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Elke and Heinz
2018 Chevy 3500 SRW Duramax SB
2021 Reflection 337RLS
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Originally posted by hduring View Post
The info throughout this theme is interesting. We’ve put blocks under the front jacks to ensure they lower at about the same length, and this helped us a lot. We ensure we are as level as possible side-to-side. We generally manually go down 4 or 5 holes and then electronically download our front jacks. Brian’s comment about nose high though has us questioning what exactly that means - we disconnect from truck and then put the front jacks down, so does this mean we should retract the front jacks a little before we autolevel? How should the nose be before we autolevel? Thanks.
A little confusing but hopefully this answers the question.
BrianBrian & Michelle
2018 Reflection 29RS
2022 Chevy 3500HD
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Originally posted by Mike & Rebecca View Post
Ted, I noticed the same issue, so I try to place a block under the effected side to try to take up all the slack space and get both landing feet to bottom out as close together as possible. The one time I didn't do this, I happened to have a low battery fault and had to "retract all" to clear the fault - and when I did one of the front jacks came off the ground and left the front of the trailer supported by only one jack. I did NOT like that!Ted
2021 Reflection 310RLS
2020 F350 PS,CC,LB,SRW
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Kinda along the same lines, before lowering the front landing gear my dealer said to drop the inside legs to show 10 or more holes before lowering the the outside gear, but my manual says no more than 6 holes showing what does everyone else do?
JimJim and Cindy
2021 F350 DRW 7.3L
2021 320G
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It depends on the site. If the site nearly level, maybe 6 - 8 holes. If the site is usually not level, place inner legs same distance from the ground; number of holes depends on how much extension is needed(guess) to get to level without an out of stroke error.Ted
2021 Reflection 310RLS
2020 F350 PS,CC,LB,SRW
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I think I run 7 holes. Depends on the site normally, However I do run a set of home made blocks https://gdrvowners.com/tools-parts-o...k-needed/page3 Post #31 and the front are 1 board taller. These help me minimize the stick out of the stabilizer greatly increasing stability.Joseph
Tow Vehicle: 2024 GMC K3500 Denali Ultimate Diesel
Coach: 303RLS Delivered March 5, 2021
South of Houston Texas
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Reflection manual on-line indicates to start with a level or mostly level (?) surface, then use quick release pins to manually lower inner legs to within 4-5" of ground before extending the rest of the way under power. Instructions to us from GD dealer last September were the other way around - first extend under power about 6" then drop the rest of the way to ground - or as close as can with holes 1" apart. [Doing that we have typically ended up with 7-9 complete holes showing] Then autolevel. Order perhaps less important than not ending up with longer/less stable legs than needed to achieve level rig & also keep significant rig weight borne by wheels (I typically check that can't turn them by hand once autolevel complete). Probably difficult to define how much initial out of level the system should be able to handle with all the variables involved. Hitch height function is nice but almost always need to fine tune anyway. Perhaps someone from GD can advise if autolevel should only be started with rig front slightly high. FYI panel displays (& presumably measures accurately) to one tenth of a degree = about 1.7mm rise/fall per 1m run.
Follow-up to incident that started this thread: Regarding the related suspension issue, happy to report that a slow roll of the 'other' wheels/axle over a 2.5" speedbump (made of levelling blocks) did indeed correct the issue - linkages flipped back the way they should be.2021 Reflection 260RD & 2021 F-250
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Good to hear the links flipped. I've done it both ways, and lifting the opposing seems to be the least "violent" method of the 2. Neither is "friendly" and both will send you to the bathroom the first time you are under there with a jack (stabilizers extended), or close to it when it happens. I've had to do it 3 times now and only the last time did I find the other axle method.Joseph
Tow Vehicle: 2024 GMC K3500 Denali Ultimate Diesel
Coach: 303RLS Delivered March 5, 2021
South of Houston Texas
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