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04-13-2014, 08:57 PM
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Mine almost got better than that ~ we were set up in a site and I thought the front was a bit low . Instead of simply using a level and hitting the front jacks only a little bit, I hit the Auto Level. My truck was backed in just in front of the coach. When it started down I about crapped myself. Front of coach missed tailgate by about an inch and a half and stopped about 3 inches above the bumper.
Neighbor was laughing his butt off. I went over and demanded to know what he thought was so funny. His comment "I've done the same thing with my DRV, only my truck was further under. Made for a really interesting call to insurance company".
I figured I was REALLY lucky ........
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04-13-2014, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick and Mindy
I agree with Dan. Less stress on the operation of the slides if leveled first. I do have a question though.......When you are set up and you feel the need to re-level do you have to do it manually or can you simply hit auto-level again?
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When it rains a lot, I often retract the rear jacks then raise the front end of the coach to dump the water off the slide toppers. After that I re-power up the auto level control panel and select auto-level. I did that several times while in Florida this winter without any issues.
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04-13-2014, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by piper guy
Mine almost got better than that ~ we were set up in a site and I thought the front was a bit low . Instead of simply using a level and hitting the front jacks only a little bit, I hit the Auto Level. My truck was backed in just in front of the coach. When it started down I about crapped myself. Front of coach missed tailgate by about an inch and a half and stopped about 3 inches above the bumper.
Neighbor was laughing his butt off. I went over and demanded to know what he thought was so funny. His comment "I've done the same thing with my DRV, only my truck was further under. Made for a really interesting call to insurance company".
I figured I was REALLY lucky ........
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 I feel your pain!
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04-13-2014, 10:36 PM
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Thanks for the laugh, Of course I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing WITH you!! 
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04-15-2014, 01:27 AM
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auto level
I unhitched and moved my truck forward about a few feet and then pushed the auto level button. It started coming down and I stopped the RV about two inches from my truck. I used the manual level. I thought something was wrong with my auto level then that night I thought that maybe the auto level brings the rig quite low and then starts to level. I hope this is the case. Can someone help me with this? What is the process of the auto level? It was only my second time out so I am learning.......
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Originally Posted by piper guy
Mine almost got better than that ~ we were set up in a site and I thought the front was a bit low . Instead of simply using a level and hitting the front jacks only a little bit, I hit the Auto Level. My truck was backed in just in front of the coach. When it started down I about crapped myself. Front of coach missed tailgate by about an inch and a half and stopped about 3 inches above the bumper.
Neighbor was laughing his butt off. I went over and demanded to know what he thought was so funny. His comment "I've done the same thing with my DRV, only my truck was further under. Made for a really interesting call to insurance company".
I figured I was REALLY lucky ........
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04-15-2014, 02:12 AM
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You got it !
first thing it does is drop the nose down - and sometimes LOW to find a baseline..
then it starts bouncing around to make it all good !
here are a lot of online stuff regarding it:
https://www.google.com/search?q=leve...x-a&channel=sb
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04-15-2014, 02:29 AM
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Yepper, before hitting "Auto Level" make darn sure your TV and anything else is out of the way.
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04-15-2014, 07:02 AM
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They lurch around kind of like a flight simulator
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