Leveling my fifth wheel on a steep incline

[tintodd]

Originally Posted by tintodd

I have the the automated leveling system and I was in the same situation.the only way I could level the camper was to put it in manual mode .after I was back home I had to recalibrate my zero settings 🤞🏼

secure blocks are a must in this situation you do not want to over extend your gear

[MilCop4523]

I made blocking for the stabilizers out of 2 by 8's and glued, screwed with 3 inch deck screws 4 layers thick. 2 wide (14.5 inches wide) then I made then 14.5 inches long.
they are solid.

As a lot of people have said your landing gear legs are over extended. bring down the outer supports and shorten the inner supports. i had to take a second look at what appears to be plastic pails lol until I realized they are also causing you possibly a smaller support foot print

[Gmoney67]

The op has done what was suggested in post #30.

[Jcape]

Originally Posted by nurse1nicole

A little help needed! I have a 42 ft fifth wheel and just moved to a new rv park. I will be here for at least the next 3 months. There is no other site available now. I am parked on a very steep incline and my front jacks are fully extended. I am level but the front end is wobbly and I don't like it. Please let me know what would be the easiest way to relevel to get the front jacks more stable! Thanks!

How about putting a tripod stabilizer on the hitch pin!!!!

[jimmoore13]

If I recall, you said that, as you unhitch from your TV, there isn't enough travel in the landing gear to lift the rig to level, even if you put all the blocking that can fit under the landing gear.

That leaves you with the obvious but unwise. Jack it up in stages. Get the most lift possible from the landing gear, add jacks/blocking behind and as close to the landing gear as possible and lower the rig onto that support, then raise the landing gear, add more blocking, and take another bite at the lift.

Perhaps, then reinforce the auxiliary blocking immediately behind the landing gear and leave it in place.

Whatever you do, this sounds a bit precarious, but it sure beats the hell out of trying to run the back of the TV up ramps to lift the hitch. Hooking up again would be a nightmare...and dangerous to boot. (Perhaps in 4WD Lo Range?)

It sounds as if you have 10 pounds of RV in a 5 pound spot. 42 feet is a LOOOONG fiver for what's obviously a spot designed for a "shorter" rig. Good luck.

[jimmoore13]

Sorry... I missed that you had resolved it. Good going.

[Lincman983]

What you want to do is decrease the length that the front landing gear has to travel. Like other suggested use blocks of some sort to reduce the travel distance of the legs. The further they are extended the more lateral movement you can feel in the coach. Also some wheel chocks will help with the forward/backward slight rocking

[bunkey63]

My Lippert leg on the automatic leveling system has been this way since we picked it up in October 2017. I contacted the dealer, circle K in Lapeer and the said it was safe to use.
I tried to contact Lippert twice on their support and have not received a response.
The first picture is what it is now and the second picture is what it was after we picked it up and sent the picture to the dealer.