Chippendale
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George:
I have the Lippert 4 point level up on my new Sundance...it came with a great instruction list, step by step which I keep inside the bay next to the controller. Only thing different on my system is to retract the rear legs before starting to re-hitch. Extending the front before I assume could cause damage to the rear legs. Since this is my first fifth wheel, I also made another check list for set up and take down along with the Lippert instructions.
On my Gateway, I had to raise the rear stabilizers before raising the hitch pin because it would really screw up the rear of the trailer. Of course, with 4 tires are on the ground it wasn’t a problem.
I have only hitched the Landmark 2 times when all the jacks were down. As best I remember, somehow I got the middle and rear jacks to come up before I manually raised the front of the trailer to get the truck under it. But this doesn’t take advantage of the hitch recognition memory system which I would like to use if possible.
Someone told me that the hydraulic system is all connected together in the Lippert system and that when you raise the front, it moves the fluid from the rear to the front. I am not sure about this, but I guess it is correct because here is Lippert’s wording in their instructions.
Hitch Recognition
1. Turn on touch pad.
2. Press the “Left” and “Right” buttons simultaneously.
3. The front of the unit will rise to the height where the auto level sequence was started.
4. Connect tow vehicle and make sure 5[SUP]th[/SUP] wheel and hitch are connected and locked.
5. Push “Up” arrow until “Auto Retract” appears in LCD screen.
6. Push “Enter” and System will immediately retract all jacks.
So, based on this, I guess you don’t have to worry about raising the rear jacks, but again, they are talking about a standard 5[SUP]th[/SUP] wheel hitch and we are dealing with the Andersen and therefore the front of the trailer has to be raised much higher to clear the ball. I think the pin adapter needs to be lowered on the the ball manually so that in case there is a problem you can stop the process.
I am hoping someone with a 6 point system and the Andersen hitch will chime in on this between now and when I head out next Monday as to how they do it. I just don’t want to screw up something.