Camping while hitched...jacks up or down?

silvercorvette wrote:
I rarely use the jacks just the landing gear, on this trip I do not have the option because I damaged the starboard jacks at a campsite with a steep hill with a narrow turn with no room for a wide swing....

I hit a flooded area with my first TT and didn't want to go thru it. The cop on the scene made me proceed directing me to the right of the road. I told him that without knowing where the curbs were I didn't want to damage my TT. I don't have to tell you who won that argument, and who lost the battle with damages. Jammed and bent my one jack when it hit the curb. :(

I do really long drives sometimes going across the USA, soooooooooooooo we get up really early and leave.
When we do this we have everything done, truck hooked up, jacks up , chocks out, all dumped and put away, water disconnected.
In the am we disco the electric, bring in the slides and are lonnnnnng gone in about 10 minutes, less if we don't do a thermo of coffee!

Not only nothing WRONG with it, it's a good idea. I have been caught with jacks down, utilities hooked up and unable to drive to the shelter when a tornado warning occurred. Any time my truck stays hitched it also stays ready to roll on a minutes notice from now on.

I rarely use the jacks just the landing gear, on this trip I do not have the option becauseI damaged the starboard jacks at a campsite with a steep hill with a narrow turn with no room for a wide swing. I probably would use them since I will be hear a few weeks but can't until it is repaired

Lantley wrote:
If we are just overnighting. We will do minimal setting up. Jacks remain up. Plug in electric only that's it. We leave at daylight.

Ditto, ditto, ditto And get a pull thru site to have plenty of room and easy in and out.

And if you really 'feel the need' to put those jacks down? Use your elbow grease and not that impact drill. :R:R

I see the need for those drills if you are setting up in the regular section of the CG their fine. BUT if you are in the transient pull thru's? Those campers are there for the sole purpose of just the night and to get a good nights rest not camp, crank the jacks down by hand.

If we are just overnighting. We will do minimal setting up. Jacks remain up. Plug in electric only that's it. We leave at daylight.

3LittleDucks wrote:
We got to our campsite late last night (after 10), and decided to stay hitched.

So, you're the ones that work us up making all that arrival racket...:)

Seriously, no problem with using your rig like you did without lowering the stab. jacks.

When we leave the rig hitched we lower the stabilizers on the slide side to keep it somewhat level left to right.

Nope, nothing wrong.