Setting up for the 1st time at campground
Please verify these steps are correct (this is Wife asking making sure hubby does it right - LOL): 1. Unhook the sway arms before backing into site. (Is this completely necessary if you are just ba...
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Others have chimed in with great responses, but I will throw my routine in for campground parking.
1) Back into the spot (I personally don't disconnect, but use an Equal-i-zer and yours may differ).
2) Check distance to hookups/slide room, reposition as needed.
3) Check side to side level, use blocks as necessary
4) If #3 took some moving around recheck #2
5) Chock trailer tires, I use a min of 3 yellow wheel chocks
5) If site isn't level set park brake on brake controller (if applicable)
7) Use tongue jack to take tension off of of equalizer bars, and remove bars.
8) Lower tongue, release coupler and raise truck off of ball.
9) If needed move truck foreword 2-3" to lower tongue, or raise tongue until trailer is level front to back. (I personally stay hooked up to safety chains and 7-pin during this process. It keeps my parking brake set, and provides a safety if the trailer rolls back off of leveling blocks)
10) Lower all 4 corner stabilizing jacks and install X-Chocks
11) Extend slide with truck running or plug into 30A power if available (this wont take the top charge off the batteries if you don't have hookups).
12) Disconnect safety chains and 7-pin, double check nothing hooked between truck and trailer.
13) Disable parking brake and park truck
14) Open/pour a beverage and enjoy.
Hitching up goes in reverse order, thou I never hook up the 7-Pin before closing the slide on the departure side.
Dispersed camping is similar, but I don't worry about hook-ups reaching.. just shade and a view.
Correct and they should be placed after the trailer is leveled fore/aft so that you aren't fighting the X-chock as you raise/lower the tongue.
Our last trip was out first trip with the X-chock and they work very well.
1) Back into the spot (I personally don't disconnect, but use an Equal-i-zer and yours may differ).
2) Check distance to hookups/slide room, reposition as needed.
3) Check side to side level, use blocks as necessary
4) If #3 took some moving around recheck #2
5) Chock trailer tires, I use a min of 3 yellow wheel chocks
5) If site isn't level set park brake on brake controller (if applicable)
7) Use tongue jack to take tension off of of equalizer bars, and remove bars.
8) Lower tongue, release coupler and raise truck off of ball.
9) If needed move truck foreword 2-3" to lower tongue, or raise tongue until trailer is level front to back. (I personally stay hooked up to safety chains and 7-pin during this process. It keeps my parking brake set, and provides a safety if the trailer rolls back off of leveling blocks)
10) Lower all 4 corner stabilizing jacks and install X-Chocks
11) Extend slide with truck running or plug into 30A power if available (this wont take the top charge off the batteries if you don't have hookups).
12) Disconnect safety chains and 7-pin, double check nothing hooked between truck and trailer.
13) Disable parking brake and park truck
14) Open/pour a beverage and enjoy.
Hitching up goes in reverse order, thou I never hook up the 7-Pin before closing the slide on the departure side.
Dispersed camping is similar, but I don't worry about hook-ups reaching.. just shade and a view.
Terryallan wrote:Rolling Condo wrote:
No need to remove the weight distributation bars. Place leveling boards where necessary to level trailer from side to side. Back up on them. The X-chocks on both sides should be all that is necessary. Then you un-hitch.
Actually no. X chocks are NOT designed to keep the trailer from rolling, and they will not stop it. only to stabilize, and they do that well. You MUST chock the tires, front, and back to keep the trailer from rolling. After that. You can install the X, or loc chocks
Correct and they should be placed after the trailer is leveled fore/aft so that you aren't fighting the X-chock as you raise/lower the tongue.
Our last trip was out first trip with the X-chock and they work very well.
