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Old 07-21-2023, 06:13 PM   #15
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Out of curiosity, are you having issues with them coming loose or is this just a what if question?
The rear leveling legs on our RV came off on a recent trip. They just folded up under the RV when I was leveling and I had to contact Coach-Net to send someone out to remove them so I could get back home.

It turned out that they were just held on by the brackets and because there were no bolts running through the frame and there were no welds I guess they just came loose. The local repair shop that generally does the work on our RV said that the legs were just fine and had not been damaged. They refused to reinstall them if I did not allow them to do some spot welding to make sure they stayed attached, and now they are back on and, as far as I can tell, working again and I just wondered if this had happened to anyone else or if I am just lucky.
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its your coach, so do what you want. i dont believe welding is going to hurt anything, but we dont recommend it, because of warranty requirements and the chance of metal failure at the welded area. this is a liability assumed by the party that does the welding.
because of chassis mfg’s requirements, we use the clamp on method when required.
i know all the chassis mfg dont want their chassis welded on. if a problem arises, in an area where there was welding, it can void the warranty. i found this on class C and class B rv’s. there are areas on class A rv’s that welding is prohibited, for liability purposes. probably the same on cars and pickups.
hwh has thousands of leveling systems installed on c’s and b’s using the clamp method.
i have helped install dozens of systems using this method. if the jacks fall off, or are coming loose, its usually the installers fault. there are lots of bolts, and clamp positions that need to be checked. miss one, and it could cause a real problem.
again, it becomes a liability issue.
when installed correctly, clamps positioned correctly, and ALL bolts tightened properly. you will not have this problem. since hwh has been using this method, on the aforementioned rv’s, i have only had two coaches where the jacks came loose. and as i stated, the bolts were installed, but not tightened.
it is possible to dislodge jacks when you hit something, or bend the mounting brackets, and i have replaced several mounting brackets because of accidents, but as a normal rule of thumb, they dont just fall off. there is an installation problem.
all the bolts have locknuts to help prevent just such a problem. properly torqued, it would be very unusual for a bolt to come loose by itself.
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Old 07-22-2023, 10:57 AM   #17
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@azpete - thank you for the information.

I asked EQ Systems for the name of a recommended service shop here in the Phoenix area but they said that they don't have those and just recommended any dealer that handles EQ System levelers. The places that I called were either too busy (which surprises me considering that all of the snowbirds are gone this time of the year) or don't do that kind of work.

In the end I just used my normal RV shop.
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