HMS Beagle wrote:
scout4trout wrote:
When we purchased our Alpenlite new, there was a video for using the Atwood jacks and it says that you must always keep the front of the camper 4" higher than the rear or there is a risk of tipping.
I have seen this in several owners guides and other places. Some kind of Movie Physics at work here? Keeping the front jacks 4" higher is going to move the longitudinal CG by what, a couple of inches very worst case? If a camper is a couple of inches of CG from falling on it's face, it is going to have a whole lot of problems long before you try to jack it up. Even mild braking will put the overhang onto your hood for one thing. If you happen to leave your spare shoes up in the overhang, over it goes. Things like that. And yet this advice persists.
When we bought our first Outfitter my wife mentioned the tipping thing to Bob. He had BOTH him and myself hang from the very front of the cabover (probably 400+ pounds) and the camper never budged. I can see keeping the front slightly higher when in storage to encourage any moisture to run off instead of puddling and I do it with ours.
