jymbee
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A couple of weeks back we were doing an overnight at a Walmart where there was a another large motorhome with its slides out and levelers down. However both front wheels appeared to be a good six inches off the ground.
First question: From everything I've heard/read, this it not a good situation. What exactly is at risk? The slide mechanism(s)? The levelers?
When faced with such a situation, what is the recommended solution? For example, backed in to an uneven site where the back of the coach is higher than the front and "auto level" gets the coach to level but the front wheels are off the ground? In searching for answers I find tons of info about how to use leveling blocks or how to manually level, but not much on how the two systems (blocks & levelers) work together. Perhaps one would need to somehow block the wheels up and also have pads under the levelers?
Also, in the reverse situation where the front is higher than the rear, when you raise the rear to level would you need to use wheel chocks given the rear tires are what the coach brake uses?
Fortually to this point we've been able to find relatively level sites but I just want to be prepared to deal with any future scenario if our luck runs on in that regard.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
First question: From everything I've heard/read, this it not a good situation. What exactly is at risk? The slide mechanism(s)? The levelers?
When faced with such a situation, what is the recommended solution? For example, backed in to an uneven site where the back of the coach is higher than the front and "auto level" gets the coach to level but the front wheels are off the ground? In searching for answers I find tons of info about how to use leveling blocks or how to manually level, but not much on how the two systems (blocks & levelers) work together. Perhaps one would need to somehow block the wheels up and also have pads under the levelers?
Also, in the reverse situation where the front is higher than the rear, when you raise the rear to level would you need to use wheel chocks given the rear tires are what the coach brake uses?
Fortually to this point we've been able to find relatively level sites but I just want to be prepared to deal with any future scenario if our luck runs on in that regard.