[Wildhorse]

Today I put the trailer back in storage and measured the current draw when lowering the front jacks to disconnect the truck. I'm telling you straight up you need to get one of these clamp on meters because they are the bomb! To lower the front jacks they pulled 4.96 amps. When they started to lift the front of the trailer it pulled just a tad over 15 amps. I've suspected that having all six jacks gyrating to lower themselves and then lift and level, followed by putting the slides out was a battery killer before ever starting the campout... Next time the trailer comes home I'll measure the leveling process and the slides, but if the front jacks are an indication the set of 3 on my trailer will be pulling 45 amps, followed by 3 slides that sound hungry too. What a learning process! I've always heard regarding engines that there's no replacement for displacement, and it looks like the same is true for batterys.