Leveling Systems...WHo has them and what kind?

paullac wrote:
Another vote for Bigfoot. I got their fully auto system before last season. I did a ton of research & came away that it was the best option. So far so good.

I went to their place in Michigan for the install. Fortunately I was close enough to make the drive in a half day. Thought it best to go direct to the source. They customized the system a little too as I wanted the rear jacks mounted up higher on the frame due to having to back into a sloped driveway. Like someone said earlier, I was there by about 9 AM & out by about noon.

Are you sure on your pricing from them though? Maybe they gave you pricing for an A (I think that's more from when I last looked on their website). I paid a little under $3900. I got a discount on the install. But I only saved $450 there. Your price is a lot higher than that. Can't imagine they went up that much but maybe they did. Not sure if you can wait but they have run discounts on the install in the winter months the past couple years.

The Bigfoot was a quote from our local RV dealer and he said they send them to Michigan so I suppose that price included them taking it their and having it done which probably explains the higher quote.

Another vote for Bigfoot. I got their fully auto system before last season. I did a ton of research & came away that it was the best option. So far so good.

I went to their place in Michigan for the install. Fortunately I was close enough to make the drive in a half day. Thought it best to go direct to the source. They customized the system a little too as I wanted the rear jacks mounted up higher on the frame due to having to back into a sloped driveway. Like someone said earlier, I was there by about 9 AM & out by about noon.

Are you sure on your pricing from them though? Maybe they gave you pricing for an A (I think that's more from when I last looked on their website). I paid a little under $3900. I got a discount on the install. But I only saved $450 there. Your price is a lot higher than that. Can't imagine they went up that much but maybe they did. Not sure if you can wait but they have run discounts on the install in the winter months the past couple years.

Thanks for all the replies this is what I found with a few calls yesterday...Here in Central Illinois the two closest are Bigfoot in Michigan that charges around $5500.00 and a much closer to me MWH in Iowa that cost $4128.00 plus 7% sales tax for the fully automatic or you can get the joystick type for 3193.00 plus tax. I have a friend that used MHW on his previous motorhome and was very satisfied but who knows how they have held up.

http://www.hwhcorp.com/

http://www.bigfootleveler.com/

Big Foot, automatic, installed @White Pigeon factory. My second set of BF's. My only, and LAST set of HWH, had the same problems as J-D. I did have good customer service @ the factory in Iowa, but still had problems.

We have the Big Foot system on our Jayco.
It's performed well.

Our 1990 Winnebago Warrior came with HWH kick-down jacks that the original owners installed a year after they bought it.

They still work great 23 years later.

Steve

We have HWH on our 31' Itasca sundancer with the auto leveling system. Works great. $3500 when first installed many years ago.

Dave

the trippers wrote:
Is the Big Foot leveling system driven hydraulically or a screw jack? The Manual system looks reasonably priced and easy to use.

Hydraulic. The difference is only one pump and resevoir. The auto system each jack has it's own pump and resevoir and gives you a little more accuracy and control.

Is the Big Foot leveling system driven hydraulically or a screw jack? The Manual system looks reasonably priced and easy to use.

We have HWH Kick-Down jacks sloppily installed for the original owners by CW. One snags on the transmission crossmember and a bracket for another cut a hole in a holding tank. Mechanically the HWH work well. The problem I have is that they're Kick Down. The controller requires the jacks to deploy and retract in pairs. Both Fronts, or Both Left, or Both Right or Both Rears. One will often extend before it kicks down, but the other has kicked down, extended, and maybe reached the ground. Retract to try again and the one that kicked down before now won't. I end up laying on a mat with my awning rod pulling a jack to the vertical position, not what you expect from an expensive accessory. I also believe the pivots don't allow the stiffness that Direct Acting Jacks afford. Our jacks will level the coach but they don't leave it all that steady. Part of the issue is that the Class C frame is narrow so the jacks aren't out at corners. Our HD sway bars (Hellwig) do more to steady the coach than the jacks did before I installed the bars.
From what I see, HWH and BigFoot are both good, but I'd want Direct Acting.