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Santa_Claus · 12-28-2018, 10:17 AM

I am on a slightly unlevel site and my driver's rear jack is not extending enough to get me level. Usually my rear jacks will get my tires airborne, but I'm barely getting a few inches out of them now before the idle-whine kicks in and the progress stops. I have checked and my fluid is full. Any ideas what else the problem might be? We are in intermittent downpours, so I really want to have a good idea what I'm doing before I head out there! TIA.

System is a Power Gear, FWIW.

marjoa · 12-28-2018, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Santa_Claus

I am on a slightly unlevel site and my driver's rear jack is not extending enough to get me level. Usually my rear jacks will get my tires airborne, but I'm barely getting a few inches out of them now before the idle-whine kicks in and the progress stops. I have checked and my fluid is full. Any ideas what else the problem might be? We are in intermittent downpours, so I really want to have a good idea what I'm doing before I head out there! TIA.

System is a Power Gear, FWIW.

For now, you could just raise them back up, put some blocks under there to shorten the travel of the cylinder and that will get you level for the time being until you can really get under there and troubleshoot.

BTW...you mentioned that it's pouring rain outside and you were a little concerned about getting soaked. Just wondering, didn't you run into any bad weather running all over the planet the other night?

Santa_Claus · 12-28-2018, 01:15 PM

Figured it out. The rear of the site was swamped so I didn't realize the asphalt had been undermined and the leveler had punched through. So it was fully extended, just sunk in the ground! Pulled forward a couple of feet and put blocking under the pads before extending again. Thanks

Oh, and yeah, I ran into all kinds of weather which is why I'm feeling a little "under the weather" today and not wanting to spend too much time out in the raw.