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Long Term Safety Stand Use

June 01, 2021, 10:36:23 am

My intentions are to live full time in my coach in one loactation ( with the intentions of some movement for vacation etc a couple times a year)
I am inquiring if after leveling the coach, I could take measurements for distances and have safety stands built to the exact length required with the coach levelled. Then I could dump the air and not have the system correcting itself all the time. My system leaks down after about a week so this would save the system working at all.
Is there any concerns with doing this?  Are the safety stands ( enough to keep the coach stable over long periods of time (and during brutal Canadian winters)

Further info...the coach would be levelled on double stacked 3/4 inch plywood above ground.

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Reply #1 – June 01, 2021, 10:50:13 am

I do not see a problem doing that.

If you are leveling the site to put the coach on. Just dump all the air and coach should be level and no need for making blocks.

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Reply #2 – June 01, 2021, 11:24:13 am

Sitting on blocks will not hurt anything and the coach would be rock solid.

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Reply #3 – June 01, 2021, 12:32:33 pm

Thanks for the vote of confidence!
 I am pretty sure I would have to "rock" the coach hard to even entertain moving it ..lol

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Reply #4 – June 01, 2021, 01:03:03 pm

Concept is OK, but what  would do is use the "regular size" safety stands and have some 1/4" steel plates to shim to proper level.


And would certainly start by putting boards under low wheel positions so you start as close to level as you can.

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Reply #5 – June 01, 2021, 03:41:44 pm

Most plywood won't hold up well if it gets wet and has a coach sitting on it.  Treated plywood will last longer but not that much.

A better choice might be 2x12 treated lumber rated for ground contact. One piece under each tire. And maybe something waterproof between wood and the tire.

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Reply #6 – June 01, 2021, 03:56:44 pm

My shims  are the ends of leaf springs. Tapered. Set the blocks and tap the shims in .

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Reply #7 – June 01, 2021, 03:58:34 pm

We sit for months in Yuma in the winter. Even when the coach loses all its air, it stays level in auto mode. I never hear the compressor run. It's pretty out of level to start with.

Personally I would want to start the engine once a week, or at least every other week and exercise it, it's going to build air.

What you want to do will work, but what a hassel.

If your six packs leaking air out of the bags, easier fix then messing with blocks. I don't really like stuff under the tires, as it can bruise them. That is from les Swab. A piece of wood wider then the tire may be OK.

Chris

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