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N2BchMtnMrsh · 12-08-2018, 08:26 AM

We are moving from So Cal to Denver. On the trip of moving our Montana, stopping in Kingman, AZ, Grants, NM and then Aguilar, CO, we noticed that our slide outs and leveling jacks do not work very well in cold weather. In Grants, it dropped to 7 degrees. The landing jacks, when retracting, would stop as if they had reached top but were still extended. And thus we had to restart the cycle, sometimes 4-5 times, before they would fully retract. Same with the slide outs, they would stop, and then we would have to stop and restart the extension to get them fully out. Is there something we need to do to the hydraulics in cold weather?

12-08-2018, 08:26 AM	#1
N2BchMtnMrsh Seasoned Camper Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Posts: 58 M.O.C. #14360	Cold Weather Hydraulics We are moving from So Cal to Denver. On the trip of moving our Montana, stopping in Kingman, AZ, Grants, NM and then Aguilar, CO, we noticed that our slide outs and leveling jacks do not work very well in cold weather. In Grants, it dropped to 7 degrees. The landing jacks, when retracting, would stop as if they had reached top but were still extended. And thus we had to restart the cycle, sometimes 4-5 times, before they would fully retract. Same with the slide outs, they would stop, and then we would have to stop and restart the extension to get them fully out. Is there something we need to do to the hydraulics in cold weather?