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Duramax1
Explorer
May 24, 2013

Do you jack up your 5th wheel with the landing gear down?

I plan to jack up the 5th wheel in order to lubricate the wheel bearings while the RV is in storage. Normally the hitch is not installed in my truck while the RV is in storage. Is there any problem wi...
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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 28, 2013
texas_train wrote:
on our last (newest one has level up hydraulics) I unhooked ran front LG's all the way down extended rear lg's to ground then jacked front up till all 4 were almost off ground, total unit on all 4 legs, then just a bottle jack under each axle to get that tire off ground. Very stable/ safe! touch more work, but NO worries


I have 4 point leveling hydraulic jacks, I have wondered if that would be okay to do.

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