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02-19-2013, 12:48 AM
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Hydraulic levelers as opposed to Air Bag Leveling
I'm considering a 2013 Monaco Knight and it has air bag leveling only. No hydraulic levelers. Any pointers?
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03-08-2013, 08:56 PM
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I love the air level system....nothing to sink into the ground and very stable. Most of the high level coaches have air level.
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03-08-2013, 10:13 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Foley, AL
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My 01 Diplomat only came with hydraulic levelers. 
So what did I do - I added an HWH air leveling system two years ago and love it. Haven't used the jacks since. 
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2001 Monaco Diplomat 40' PDQ - 08 Honda CR-V
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03-08-2013, 11:07 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Alberta
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We recently ordered a Diplomat 43dft, and ordered it with both Hyraulic and air, that said I bet we use air 90+% of the time.
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2013 Monaco Diplomat 43dft
2010 Black Jeep Liberty
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03-09-2013, 03:53 AM
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Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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What was involved in adding air leveling? I was told by my shop (which I generally trust as they've done great work) that HWH wouldn't sell them the parts, that you have to take the coach to them and they will do this install (forget the location, but it was somewhere in the Midwest).
Steve
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03-09-2013, 05:32 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Quitman MS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveLevin
What was involved in adding air leveling? I was told by my shop (which I generally trust as they've done great work) that HWH wouldn't sell them the parts, that you have to take the coach to them and they will do this install (forget the location, but it was somewhere in the Midwest).
Steve
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Steve have a look in the classified section there is a complete HWH set there.
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2000 Dynasty
2017 Ram Big Horn Crew C 4X4 w/ M&G
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03-09-2013, 07:05 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Foley, AL
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The system Walt has in the classified is the exact same one I installed myself - an HWH 2000 series. Great system. I don't know if HWH will sell the system direct but I doubt it. I have heard reports that they charge around $5500 installed at their facility. You only need about $100 in material in addition to the kit Walt has for sale. GREAT DEAL for someone.
Attached is the write-up I did on the installation. If you have good mechanical skills, you can easily install this system.
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2001 Monaco Diplomat 40' PDQ - 08 Honda CR-V
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03-09-2013, 08:01 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
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We love the air leveling on our Windsor! I really like the feature of being able to dump all the air so the step is close to the ground! As others have said, it's nice not to worry about how soft the ground is below the coach and not having to put blocks under the hydraulic jacks.
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless! 
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2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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03-09-2013, 08:33 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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I had no idea you could add a HWH to older MH. where is the classified section? I would love to have it added on.
Thanks
Rick
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03-09-2013, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Rick look at the top of the page and from the right about 6 over
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2000 Dynasty
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03-09-2013, 11:39 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Quitman MS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rex
The system Walt has in the classified is the exact same one I installed myself - an HWH 2000 series. Great system. I don't know if HWH will sell the system direct but I doubt it. I have heard reports that they charge around $5500 installed at their facility. You only need about $100 in material in addition to the kit Walt has for sale. GREAT DEAL for someone.
Attached is the write-up I did on the installation. If you have good mechanical skills, you can easily install this system.
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As usual fantastic job on the detail instructions Rex!
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2000 Dynasty
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03-09-2013, 12:08 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
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Cruisn Bob,
Our 2012 Knight has the air leveling system. When we bought it we were concerned that it would not be stable and would rock around like out last MH that was on a Freightliner chassis did. The 8 bag Roadmaster chassis is very stable with so it's not an issue.
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03-09-2013, 05:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 155
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06 Monaco Ex with air bags BUT it would be nice to have a jack system to just put the feet down to keep the coach from rocking when the wind is blowing hard.
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03-09-2013, 06:21 PM
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Senior Member
Entegra Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis_K
Cruisn Bob,
Our 2012 Knight has the air leveling system. When we bought it we were concerned that it would not be stable and would rock around like out last MH that was on a Freightliner chassis did. The 8 bag Roadmaster chassis is very stable with so it's not an issue.
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Totally agree
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