Air Bag pressure when parked at campsite

[phelpo]

Does anyone with a Sunseeker/Forester release the
air in the rear bags? Then when traveling again
increase the pressure on the road.

or do you just leave them as is?

Phelpo

[bgilly]

I leave mine alone. I do recheck to make certain the pressure is alike between port and starboard bags.

[phelpo]

well we are getting some rocking in the rig,
that is why asked. I have added jacks
but don't want to raise the to high.

I'm going to recheck the air pressure
the dealer placed in the bags today.

Phelpo

[bgilly]

The bags are more for driving suspension - not so much for parked "stabilizing". Even when using the stabilizing jacks, you are still have some weight on the axle suspension so some rocking is normal. If you took all the weight of the coach off the axle (not suggested) you will still likely have some motion due to 1) cushion effect of the hydraulic and the ground 2) the narrow footprint spread of the hydraulic jacks.

Bobby

[phelpo]

thanks for your input

[phelpo]

does anyone release the air bag pressure when
parked? If so does it cut down on therockking?

Phelpo

[lbrunning]

I have tried mine with the air dumped out and did not see a difference so I just leave them alone set at 60 psi and prefer to have my sunseeker sitting a bought a 1/2 bubble off level before leveling with jacks. Another thought I had to stop the movement would be to increase the pressure in the air bags to 90 to 100 psi witch would stiffen suspension but that will also change level and I have not taken the time to try it yet.

[bgilly]

I agree, less air in the bag - more bounce since you are depending more on the suspension springs to support the weight.
The stabilizers are the key to reducing movement of the coach. They won't completely eliminate it but reduce the amount of weight resting on the chassis suspension system.
It you want to completely stop the rocking you will need to block the coach on cinder blocks like it is done for mobile homes.

[phelpo]

guys I don't have your jacks, I have installed 2 scissor
jacks in the rear, close to the bumper. We still
have a rock/roll when walking in the rig. thinking
about installing scissors in the front.

Phelpo

[lbrunning]

I totally forgot that but if you can air the bags up fully you should get rid of any movement caused by the suspension at least in the rear and i think you are right front scissor jacks would be help full also.

[bgilly]

Originally Posted by phelpo

guys I don't have your jacks, I have installed 2 scissor
jacks in the rear, close to the bumper. We still
have a rock/roll when walking in the rig. thinking
about installing scissors in the front.

Phelpo

My comment was generic - should you have stabilizers it would help but does not totally eliminate the rocking.
In our former TT we had scissor jacks and they didn't do a lot for the rocking but they did help with the leveling and getting the A/C water drip opposite side of the entry. Our solution to the rocking in the TT when we had a 2 week stay was to use screw jack stands: Aluminum Stack Jacks, set of 4 - Camco 44560 - Stabilizing Jacks - Camping World
The screw jack stands have a better footprint compared to the scissor jack stands and don't have the side to side movement our scissor jack did.
It's more work to setup the Camco which is why I only used them on long stays.

[phelpo]

left my screw jacks in Islamorada Fl..darn it

Phelpo

[phelpo]

dropped the air to 15 lbs at the new campsite, and
adjusted the scissor jacks, had DW go inside and rock
the rig back and forth, it seem the roll is a lot less.
No big to inflate the bags before leaving

Phelpo