Do You Lower Your Jacks When Parked

I have never done it.

Bob in Calif.

We had a Lance camper for something like 17 years (bought it new in 1989). Early on, we would mess with leveling using the jacks but they were manual Reicos and a PITA. When I first saw the little Lego type blocks, I bought a set and never looked back. I leveled the truck. The slight motion in the rig was a non-issue for us.

We just bought a Lance 1172 in June.

Service guy who gave me the walk through stressed that Lance strongly suggests using the jacks all the time.

Seems on this particular model, considering the rear wall and most of the driver's side wall are two slides, Lance wants all the support one can get with the slides out. Service guy said some 1172's have actually cracked in the drivers rear corner area, which is between the two slides.

So slides go out after the jacks go down for me. So far, not an issue.

We drop them just enough to stop the rocking. ????

No, no need.

I leave mine down all the time, they are leaning against the wall in the corner of the garage.

work2fish wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

Paradox must like feeling like he's in a boat! Or he's rockin a pop up on a F650....
Quick, late stop, toss out the slide and everyone hits the fart sack, jacks stay up.
Pull over and make lunch, jacks stay up.
Making camp for a while and 4 people bouncing around the camper = drop the rear outriggers.

Same here, though I usually drop all four when camping for a while. I don't like extra motion when I am trying to sleep, even though I still think I'm feeling some after being out on the boat all day... ;)

LOL

Grit dog wrote:

Paradox must like feeling like he's in a boat! Or he's rockin a pop up on a F650....
Quick, late stop, toss out the slide and everyone hits the fart sack, jacks stay up.
Pull over and make lunch, jacks stay up.
Making camp for a while and 4 people bouncing around the camper = drop the rear outriggers.

Same here, though I usually drop all four when camping for a while. I don't like extra motion when I am trying to sleep, even though I still think I'm feeling some after being out on the boat all day... ;)

Yes I do if parked overnight. They are also used to fine tune any leveling. Not debating blocks, dangling fastguns or stress to corners.

Almost always lower them. You don't have to, I just don't like the rocking when I'm moving around or tossing and turning in bed. If that doesn't bother you, then don't. You should NEVER level the camper in the bed. The jacks aren't designed for that. Yeah I know a lot of people do it and get away with it, but the leverage of the extended jack stresses the contact points to the frame of the camper. Level the camper with Lynx Levelers or similar blocks. Each block is 1/2 a bubble on your level. I carry two sets, 20 levelers, and that has taken care of probably 95% of our leveling needs.