Extending front landing gear technique
During the past year with my new fifth wheel when unhooking I always pulled the pin and dropped the front feet and then raised the trailer with the extend button. A couple of times I had difficulty m...
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Don & Carolyn wrote:
What is meant by "marked the max up and 3 inches down on the legs with a marker pen?"
I marked the front jack legs maximum up because if the stops were encountered the in-line fuse would blow.
The reason I marked the legs 3 inches before the mechanical maximum extension was because:
That's about the best place to stop the legs before un-pinning to let the feet drop onto my 4x6 blocks.
I found that when the jacks are electrically extended further than usual with the drop feet as short as possible the trailer rocks and rolls a tiny bit less.
I normally try to park in spots that are level as possible front to rear.
Doesn't always happen however.
Every trip is an adventure in leveling.
