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Re: Leveling with air bags? Wal-mart?

Reply #25 – September 01, 2015, 07:57:12 pm

Thanks for all of the great responses. That helps me be more fully informed. The DW wanted me to make sure those leveling air bags did what I wanted them to do before I purchased one!

We still have the bug for a Foretravel. We are just in the planning stage now but every time we see a nice one for sale, those dadgum bugs really multiply and things get really itchy!

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Re: Leveling with air bags? Wal-mart?

Reply #26 – September 01, 2015, 09:49:48 pm

I don't think anyone mentioned that Foretravel probably saves well over a thousand pounds by not installing leveling jacks. They also save money and complexity, but I doubt any Foretravel buyer would care about that.

Another thing which should matter to you is the ability to "bug out" on a moment's notice in the event of a forest fire, flash flood, tornado, or any other fast moving emergency. I've only had to do this once in over three years and it was due to a flash flood in Nashville. It caused me to do some thinking about that though. People on this forum have had to bug out due to forest fires at least a couple of times. Seconds can count in those situations. I suspect the airbag suspension would ride out an earthquake just like driving over potholed highways in the northeast. I've never heard from anyone who rode out an earthquake on an airbag suspension but I'd be interested to hear from them. I think there would be a lot more potential for earthquake damage to a coach on jacks. I have no actual evidence to support this thinking at this time.

One of my leveling valves has had a slow leak when adjusted to mid height since before I bought my coach. It seems to hold air when adjusted to full height or low height though. I called Foretravel yesterday and their parts manager informed me they now have a rebuild kit for the valve, which pleased me tremendously. I ordered the rebuild kit for $83 + shipping and it should be here in a few days. If this is something of general interest I'll write about the valve rebuild. I suspect it'll be pretty easy. I've rebuilt a lot of valves over the years. Foretravel also has new valves in stock but they're much more expensive of course.

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Reply #27 – September 01, 2015, 09:57:14 pm

...also when your Foretravel is parked on the side of the road with a bunch of other RVs, like the RV parking area in Bar Harbor Maine for example, you'll be the only one that isn't leaning drastically to the right ...which pleased me every time as I was walking back towards my coach last summer cuz it's really obvious and you can't help but notice

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