Parking on uneven ground

The only time I had this problem was when I forgot to dump the air first. Some systems that's automatic to some not. Not sure what you have.

Wrong Lane wrote:

dahkota wrote:
We drive up on leveling blocks, add blocks under the front jacks, then level.

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I think the straight down jacks are more stable than the kick down. I have had mine roll off the kick down jacks when not level. It is not fun especially when trying to set up at night in an unknown area and you roll backwards. You know your driveway is not level so I would use wood or plastic material to drive up on to level. I use 1 in thick nylon to keep the moisture away from the tire but wood would be fine. Also you don't say what MH you have but if it is an older Chevy Chassis with the Auto park system these can be problematic if the brake shoe fails to hold the drive shaft, it can easily roll when unlevel even when the rear wheels are on the ground.

on an air brake coach the front wheels don't have a parking brake mode....so whats the big deal w/ having the fronts off the ground ?

everytime i store my coach in the garage i raise the entire coach off the ground to prevent flat spotting of the tires.

Ive never had a problem lifting/leveling the coach, nor have i suffered any damage from lifting any or all wheels off the ground, with outdoing so i might never get level in some locations.

Ed C wrote:
Your jacks should be capable of holding the front wheels off the ground. Just don't lift the rears off the ground (parking brakes).

I have mine sitting that way now and on purpose. Probably keeps flat spots from forming on the tires, if anything and don't know of anything negative about this practice. Like you say, never lift the rears off, with out blocking somewhere.

kemer wrote:
We have a 36' unit with the self-leveling system. If I park it in my driveway with the rear end on the high side and deploy the auto jacks, it wants to raise the front end up high enough that the front wheels are off the ground. Whats the best way to handle this? Can I raise it up, put some blocks under front wheels, then lower front end until tires rest on blocks?

Thanks

Kemer,
Well, in reality, the first thing you need to do is, LEARN your coach and all of its systems. You don't say what make of leveling system you have so, I can't assume it's just like mine although many people think all motor homes are built exactly alike. But, IF, your leveling system is like ours or, is built like ours, then you should be able to level things MANUALLY, rather than do it automatically.

There are many reports on here about auto leveling systems raising coaches too high, even on flat ground, much less off camber situations.

So, the first and smart thing to is, find, build, buy, acquire some STABLE leveling blocks that you can use to DRIVE on, not only at home but, if you've got the room in the coach storage, to also take with you when on traveling trips. They're ALWAYS HANDY to have. Then, once you have them, you can drive up on them, in your own driveway and, them MANUALLY level the rest of the coach.

It doesn't matter if your jacks are strong enough to lift the coach TOTALLY off the ground. That's not the point. The point and, goal is, to get your coach as close to level as possible WITHOUT raising the front tires off the ground. This way, your motor home will be considerably more stable by having as many "TOUCH" points on the ground as possible, i.e. all six tires and, all four jacks.

And, your jacks don't have to work as hard, trying to level you and, you don't end up tweaking the frame or, body or, windshield etc, trying to achieve level. Good luck.
Scott

Wheels off the ground? Check your coach and leveling system's owner/operators manuals. Mine say the wheels should NEVER be off the ground for any reason.

You may do better in manual

dahkota wrote:
We drive up on leveling blocks, add blocks under the front jacks, then level.

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Your jacks should be capable of holding the front wheels off the ground. Just don't lift the rears off the ground (parking brakes).