Slideouts and stabilizer jacks!

scbwr wrote:
We just purchased a new Winnebago Winnie 2201DS trailer with a Schwintek slide system. According to the owners manual, the slide should be extended AFTER leveling the unit and stabilizing the trailer with the stabilizer jacks. This contradicts what I've been doing for the past 10 years while towing a Sunline trailer. Now, I realize that the Schwintek system is a different system, but I think that there is a danger that if you were to over extend the stabilizer jack(s), you could cause some twisting and create a problem for the slideout. So, my plan is to drop the stabilizers but only tighten them minimally before extending the slideout.

Anyone have any advice or comments regarding slide-out procedures with the newer Schwintek systems (geared track at four corners of the slide)?

I have a Koala with the "schwintek" I had the problem of leveling. My previous TT I leveled 1st and then put out the slide...no problems. The slide was very small including only the jackknife sofa and did not extend out very far. The Koala is a superslide. I have found that leveling 1st and then putting out the slide results in the slide side being lower and thus out of level. I contacted the Koala folks and they advised putting out the slide 1st and then leveling. Seems to work and no more "out of level" even though it was only slightly it was noticeable to me.