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Parking level on a hill bad for suspension?

Jetstreamer
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Had a talk with an RV tech today about my routine of leveling my fifth wheel while parked at home on a bit of a grade. He was pretty emphatic about the detrimental effects this has on the suspension and tires by Imbalancing the load between the axles. I probably mostly agree with his argument. Here are a couple of pictures of my parking situation at home.
Looking for other folk's input and opinions...



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jjj
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I have a 05 Challenger 34TBH. and it sits on my side yard almost the same level of yours and I have had no ill effects. Yours looks nice compared to mine I lost all my graphics 2 years ago.
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msjdbman
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Park it and leave just as you have. The static load on either axle is nothing compared to the loads that the axles and suspension endure at highway speeds.
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You_can_t_take_
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I did this for 10 years with my 2002 Cougar. Never had an issue. It's not as if you are driving with the axles uneven. I always put my rear stabilizers down once parked level to take a bit of the pressure off.
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24fb_freedom
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rhagfo wrote:
Place leveling blocks under the front axle tires. it doesn't look all that bad. place level at rear tire point of contact and hold level to see how much blocking you need at the front tire location.
x2 blocks would keep the same weight on all axles.

rhagfo
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Place leveling blocks under the front axle tires. it doesn't look all that bad. place level at rear tire point of contact and hold level to see how much blocking you need at the front tire location.
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laknox
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Jetstreamer wrote:
Had a talk with an RV tech today about my routine of leveling my fifth wheel while parked at home on a bit of a grade. He was pretty emphatic about the detrimental effects this has on the suspension and tires by Imbalancing the load between the axles. I probably mostly agree with his argument. Here are a couple of pictures of my parking situation at home.
Looking for other folk's input and opinions...





Simple solution is to level your FW after unhooking and dropping the rear stabilizers to take even more load off. IMO, this is really a non-issue.

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