Leveling with 6 point leveling system

To answer the OP question, always slides out After leveling.

For those discussing wheels off ground, the user is doing it wrong.
1) Get a level.
2) BEFORE disconnecting truck, verify level side-side and drive onto boards/ramps/etc. according to side-level requirement (get it close).
3) Check back/front level and EXTEND front jacks accordingly before using auto-level..
If ground/trailer is NOSE HIGH then let out less extension, to allow auto level to drop nose after front legs are grounded.
If ground/trailer is NOSE LOW then let out More extension to allow auto level to lift nose higher.
4) Go hit the auto-level and let it do it's work (it will ALWAYS raise/lower to adjust the front jacks first and then extend/level the rest).

If you do not pay attention to the proper EXTENSION on the front jacks then you will not allow the nose to drop down or raise up and the auto-level system will have to lift the tires off of the ground.

lots of people drop the extensions to the ground, unhook truck and then watch the level system life the trailer off the ground because the only place it has to go to get level is UP!~

Toolguy5 wrote:
Thanks I will go over this with dealer when we do our walk through. But wanted to know what everyone out there does.

I seen a Montana in Chareleston with passenger side wheel off the ground about 3 to 4 inches. He was like that for 3 days.

If that happens do you Hook back up and put boards under or just slide something under wheels while off ground?

Generally speaking, you're likely to see just that scenario much, MUCH more often than seeing all the wheels off the ground. In that case, you simply chock the side that's still on the ground. If you're =really= paranoid, have someone with chocks ready to put around the low-side wheels as they touch down.

Lyle

I wouldn't count on your dealer knowing much of anything. The walk-through (PDI) on my new trailer showed the dealer rep (Camping World - Avondale, AZ) didn't know much about what he was doing.

I always level first and then put out the slides. I also use wheel chocks to keep the trailer in one place.

Thanks I will go over this with dealer when we do our walk through. But wanted to know what everyone out there does.

I seen a Montana in Chareleston with passenger side wheel off the ground about 3 to 4 inches. He was like that for 3 days.

If that happens do you Hook back up and put boards under or just slide something under wheels while off ground?

I've seen units with one side completely off the ground. We park in fields for dirt bike races. Not always the flattest places. Personally haven't done this. But did use them to raise up remove wheels, and re pack bearings. But we put stands under unit when wheels were off.

Level first, slides out then readjust level if necessary.

austinjenna wrote:
A slightly different question - I have seen them sometimes with the wheels completely off the ground in a few situations, and was thinking it must be tricky when retracting them so that they dont fully retract and all of sudden the fiver starts to roll. Has anyone else seen them with the wheels off the ground?

I have had a side off the ground about 1/2"for a night.. Not exactly sure it was a good idea, but was not redoing everything. Had the other side wheels chocked..

Not so sure any site would have you getting ALL 4 wheels in the air ???

Toolguy5 wrote:
For those who have auto leveling, do you level before you put your slides out or after?

SOME mfg's state to level first, then deploy sides... some state to deploy slides out, then level..

My fiver is leveled first, then slides out..

A slightly different question - I have seen them sometimes with the wheels completely off the ground in a few situations, and was thinking it must be tricky when retracting them so that they dont fully retract and all of sudden the fiver starts to roll. Has anyone else seen them with the wheels off the ground?

Less strain on the entire unit if you level first.