside. Without Pro: drive slowly until you feel both low-side wheels fully on the platform, then stop and check visually.
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Where should I put my phone for caravan levelling?
Inside the caravan on the kitchen bench or dinette — a surface that's fixed level to the van floor. Not in the tow vehicle cab. Use the Calibrate function in settings once to zero out any minor surface lean, and you'll have accurate readings every time.
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Does OzLevel Caravan have audio assist built in?
Yes — audio assist is a Pro feature. It plays a frequency-modulated tone during the side level and pitch level wizard phases. The tone rises in frequency as you approach level, letting you monitor levelling by ear during both the drive-onto-ramps step and the jockey wheel adjustment.