leaving truck attached on overnighters
Can one leave the truck attached ti fifth wheel at CG if just spending the night, taking off next morning. Can I put stabilizers down and extend slides for the evening?
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6dot6 wrote:shooted wrote:
If you have air suspension it might be a bad practice. On my expedition the air compressor can, and does, operate up and down even with the ignition off. The manual indicates this is normal operation for my vehicle. In my case this could cause stress on the stabilizers.
Hes got a fifth wheel. I dont think pickups have auto air. Atleast not til that ram with 4 link over air comes out :). Why would ford make your compressor automatally fill your suspension? If you get a pinhole good luck buying batteries. I would change that to key hot if it were me.
Not sure why Ford did this. Even if the compressor did not come on, air suspension could also leak as you indicate, and place stress on the hitch if the jack is down. This stress would be in the opposite direction of design. Just something to consider.
When not unhooking for a short period, I would just leave the jack and stabilizers up, as remaining hitched gave us enough stabilization for the night.
