Slide rooms and Leveling

devildog1971 wrote:
I was reading the manual that came with the 2002 40 foot DP. It implies to extend slides no matter how unlevel the motorhome is and after extending the slide rooms to then level the coach. I would think you would want the motorhome at least within some parameters of being level before deploying slides. It would seem if you were way out of canter it would be hard on the slide mechanisms . I have read this 3 times and it states when you arrive at your campsite take care of plugging in electric and water then deploy slides, then after slides are deployed you can then start to level your R V I guess I am really new to RV'ing at least as far as class A are concerned. With our truck campers we leveled the camper so that the refer was level what do you guys think

Devildog,
You don't say what year/make/model/chassis etc. coach that you're dealing with. But, you are thinking "logically" when you say that you think the procedure for slides first, level second, should be reversed. Because, logically, that's the way it's done for about 98% of the coaches and fifth wheels out there in RV land. And, in all reality, it makes sense to level first and then deploy slides.

I'd still like to talk, face to face with an RV engineer who says its fine to deploy slides first, especially on really unlevel ground, then level. That to me is just plain stupidity. But, I don't have to deal with that method since the way Itasca spells it out is to do it logically, level first, slides second.
Scott