Leveling Kit

DocP wrote:
Agree, but not always feasible. My 2016 Coachmen Leprechaun 319DS had such low ground clearance that the direct acting jacks could not be used, and HWH had to go with the kick downs.

I've seen that before, and not sure I understand. All the E450's ought to sit about the same. It may be that some of the coaches are set on the chassis in a way to allow direct acting jacks the room they need to retract. Used to be strictly "Direct for Class A and Kick Down for Class C" but at least some of us have been able to use Direct. At least one owner installed his own.

Why am I so hard over on this?

1. Once deployed (maybe I should say IF deployed, see 2. below) the Kick Down jacks don't stand as solidly as the Direct.

2. Kick Down doesn't always "Kick" before it Deploys. I often have to put a mat down and help one or more jacks get vertical before it extends so far that it cannot GO vertical. And...

...if a jack fails to get vertical, sometimes the spring isn't enough to retract it. I have one of those right now. The things operate in pairs. While I was checking one side, the other side extended too far for me to force it to vertical and would NOT retract. Used blocks instead. Still have to try and retract it at home. I'm hoping I can use a bar clamp.

This is our second pre-owned Class C, both with HWH kick down jacks. First one was bad enough. This second one has small cylinders to help get vertical, and it's worse.