Learning to Position my landing gear
Needing some help with initial set up. What do people do? The problem seems to come when I initially set up. I have had a couple of times when I put my landing gear down, then lift off the king p...
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bpounds wrote:
Ditto on the stick-on levels.
But caution, complex math is required.
Every graduated level I've seen offered for RV's, the graduations are 1 inch per 8 feet. Which is perfect for side to side, because the trailers are 8 feet wide. Or 8.5 on the wide bodies, but the difference isn't enough to matter.
Here's the math. On the front to rear, it's still 1 inch per 8 feet. So if you've got a 32' trailer, it is 4 inches of leg travel per level graduation. More like 3.5 inches, because you can subtract the overhang area forward of the landing gear from your 32'.cartdog wrote:
The Hopkins comes on a set but the one for the front is too small for a fiver.
Why does size matter? A level is a level. Unless you are trying to see it from the drivers seat. Which I don't do, but I know some folks do.
A light just went on for me from this post. That makes a lot of sense and explains a lot as to why that level doesn't mesh with the distance the nose is traveling.
