levelers
I am thinking of a Thor Citation but they don't have levelers. How important?? 24'
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We've had two C's with HWH Kick-Down "Jacks" (Levelers). The ones on the old 1984 24-ft actually worked a little better than the ones on the 2003 31-ft. The ones on the 31 rarely kick down together. That puts me under there pulling one straight, spraying Silicone on it, etc. That's worse than using blocks. This is made worse because the set on the 31 are set up to deploy in pairs. If you say "Lift Front" then both front jacks operate. If you say "Lift Left" then both driver side jacks operate. It's a manual pushbutton control with indicator lights telling you which button to push.
The older C was a 24-ft on 158-inch (stock OEM) wheelbase with a long rear overhang. This meant the front jacks were under the cab seats and the rear ones were just behind the rear axle. It seemed that to get say 2" of correction I had to go 3" because the jacks were all so close that the whole coach was being lifted. We had several leveling where a front wheel was off the ground, or I had to add something at the house steps because the passenger side raised so much to achieve level.
Still, we've pulled into sites in the pouring rain, leveled up with jacks and had everything work. The 31-ft has a automatic generator transfer switch. I plugged the 24-ft's shore tie into the generator outlet (manual "transfer") so we could just start the genset and sit in the level coach with the A/C and TV on till the rain stopped. NICE!
The older C was a 24-ft on 158-inch (stock OEM) wheelbase with a long rear overhang. This meant the front jacks were under the cab seats and the rear ones were just behind the rear axle. It seemed that to get say 2" of correction I had to go 3" because the jacks were all so close that the whole coach was being lifted. We had several leveling where a front wheel was off the ground, or I had to add something at the house steps because the passenger side raised so much to achieve level.
Still, we've pulled into sites in the pouring rain, leveled up with jacks and had everything work. The 31-ft has a automatic generator transfer switch. I plugged the 24-ft's shore tie into the generator outlet (manual "transfer") so we could just start the genset and sit in the level coach with the A/C and TV on till the rain stopped. NICE!
