DutchmenSport wrote:
RobWNY... If you can look at the photo carefully, I put the block under the front foot and then dropped the extension as far as it would go. Total distance from the bottom of the foot to the ground was 9 inches on the passenger side and 11.5 on the drivers side. (The front is also sloped side to side, but tires are almost level side to side.)
The block under the jack is about 4 inches deep, allowing the foot extension to drop about 5 inches on one side and 8 inches on the other. When extending the jacks all the way up, the jack ran out of length and then errored out my self-leveling system. Nose is still angled down, not completely level and no more length left to the jacks to raise it... probably another inch to get it completely level.
I needed more length on the extensions, but couldn't extend any farther, they were down as far as they could go. I've noticed other 5ers that have the older style jacks that set up much higher. Clearance from the bottom of the foot to the ground looks like they could be as high as 18 inches. Yes, when you have that much clearance, you can stack a lot of lumber under them, and extend the extensions a good foot and raise the front to the sky. But when the clearance is only about 6 inches on level ground, that doesn't leave much room to add an addition foot of length to raise it higher.
Thus the need to rest the camper on a support once it's lifted a foot or two. Once on the support, retract the front landing gear jacks and put more lumber under them, OR drop the extensions down farther. Then extend again until level. That's what I'm trying to accomplish here.
So, as stated above, blocks under the frame, in my head anyway, sounds like the solution, which will support the trailer long enough to get length on the front landing gear. Then the front can be raised higher until level. (and hope the rear end is not dragging in the dirt!
You would need to raise the nose up 4-5". Then place a block on both sides of the kingpin on top of the hitch. Retract the legs and drop the extensions down farther, or add more blocking. You also have to do this double jack when leaving.
