charlan
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BFL13 wrote:
Been doing it this way for several years and nothing has gone wrong. If the slide falls off the trailer or something bad happens in a few more years and it turns out it was because of running it out first instead of last, then I will consider doing it the other way. Maybe. Or just start over and do it my way for say ten years before the new one breaks off in turn. Whichever seems easier at the time.
Not to worry in ten years you may be stabalizing your rig at the bottom of the ocean anyway if the BIG one comes. LOL
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I agree with leveling front to back and side to side, then putting down the rear stabs before you extend the slide(s). I also believe the slides can take much more then what we give them credit for, the reason I say this is if you go to an RV lot, there are usually quite a few TT'S & 5er's that have all their slides extended so that the customer can see the floor plan better, they rarely, if ever are level, nor do they have the rear stabs down. I've observed this on quite a few rv lots in quite a few states. I DON'T do my 5er that way, but some of these TT's & 5er's will sit on a lot for months with all the slides out, the unit is not level, rear stab jacks are not down, and it appears to have done no harm to the rv. Just an observation.
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CactusJohn
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BFL13 wrote: ...We have a 2003 Komfort with a Lippert electrical slide system. The Instructions say nothing about sequence of operation…
Your Komfort manual may have said nothing, but the following is from the Lippert “Electric Slideout System Operation and Service Manual,” which is available online:
1. Coach should be parked on the most level surface available.
2. Leveling or stabilizing system should be actuated to ensure coach will
not move during operation of Slideout System.
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jerryspoolman
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Never worried about it, leveling is primarily for humans and the refrigerator. In the past 4 years, I probably have put my slides out at least 300 times. You are seldom going to to get perfectly level and I cannot believe that the frame on the average trailer is that precise.
Yes, if I were writing the directions, I would say level, stabilize and then put the sides out.
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BFL13
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Your Komfort manual may have said nothing, but the following is from the Lippert “Electric Slideout System Operation and Service Manual,” which is available online:
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Haven't seen that one. We got a few pages stapled together in the pile of bumph on the trailer systems, which says it is the Lippert Instruction Manual.
For "operation" it says entirely:
"To extend or retract the slide-out room, press the wall-mounted switch located inside the coach."
That works for me! 
The actual Komfort Manual that came with our 2003 model was printed in 2000, and says the slide-out room is made by Power Gear. Ours looks like the Lippert drawings underneath anyway. The trailer manual has more detailed guidance:
"1. Level the unit
2. Verify the battery is fully charged and hooked up to the electrical system
3.Press and hold the IN/OUT switch in the OUT position...
4. Release the switch....."
Hmmm, good thing they told me that or I'd still be there holding the button.
Note that the rear scissors jacks are not used for levelling so they are not part of the above step no.1
Also if you put the scissors jack and front jacks down tight and then put out the slide, the slide weight might not sag down the axle springs, but that sag weight will be on the jacks instead. I would rather have that weight on the axle springs.
I don't think it matters a heck of a lot which way you do it. Just that it is not a sacred ceremony that must be strictly adhered to or your trailer will fall apart.
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* Trillium *
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Thankyou to all that replied to my post. It looks like the concensus is to have the rear stabalizers lowered before moving the slides out. Also as mentioned by "CactusJohn" the Lippert manual also says to have the stabalizers out when moving the slides in or out.
I was surprised at the answer as in our previous trailer a pop-up the stabalizers were always the last to go down and first to go up on leaving the campsite.
In either case it is clear that the rear stabalizers will now go down before moving the slides on our fiver.
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If your sewer hookup is under a slide, (like mine), then hook up sewer also before extending slides.
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Duke-44
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I have not read any instructions, but what your dealer said just seems to be common sense. It is harder to level side to side after the slides are out, IMHO.
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Roy T
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I agree with PackerBacker for the same reasons.
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mtofell1
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I level front to back and side to side but usually put out the slides before putting down the rear legs. I never really thought about it. From a physics standpoint I'm not seeing the problem. Slides move laterally and the rear stabilizers help with front to back movement. I suppose there's a small amount of movement that could be eliminated with rear jacks down. I guess I'm just thinking if the slides were that sensitive they'd break the first time I walk or sit on one.
I suppose I'll do it that way from now on just because.... But I don't think I'll lose any sleep since I haven't done it that way up until now.
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