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Our trailer needs to be re-leveled after sitting in our spot for 6 months. I have found a wealth of info on the system but nothing about re-leveling. Do the slides need to be in? Do I need to be in manual mode? Can I just push Auto Level? Need help
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mooky stinks
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Put your slides in and hit auto level.
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I have done a relevel a couple of times. I don't put the slides in. Just push the level button. Keep in mind that the trailer will not return to hitch height when you hit the hitch button. it will go to where it was before you did the last level. you will need to manually get the trailer to the correct height to with up.
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Hi Carl - Welcome to the forum.
Interesting question for your first post..
I never deploy my slides until I'm level. Running them out when the fiver isn't level puts stress on them and can make them bind up.
But you're already kind of out of level and your slides are already out. You're probably better off running the auto-level as you are instead of running the slides back in. Hopefully you're not that far out of level.
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Michelle.S
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I think I would just make use of the Manual Level and just touch of what is needed. Would be quicker and easier.
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6 months....probably a good time to exercise the slides and slide motors.
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Michelle.S wrote:I think I would just make use of the Manual Level and just touch of what is needed. Would be quicker and easier. Tough to get much easier than to hit the AutoLevel button, one and done.
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fj12ryder wrote:Michelle.S wrote:I think I would just make use of the Manual Level and just touch of what is needed. Would be quicker and easier. Tough to get much easier than to hit the AutoLevel button, one and done.
Depends. The auto levelers on some RV's I've had operated like a Rube Goldberg machine and did some pretty funky stuff and often more than it really needed to. If wasn't already leveled to begin with not much of an issue, but since it was already leveled once doing it again with the slides out could extend jacks further than they need to be or some frame flexing etc. With the slides out that could be a problem. Manually bumping it a bit an inch or 2 on one side or on end is less dramatic than going through the whole auto level cycle.
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Why has it become out of level? Have the jacks sunk further into the ground?
I would pull the slides in and retract the jacks and ensure the ground below the jacks is stable. Then put boards (or plastic pads) under the jacks to make sure the trailer is as stable as possible.
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Michelle.S wrote:I think I would just make use of the Manual Level and just touch of what is needed. Would be quicker and easier.
Correct!!! I have small levels that are stick on placed at exactly "LEVEL" so I simply use manual mode to adjust to the small levels.
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