My 99 Coachman 30.5' does the same thing. Not as much as your. Only about 2". I have air bags in the back but not in the front. I keep the bags in rear at 40# so that it doesn't raise it more. I have just gotten in the habit of putting my ramps under both front tires and come up to the first level and it's perfect then. Maybe I will look into adding bags to the front. That would make it easier.
I have some ramps that are the heavy duty yellow plastic that has three levels on them. Each level comes up 2". These work real good and are easy to use. I had three sets of the stackable Lynx Levelers I used on my trailer, but first time I used them on the MH, I smashed some of them. So I gave them to friend of mine that just bought a Class B van.
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CampFamily6 wrote: Thanks all for the replies. Recurry, have you ever heard of that thing called a front traverse spring? I saw it on the internet, and it looks like it will lift the front end up. If I installed airbags in the rear could I deflate them at the campsite and end up with a rear lower thand the current height, or would airbags just make it higher going down the road if need be. Just for info, It is on a P-32 chassis actually, and thats why I posted in the Class A forum too. Not many of these out there that I can tell but it is a Class C MH on a Class A chassis. Tilt nose front end and all!
I've never heard of a traverse spring.
I wouldn't put airbags on the rear unless it is bottoming out. If the coach is handling ok I'm not sure I'd be concerned about ride height so much. My Flair rides back-end high but with properly inflated front air-bags, a correct front-end alignment, and some Koni FSD shocks it handles pretty darn good (for a P32!) compared to when it was new.
If you are trying to level when parked, you are barking up the wrong tree. You need either leveling ramps or jacks for that.
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OK guys, he has a P30 HD cutaway as shown in the Chevy chassis guide. It makes no sense as the "P" stands for "fwd. control" and a van chassis is not a foward control, but they call it that.
It is not, however, a Workhorse chassis, as that came out in 1999.
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Quote: Has a huge tilt nose front end....Workhorse stickers in the engine compartment on the frame rails....came with a Workhorse chassis manual etc
Does not compute.
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I dunno any specific details, but one of the local 'nuts and bolts' supply places has a box truck on this chassis. Looks like a older G-30 van cut-away, but with bigger wheels and a tilt hood. About the same idea as Ford making the E-550 briefly, and probably about as rare. And yes, their truck sits kind of high in the rear, but I've no idea of how it'd sit with a full load on it.
Dunno if it's badged as a Workhorse or Chevy, but I'll try to remember to look next time I'm by.
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CampFamily6 wrote: Thanks you all, I will go out tomorrow and look at the front end.....It does have those bags in the front coils, but not sure what psi they have in them.
To properly air up the front bags, if you have levelers (or jackstands), extend them until all the weight is off the front axle. Then air up the bags to at least 60 psi (check that manual for the proper psi). Then retract your levelers. Your bags and springs should then be at the proper height.
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