How to level a Class C?
I just sold my 36 foot class A which had leveling jacks. I am looking at getting a class C, but only one or two have had leveling jacks and those looked like add-on units with a big box next to the d...
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JumboJet wrote:
Bought the current Class C. On our 4,380 mile trip two weeks ago, 20 Camco Legos were not enough to "level" the motorhome in a few campgrounds - close but never enough. We spent several nights with high winds that moved the camper considerably. There is not a Class C anywhere that will not move with a 10-30 MPH side wind. Trip was in OK, NM, AZ, CA, NV, UT, and back to AR. Windy and stormy except for NV & CA.
Springs and shocks work in both situations - A) they help stop rough road surfaces from transferring vertical motions into the coach, and B) they help stop the coach from rocking in side winds by anchoring the coach to a heavy and wide enough undercarriage that supposedly isn't having it's tires lifted off the ground by the side winds.
Springs and shocks that are stiff in relation to overall coach/contents weight and outside wall square footage will reduce side wind effects. Most RV's don't have too-stiff springs and/or shocks ... they have only adequate springs and shocks.
Our Class C has springs and auto-adjusting shocks that, in combination, can be very stiff relative to it's weight and size. Hence, we don't need stabilization jacks to reduce the effects from any reasonable side winds while camped. We can even travel in fairly high cross-winds with the motorhome's handling remaining well under control.
