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Dale_Traveling
Mar 30, 2014Explorer II
Pretty much you will be limited by your risk tolerance. Using the jacks as stabilizers first (stopping suspension bounce) and levelers second will minimize potential problems. The least amount of jack extension is always your best practice even if it that means moving to a different spot to set up camp.
Get the curb side too high and the last step off the stairs can get uncomfortably high. The more you have to lift the rear and take weight off the tires limits the braking effect and you risk the coach shifting and potential catastrophic jack damage ($$$$).
Since your travel plans are heavy on boon docking carry along 12" square or so blocks of wood to use under the jacks on potentially soft ground. Sink a jack pad into the ground will delay your departure while you dig out the jack(s).
Get the curb side too high and the last step off the stairs can get uncomfortably high. The more you have to lift the rear and take weight off the tires limits the braking effect and you risk the coach shifting and potential catastrophic jack damage ($$$$).
Since your travel plans are heavy on boon docking carry along 12" square or so blocks of wood to use under the jacks on potentially soft ground. Sink a jack pad into the ground will delay your departure while you dig out the jack(s).
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