Use automatic levelors during storage?
I have a 2016 Fleetwood Storm 28, Ford V-10 with 4 self levelers. If in storage for no more than a month at a time should I use the levelers to get the 4 tires off the ground? Also how important is it...
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You can believe what you want to believe but I believe that levelers are not designed to prevent the coach from moving. IMO, that is why the first thing in most manuals says that the parking break must be set and an electronic lock out is in place until the brake is set. To think that even though the manual says don't you can and will could result in hundreds to thousands of dollars in damage. There is also a chance of injury.
My rear levelers have a sensor to only allow them to extend so far. It will not allow me to raise the rear tires off the ground. Error I get is excessive slope and it stops. My previous coach did not have this safety feature. I am thankful for it.
On my previous coach, with HWH hydro, I learned not to have fronts off the ground. Once, when on a large slope I brought the front end up and with the rear (parking) breaks on, the front started twisting/moving sideways. I had manual joy stick on that rig. I immediately dropped the front but was too late. Shaft was no longer true and would not retract without a pry bar. Had to send it to HWH for repair and reinstall.
I do not take any wheels off the ground, except with blocks.
My rear levelers have a sensor to only allow them to extend so far. It will not allow me to raise the rear tires off the ground. Error I get is excessive slope and it stops. My previous coach did not have this safety feature. I am thankful for it.
On my previous coach, with HWH hydro, I learned not to have fronts off the ground. Once, when on a large slope I brought the front end up and with the rear (parking) breaks on, the front started twisting/moving sideways. I had manual joy stick on that rig. I immediately dropped the front but was too late. Shaft was no longer true and would not retract without a pry bar. Had to send it to HWH for repair and reinstall.
I do not take any wheels off the ground, except with blocks.
