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01-08-2018, 04:05 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Trinidad, TX
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Front leveling jacks
We picked up our rig right after Christmas and parked it in out RV garage. Set the front jacks before pulling out the truck. No issues. I talked to the DW tonight and she says the coach is not level. It is listing to the port side by about 1 inch (to you land lubbers it is learning left on the driver's side). Is there a way to adjust the front jacks to compensate for that? I'm on the road and she is a worry wart about stuff. I'll be home late tomorrow night so I can look at it on Wednesday. Any thoughts?
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01-08-2018, 05:11 PM
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Site Team
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If she is not familiar with the controls, would have her leave it until you make it home.
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01-08-2018, 08:33 PM
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Montana Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AZ Traveler
If she is not familiar with the controls, would have her leave it until you make it home.
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Ditto to that
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01-11-2018, 05:18 AM
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Montana Master
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Just an update. I checked the coach yesterday and the passenger side front jack extends about 1" longer than the driver's side front jack. So I hooked the coach to the truck, retracted the jacks and then dropped them again. Same result. So then I auto leveled the coach and that helped level the coach overall but there is still a difference in the extension of the front jacks. Has anyone else noticed that?
Also, when your coach is in long term storage do you just use your front jacks or do you auto level the coach?
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50 Gallon Transfer Flow in bed tank w/ Trax 3
2018 Montana 3121RL
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01-11-2018, 06:34 AM
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Montana Master
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Our front jacks are level. When not snowbirding in Florida, we never park more than 2-3 weeks before hitting the road, just use the front jacks, our storage location is pretty level side to side.
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01-11-2018, 06:55 AM
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Site Team
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Roadrunner, If you are not parking on a level spot the jacks will extend differently to get level. If on a very level spot, they should be close.
If it levels up OK, I would not worry about it.
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01-11-2018, 07:34 AM
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Montana Master
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I don't really worry about it but the DW does. She worries about everything. That's her job.  She saw a youtube video about some couple that had a hydraulic issue and their coach started listing pretty bad to the port side. She was all worried that this may be happening to our coach and she would go out and find the Montana lying on the steel beam in our RV garage. It was keeping her awake at night. This is our first coach with hydraulic jacks.
The garage floor is almost perfectly level. It may be 1/16" to 1/8" off side to side.
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50 Gallon Transfer Flow in bed tank w/ Trax 3
2018 Montana 3121RL
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01-11-2018, 07:40 AM
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Site Team
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You might level up before storing if that eases her mind.
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01-11-2018, 07:42 AM
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Montana Master
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That's exactly what I did. Her comment was "now I can sleep tonight". 
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