Slide when mounted to truck
Hello all. We always take our camper off the truck when camping. This winter we are headed to SW TX and NM and it will take us 6 nights to get there, each night staying at a different place (we haul h...
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mellow wrote:ognend wrote:
the question is - can I open the slide while camper is on the truck with all the torklifts connecting the camper to my truck.
If you are level and nothing is blocking the slide from opening then yes, you want to be level so the gears for the slide don't work harder than they already have to. I always make sure to set my emergency brake as well when parked, just my OCD self. You will figure out if you want all the jacks down or just the back jacks or no jacks your first night, depends on how stable you want the camper while in it, only takes a few minutes to deploy them to just touch enough to take a bit of weight.
Also make sure you lock your truck and have your keys with you and have a backup plan for if something happens while in the camper, know your exits. This world is a crazy place and you need to prepare for such things.
Thank you! (yes, I concur about all the precautions and planning, we used to camp in a horse trailer with living quarters, I am one of those more paranoid types that tries to prepare for everything) :)
