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Old 01-23-2007, 12:27 PM   #21
Lije Baley
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Wandering,

I like to get water and power hooked up before the living room slide comes out. It can be an obstruction between the connection points on the trailer and the campsite faucet and power box. Not that I don't take a bottle of pale ale from the fridge first.

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Old 01-24-2007, 03:22 AM   #22
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My only alteration to above mentioned routines is hook up the power before unhitching. A dead power post will make you wonder why you went through everything else, especially if you have to move to a different site. Only happens once to you and you modify the procedure to be sure!
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Old 01-24-2007, 04:06 AM   #23
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Great idea Capn Chris, that's why I bought a cheap multimeter from Fred Meyer yesterday...

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Old 01-24-2007, 06:19 AM   #24
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Looks like there might be a bigger problem than rear stabilizers.

Quote: I 've learned never to open the main/middle slide without first deploying the rear scissor jacks. I've had the upper corner catch the trailer's inside wall paneling and rip it wide open. End Quote.

The rear stabilizers shouldn't make any difference with any frame flex...they aren't "jacks", they are stabilizers and have relatively very little weight on them. If the corner of the slide shifts enough to rip the paneling, there is probably an alignment problem, and the stabilizer jacks would make no difference.

On our slides, the hydraulic actuator arm is not anywhere near the middle of the slide. If the slide adjustments were not correct or if the "equalizer" mechanism doesn't do its job during extension, or if a slide "hangs up" on one side during extension, it could cause the slide to shift enough for the top corner to do damage to the paneling. I would be looking carefully at one of those possibilities.

Any suggestions, Dale? (MIMF2)

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Old 01-27-2007, 06:40 PM   #25
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We thought it had to be leveled (left to right, whatever) in fact the boss and I had more than one discussion on procedure with our previous slide out model. Then we bought the 3400RL and while the negotiations were going on observed the fivers and TTs being moved all around the lot with the slides out. We were shocked, but from the salesman down to the service manger they all said there was no problem with the slides being extended while they moved them.

This ended our discussions on the merits of it being leveled before the slides are extended, but continue to follow the procedures of other Montana owners such as Rich. I will admit that without the discussions I noticed my growth of grey hair is less.
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Old 01-28-2007, 12:42 AM   #26
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I do the same as Rich except for one small issue as the result of personal experience. I do not hook water up until I have the slides open. Here is what happened to me. Some time during our trip the kitchen faucet got opened - don't know how, when or what. But anyway I hooked up the water and heard the wife screaming to shut it off. She couldn't reach the faucet with the main slide in. So we had some carpet soaked and after that I wait till slides are open to turn on water.
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Old 01-28-2007, 05:07 AM   #27
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We do the same as Rich but there's another great example of how much there still is to know. I never heard about the need to stabalize prior to sliding out. In our driveway, we don't stabalize. We often open the slides for cleaning and have never had a problem. Hmmmnnn.....should we be stabalizing?
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Old 01-28-2007, 06:50 AM   #28
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From all the comments here, it looks like a lot of folks do stabilize first, and a lot don't.

Given that the original problem on the thread is someone who had a problem, which may or may not have been resolved by stabilizing first, I'd say it doesn't really seem to matter. More correctly, it looks like there is no reason to stabilize first, unless it is something you "feel" you "need" to do. No harm, no foul, either way. I would be very cautious about moving the slides WHILE also moving stabilizers, but, again, that's personal opinion, not backed up by any fact.

In summary, again, I'd say it doesn't really seem to matter, unless you have some sort of slide adjustment problem.
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