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DAS26miles
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2015

Do you compensate for slides-outs when leveling first?

Our ordered Class C will come with 2 slide-outs, one on the driver's side for the dinette and the other on the passenger's side for the rear queen bed. It also will have levelers. What procedure d...
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Raymon
Explorer
Jul 04, 2015
I always leveled first. I think the slide opening is more structurally sound with the slide in and less apt to get out-of-square (called racking in engineering terms). Some manufacturers owner's manuals say level first; some say level after extending the slide. JMHO

Ray

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