use hydraulic lifts down or up in winter for storeing

wolfe10 wrote:
Jacks down, taking about half the weight of the coach off the tires. Clearly no tires off the ground.

You know I do the same....only wish I had been doing that all along.

I have my jacks up. But what I do is put wood cribbing snug under the jack pads while the suspension is still aired up, then I dump the air bags. This way I keep the jacks retracted and not exposing the cylinder shafts, but I still take some of the weight off the tires.

Jacks down, taking about half the weight of the coach off the tires. Clearly no tires off the ground.

Wrong Lane wrote:
Like Sooboy said, jacks up to avoid prolonged exposure to the elements.

I do place wood pads (my summer levelling blocks) under all the tires during storage so they are not in contact with the ground.

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I have heard that any surface that absorbs water (wood) is bad to place under tires. You want a good surface that stays dry.

My jacks are up during storage. If not being used for a long time (like a couple months) I have 2x10s screwd together double high (4 inches and cut to the length I want) and the tires sit on them.

My manual says to store the MH with the jacks down...that's what they are for. They are made to be outside, spray them with silicone once in a while, and just before you pull them up.

Like Sooboy said, jacks up to avoid prolonged exposure to the elements.

I do place wood pads (my summer levelling blocks) under all the tires during storage so they are not in contact with the ground.

I store with the RV sitting on the tires and the leveling jacks up. The jacks will likely rust if they're deployed for such a long period of storage (6 months in my case)

The rig's leveling jacks are designed to hold up the rig.. NOT to keep it from moving side to side or front to back.. If you lift ONE rear wheel of the ground then the rig can move forward or back (Since the parking brake and locks are on the drive shaft) and turn your jacks into very expensive pretzels.

If you lift BOTH either front or rear wheels off the ground then a side wind can pretzel the jacks the same way.

However using other types of supports (Jacking the wheels up with, say a 12 ton air/hydraulic jack and lowering them down on Jack Stands or on vapor blocks) is OK. No problem there at all.