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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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Huntindog
Explorer
Jul 04, 2015
Since I always boondock and never have a concrete or asphalt pad, putting out a slide will throw the level off as the dirt compresses under the jacks on the slide side. My present TT isn't so bad as it has a slide on each side so it kind of balances itself. My previous TT with one super slide would go off quite a bit.. After a while I got pretty good at judging just how much the dirt would compress, and adjusting for it.... But if it rained it would most always need readjusting.

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