leveling a class a motorhome

Would placing the plastic blocks under the jacks be a good idea to prevent damage to concrete or asphalt pads?

ArchHoagland wrote:
Turn on the refrigerator. You don't have to be all that level.

If your rig sits un-level enough that the front wheels need to come off the ground, don't just turn the fridge on.

You can raise the front up higher than you need, put some wood under the front tires and come back down to level if you need but I would have absolutely no problems leaving the front wheels off the ground as long as there is not much of a slope side to side as well. If there was, your front could start sliding to the side.

Lobstah wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:


The small problem was that the sites are slanted with the front of the site being the higher end. I put down the hydraulic jacks and during the night, we started sliding backwards even though none of the tires were off of the ground. Early in the morning, I started the engine to air up the bags and leveled on the air bags (no more sliding).

MM.

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.
You leveled the rig, your wheels were still on the ground, yet you "slid" backwards?
Only way I could see this happening is if your brake wasn't set and your transmission was in neutral?

Never heard of a rig sliding downhill. Were there skid marks from dragging the tires?

Jim

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Jim,

We were moving 'ever-so-slightly' backwards. Every so often we felt a vibration, probably moving just a fraction of an inch. The hydraulic jacks lifted the rear wheels just enough where the tires were touching but not firmly planted. It did run across my mind that this motion could have bent the hydraulic jacks but they look good and sturdy.

Our jacks will not deploy unless I have the air control pulled that engages the parking brake.

This has jogged another memory at the same park in the older section. We were parked on a very level spot watching TV and the coach started jiggling. It took a few minutes to realize what was happening.... we were sinking. A closer inspection revealed that we were crushing the already broken concrete pad with the rear jacks. I started up the engine and leveled on the airbags.

MM.

J-Rooster wrote:
My wife does not like the front wheels off the ground so I bought a 6" x 6" x 8' fir beam and, cut it up into four 2' foot pieces. No more front wheels off the ground with the beams under the jacks.

seems to me that the beams would have to be under the wheels, not under the jacks?
bumpy

Mr.Mark wrote:


The small problem was that the sites are slanted with the front of the site being the higher end. I put down the hydraulic jacks and during the night, we started sliding backwards even though none of the tires were off of the ground. Early in the morning, I started the engine to air up the bags and leveled on the air bags (no more sliding).

MM.

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.
You leveled the rig, your wheels were still on the ground, yet you "slid" backwards?
Only way I could see this happening is if your brake wasn't set and your transmission was in neutral?

Never heard of a rig sliding downhill. Were there skid marks from dragging the tires?

Jim

Turn on the refrigerator. You don't have to be all that level.

My wife does not like the front wheels off the ground so I bought a 6" x 6" x 8' fir beam and, cut it up into four 2' foot pieces. No more front wheels off the ground with the beams under the jacks.

Depends on slope side to side.

3 or 4 inches of wood underneath the stablizer and then raise, that way the stabilizer is on solid ground and not off the ground. Front wheels off ground NOT a good idea but much less unsafe than rear, they must be on the ground or you have no brakes etc.
Best of luck!

Thanks all, it sounds like the jacks can take the weight of the front with no problem. I have a long 2*10 with a 6*6 on top of it going across the front that the jacks hit this lifts the front up about 6 inches off the ground with the rear wheels and parking brake firm. When I tried to do auto leveling without the boards the jacks just get to full extended as they touch down. I'm not too concerned only because it is just to get the truck level for the fridge. I doubt I would be comfortable with it in that condition while staying in it.