Lifing Rig using Lippert Leveling system

[socalhd]

This weekend we were camped in an unlevel spot. I used the auto level and although it did level the rig the tires on one side were about an inch off the ground. I thought I read somewhere, you should not lift tires off the ground with the Leveling system. I freaked a bit, so I hooked the truck back up, repositioned the rig and put 2x6s under the tires that had been off the ground. then re-did the Auto Level.
For future reference: Is it okay to leave it with tires off the ground while camping for a few days?
Secondly can you use the levelers to lift the trailer to remove tires or other mechanical work on the axles?

[canesfan]

There was a thread on here a couple years ago about this. It was soon after I bought my current rig and there was a lot of discussion about it. Someone finally found and posted a photo of a trailer lifted off the ground in a brochure or ad touting the Lippert level up system. The consensus was yes you can lift the trailer. The other consensus was that the statement about not lifting your trailer off the ground was a legal CYA type thing. I've been in unlevel spots where one sides tires were off the ground. One time I did like you and put boards under it, the next time I didn't have my boards anymore and just left it. All that said I would not lift it to do any work on it where I had to be under the trailer. At least not without jack stands or blocks or whatever. But I'm not one to crawl around under my trailer anyway, one way or the other. I couldn't find the other thread with a brief search, but it's out there.

Edit - Here is the thread http://www.keystonerv.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15773&highlight=lippert+level

[cw3jason]

Yes. The system is designed to lift the weight of your coach off the ground for leveling purposes. The longer the extension of the jacks will cause some shaking and the closer and more things you have on the ground will add to stability. The cya or caution is in reference to using the level up to change your tires. As the system is hydraulic and and could possibly fail it is not recommended to use it for maintenance. I would definitely use it if I was stuck on the side of the road with a flat, but I do understand the company covering their asses.

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[Fit4Infinity]

So if the system lifts my FW tires off the ground then I could lift another inch to slide some boards under the tires. Hopefully when the auto level completes the second time the tires will rest comfortable on the boards on the ground. DW is not very happy to see FW with the tires off the ground.


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[chuckster57]

IIRC the ground control 3.0 is rated at 20,000 lbs.

[bobbecky]

On the Trekwood site, they show the hydraulic ram assembly as having an 8,000 lb capacity, so for six of them, that is 48,000 lbs of capacity, so I think the system is more than capable of having the entire rig off the tires. I do the bearing service every year using the system, and once when I had to have the drums turned, it was like that for three days. http://www.trekwood.com/products/138404/Jack-Jack-Leg-8000-w-Foot-Pad-For-BS-Auto-Level-Up-System

[chuckster57]

Hydraulic is much stronger than the electric. Ground control is electric and level up is hydraulic.

I may have had ground control stuck in my head...LOL.