Leveling with hydraulic jacks

dougrainer wrote:

I was using that Diesel example to show how a diesel when the air bags are deflated allow the chassis/body to NOT have any flex and have a better solid feel. Sorry, but I gues if you OVERextend the jacks, you CAN remove some of the flex from the leaf/coil springs. But, that is NOT how you level. You can do what you do, but regardless. Gasoline Chassis WILL HAVE give and take unlike Diesel chassis. Installing improperly????? Have you ever installed or worked on RV jack systems? They are just bolted to the chassis frame rail at the prescribed Height from the ground. Nothing else. They then extend and lift the RV. Are you a technician or just have RV'ed for a long time? If just an owner, why do long time Rv'ers think they KNOW everything about their RV and systems????? Do you feel the same way about your automobile since you have owned and operated an Auto for many years?? Doug

I don't consider my jacks OVERextended just because they lift some of the weight off the springs, and neither does Power Gear. That OVERextension make the rig very solid and stable. If they were not strong enough for that kind of service they would simply be useless.

You make my point exactly with stressing how simply jacks are installed on the chassis, so I don't know why understanding the concept of their correct operation is such a problem for you.

NO, I am not a technician, I am an engineer. I suspect I have worked on as many large trucks, tractors, buses and autos as the average RV tech. I can guarantee that I know as much, or more, about my Bounder, and it's installed systems, as you do.

Since you insist on asking demeaning questions, are you one of those RV technicians that think they know everything? The reputation of the average RV tech is not too stellar.