FIRST TIME using 6 point leveling
So I got my new 5er home last night but really no time left to get it situated where my old one was. I got home from work after dark and got it parked close to where it needs to be and ready to unhook...
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Also note that the autolevel has an internal limit as to how far off level it will go.
In front of my house which is slightly downhill, I'll lower the nose all the way down to wash the front. It always stopped with about 3" of shiny piston showing on the front jacks and I though that was it. Tried it in a level campsite once and it went all the way down and would have crushed my generator exhaust if I hadn't stopped it. Lesson Learned #1 :)
I use the wedge chocks. Anything else seems kind of useless. I gave away my Rotochoks because when the autolevel lifted one side, the equalizer changed the distance between tires and the Rotochoks would either fall out, or would become so tight I was afraid I was going to damage something. My daughter really enjoys them. Lesson learned #2
When it is cold - don't believe the display that jacks are up :) Do a walk around. The jacks stop on pressure, and when its real cold they stop prematurely and may still be dangling down by the ground. Just go to manual over-ride to finish raising them. Lesson learned #3
Check what you have stored underneath the frame before you take your brother-in-law over to the street side and start bragging about your autolevel system over an iced refreshment. You will not be able to resist hitting some buttons to reset autolevel so he can see how it works, and $200 coolers are no match for 17,000 pounds of RV laying down on top of them! Lesson learned #4
Maybe I should have just kept the manual jack rig :)
In front of my house which is slightly downhill, I'll lower the nose all the way down to wash the front. It always stopped with about 3" of shiny piston showing on the front jacks and I though that was it. Tried it in a level campsite once and it went all the way down and would have crushed my generator exhaust if I hadn't stopped it. Lesson Learned #1 :)
I use the wedge chocks. Anything else seems kind of useless. I gave away my Rotochoks because when the autolevel lifted one side, the equalizer changed the distance between tires and the Rotochoks would either fall out, or would become so tight I was afraid I was going to damage something. My daughter really enjoys them. Lesson learned #2
When it is cold - don't believe the display that jacks are up :) Do a walk around. The jacks stop on pressure, and when its real cold they stop prematurely and may still be dangling down by the ground. Just go to manual over-ride to finish raising them. Lesson learned #3
Check what you have stored underneath the frame before you take your brother-in-law over to the street side and start bragging about your autolevel system over an iced refreshment. You will not be able to resist hitting some buttons to reset autolevel so he can see how it works, and $200 coolers are no match for 17,000 pounds of RV laying down on top of them! Lesson learned #4
Maybe I should have just kept the manual jack rig :)
