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Trixie47
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Jun 19, 2018

Question before the storm

Since the landing gear is electric what would you do if the motor went out. Suppose you are at a campsite...how to raise it to get it back on the truck, or better yet....what to do so you can take it off the truck...Trying to get a jump on something that hopefully may never happen...
  • Do you have the automatic leveling? If you do then there should be a screw on the end of the motor that you can turn.
  • There SHOULD be a manual override crank point. Look for that, possibly in a propane cabinet, or storage compartment.. Somewhere on the side of the camper in line with the jacks...
  • That's what I have Coach-Net for! In all seriousness, we had an electrical problem last year and I called our dealer and he said to use our Coach-Net that came with our purchase. He said they would send someone that could handle it. I don't know where they would find someone, but that's what I was told.

    We ended up calling a friend, who was an electrician and he rigged something for us and we were able to get some power going and were able to bring in the awning, bring up the levelers and hook it back up.
  • x2 on the manual crank. My old Komfort had an access port inside the locked cover for the jack switch. I was told that a lot of people would buy an extra crank and cut it off so they could chuck it up in their cordless drill. :B Need to re-RTFM on the new trailer more closely to find where the manual accesses are for the new one. With separate motors, it would make life =real= interesting if I ever had to do a manual raise/lower.

    Lyle
  • There should be a crank and a place to insert it so that you can manually raise or lower the landing gear. Mine is in the propane compartment on the drivers side.
  • I would look at the front of the frame for a crossmember I could use as a lift point with a bottle jack.