Front wheels of ground after using auto-jacks
On our first shakedown cruise of our RV, we found that the front wheels of the coach were off the ground after using the auto-jacks.
We put a couple of nice jack pads under the front jacks to keep the jacks from being fully extended (suggested by RV service tech). We also put a couple of 12x12x2 PT redwood blocks under the front wheels.
After all that work, we noticed light or gaps between the hanging front wheels and blocks. RV Service Tech told me that was bad for the axles and the jacks. Trying to figure out how to solve this problem.
Should I use shims to wedge the tires front and back of wheels? or do something else. Seems strange to drive up on blocks when I have jacks, but I am new to Class A RVs, and perhaps naive. Moving the RV to a better spot is not always possible if the CG is full and due to a tree we could not fully use the 40' pad we were given (our coach is 31').
On our Winnebago Vista, we have a manual button for the jacks, but have not figured out how to use the manual button to raise/lower the coach. There is a auto-lower button but I assume that fully retracts all four jacks (have contacted Winnebago Tech Support given the manual was not helpful at all).
For those RV veterans out there, this might be a really naive posting but I really do not want to damage or coach or have a safety issue for my family.
We put a couple of nice jack pads under the front jacks to keep the jacks from being fully extended (suggested by RV service tech). We also put a couple of 12x12x2 PT redwood blocks under the front wheels.
After all that work, we noticed light or gaps between the hanging front wheels and blocks. RV Service Tech told me that was bad for the axles and the jacks. Trying to figure out how to solve this problem.
Should I use shims to wedge the tires front and back of wheels? or do something else. Seems strange to drive up on blocks when I have jacks, but I am new to Class A RVs, and perhaps naive. Moving the RV to a better spot is not always possible if the CG is full and due to a tree we could not fully use the 40' pad we were given (our coach is 31').
On our Winnebago Vista, we have a manual button for the jacks, but have not figured out how to use the manual button to raise/lower the coach. There is a auto-lower button but I assume that fully retracts all four jacks (have contacted Winnebago Tech Support given the manual was not helpful at all).
For those RV veterans out there, this might be a really naive posting but I really do not want to damage or coach or have a safety issue for my family.
