DSDP Don wrote:
You don't say what year your coach is. As stated, if it's older than a 2013 model on a Roadmaster 8 airbag chassis, Monaco had it's own specific procedure.
Extend the slides while the coach was in the ride height position (bags aired up) and the frame was straight. This is how the slides were installed at the factory, the bags were aired up and the chassis was sitting in its normal ride position. Dump the air and then extend the three jacks. If you have a manual jack system, you extend the two rears first and then the front. Once all are in contact, correct the side to side to make it level.
Not completely correct. Older Monaco used RVA Jacks/HWH/Powergear. ONLY RVA did not dump when Auto leveling. HWH Auto jacks will always dump the air FIRST. Depending on the model Powergear determines when it dumps the air. But, as I stated NOT dumping the air before leveling is counterproductive. As to extend or retract slides, I have NEVER in 20 years of working on ANY brand motorhome and we sold Monaco(Roadmaster) until 2008, had any problem with extending slide rooms with jacks retracted OR extended. As long as you are not on a site that is twisted and obviously not safely level, you will have no problem with your slides, jacks retracted or extended. Not all Monaco's had 3 point leveling. HWH is ALL 4 point. Powergear makes Both and RVA was all 3 point. Doug