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Post by mdcamper on Oct 19, 2018 19:55:49 GMT -5
I have a single Andersen leveler for our old camper. Should I buy another for our new rig? Will we even need them with auto-leveler?
I figured that we will need some more blocks for under each leg of the auto leveler.
If the site is slightly un-level will we still need to get the rig more level before using the auto-leveler? Can the auto leveler lift tires off the ground if needed? Would we even want to do that?
Thanks!
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Post by Chuck on Oct 20, 2018 12:42:51 GMT -5
mdcamper I do not use Andersen levelers but some people do along with there level-up system, I have never had a camp site that I needed such to date, not saying there isn't one out there some place  What is more important is to use chocks for your wheels so your trailer will not move when un-hooking or hooking up The other thing you might think about is the yellow or orange lago blocks to put under your landing gear an stabilizers/level-up system to to give your trailer a little more stability if you want it, I use wood 8x10 blocks instead to the same thing ...
I have yet to find a slightly un-level site that I would need extra levelers, your LCI Level-up system ten out of ten times will do the job, but as with anything there are exceptions to the rule .. If the site is that un-level use blocks under your landing gear an stabilizers as I stated above ...
Yes you can left your trailer off the ground with the LCI Level-up System, would I recommend it, NO, the system is not made to lift your trailer off the ground an is not recommend by Lippert (LCI) ... Jacks are for lifting trailers to change tires or run one of your trailer tires up on a plank/board to change the other tire that is flat ...
Safe Travels
Chuck
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Post by Edd505 on Oct 20, 2018 22:17:11 GMT -5
I still carry two Andersons and have never used them. I did buy more legos to stack under the legs as the less they are extended the less movement inside. I'll post my Andersons for sale if I stay home long enough.
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Post by johnr on Oct 22, 2018 6:55:07 GMT -5
I would have something with you to level side to side. My auto-leveler said "out of stroke" a couple times, meaning that the system couldn't auto level correctly. Since then I always level the trailer side to side so that it's in the bubble before unhooking and auto leveling. There's very little worse to me than unhooking and having to rehook to level the camper.
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Post by Edd505 on Oct 22, 2018 21:04:06 GMT -5
I would have something with you to level side to side. My auto-leveler said "out of stroke" a couple times, meaning that the system couldn't auto level correctly. Since then I always level the trailer side to side so that it's in the bubble before unhooking and auto leveling. There's very little worse to me than unhooking and having to rehook to level the camper. If you have the large bubble on the front each mark is 1". Before you "level" just add an extra lego or two as needed under the legs on the low side. Putting a small stack of legos under each leg virtually eliminates "out of stroke" message. As I said in a prior post, shorter legs = more stable. |
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Post by nvguy on Oct 22, 2018 21:18:09 GMT -5
I use my Andersons because I got tired of carrying a lumber yard around, and more than once I have fallen victim to the "out of stroke" error message.
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Post by Chuck on Oct 23, 2018 10:26:03 GMT -5
I thought about lego's one time but I need the money to buy fuel so I can make it to the Kz rally, so I am cheap an use the 8x19 blocks that I varnished more than likely I could have bought the lego's for what I have in wood an varnish 
Safe travels guy's
Chuck
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Post by Edd505 on Oct 23, 2018 16:08:49 GMT -5
$29 a set of 10 and I carry 3 sets.
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Post by dodge on Oct 29, 2018 15:59:56 GMT -5
I have home made blocks. Just treated 2 x 10 cut to 10" and screwed together. A short piece of 1/4" rope stapled to 1 side for handles. I made 2 that are about 4 1/2" tall and 2 that are about 6" tall. I also have 2 that are just 1 piece of 2 x 10. I have never encountered the "out of stroke" using them.
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Post by laknox on Nov 1, 2018 10:40:02 GMT -5
Even though I've not used my FW much in the year we've owned it, I almost always put some blocks under the rear jacks, as there's just not much travel in them and it takes about half that just to reach the ground. There's enough crown in the street in front of my house that the RR jack will just run out of stroke if I level the FW, which I usually do. I have a couple cut-offs from a glue-lam and use them under the rear jacks. They also give me a bigger footprint to keep from sinking in soft ground; same reason that I put a couple lego blocks under the front jacks.
Lyle
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