Solitude Landing Gear Slanted When Parked on Slope

DaveInTN

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The lot where I have my 2021 Solitude 378MBS parked has a bit of a slope to it. This causes the curb side landing gear leg to slant outward. This alarms me, but before looking into it more deeply I wanted to see if this is normal or not. I have not leveled the trailer in this pic...it is just sitting on the tires and front landing gear. When the gear is retracted it looks and feels solidly attached to the frame. Does this look ok or am I right to be concerned?

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Dunno about the landing gear, but the hydraulic jacks on our Momentum are actually installed at a bit of an angle, so they look "off" when they're down. Might check to see if your legs are mounted perpendicular, or at a bit of an angle.
 
The lot where I have my 2021 Solitude 378MBS parked has a bit of a slope to it. This causes the curb side landing gear leg to slant outward. This alarms me, but before looking into it more deeply I wanted to see if this is normal or not. I have not leveled the trailer in this pic...it is just sitting on the tires and front landing gear. When the gear is retracted it looks and feels solidly attached to the frame. Does this look ok or am I right to be concerned?

Can't say if it is normal or not, but both my front legs angle out even when on a flat surface.
 
The lot where I have my 2021 Solitude 378MBS parked has a bit of a slope to it. This causes the curb side landing gear leg to slant outward. This alarms me, but before looking into it more deeply I wanted to see if this is normal or not. I have not leveled the trailer in this pic...it is just sitting on the tires and front landing gear. When the gear is retracted it looks and feels solidly attached to the frame. Does this look ok or am I right to be concerned?

Short answer: Normal (or at least common)

Longer answer: I went through this myself. See my post and the follow-up(s) at Front jacks at angle. Problem? (mygrandrv.com) See my posts #1 , #1 7 and #21 in that thread. Bottom line is I got conflicting information from Lippert, but in the end they and Grand Design said all hydraulic front landing gear should be tilted in at the top.

Chris
 
Thank you everyone for your input. It’s helpful to know that this isn’t uncommon and isn’t necessarily a sign of impending failure.

Short answer: Normal (or at least common)

Longer answer: I went through this myself. See my post and the follow-up(s) at Front jacks at angle. Problem? (mygrandrv.com) See my posts #1 , #1 7 and #21 in that thread. Bottom line is I got conflicting information from Lippert, but in the end they and Grand Design said all hydraulic front landing gear should be tilted in at the top.

Chris

Thank you for sharing your thread, Chris. I did a search yesterday and hadn’t found that one. Lots of good info in there. What’s odd about mine is only the curbside leg is visibly angled, and I only noticed it when parked in the slope. But I will pay more attention when I’m my driveway or a flat campsite. Your thread also reminds me I wanted to look into pads for the landing gear, which certainly seem like would help on a slippery gravel surface.
 
I have a Momentum 394M.....20K GVWR and triple axle unit and that is the way they are installed from the factory for a bit of added stability....

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Thanks for posting the older link [MENTION=7988]CoChris[/MENTION]. I had wondered about ours as well - only the landing gear are angled out - the rear four are vertical. Most times we set up on gravel and many of the sites are crowned in the middle which makes it even more obvious. We watched them slide on the gravel first trip and then decided to put on snap pads since the foot can flex at the bottom and seeing the factory feet slide outward on the gravel made me wonder if the extra amount of slide as the gravel gave way was a good thing or not.
 
Thanks for posting the older link [MENTION=7988]CoChris[/MENTION]. I had wondered about ours as well - only the landing gear are angled out - the rear four are vertical. Most times we set up on gravel and many of the sites are crowned in the middle which makes it even more obvious. We watched them slide on the gravel first trip and then decided to put on snap pads since the foot can flex at the bottom and seeing the factory feet slide outward on the gravel made me wonder if the extra amount of slide as the gravel gave way was a good thing or not.

Are you happy with your Snappad purchase? I'm thinking these might alleviate a bit of the slip on certain surfaces. My wife sees them "advertised" often on Instagram by RV accounts she follows, but I usually hesitate following the paid advice of influencers lol. However, if folks on this forum are happy with them that goes a long way for me. Thanks!
 
Are you happy with your Snappad purchase? I'm thinking these might alleviate a bit of the slip on certain surfaces. My wife sees them "advertised" often on Instagram by RV accounts she follows, but I usually hesitate following the paid advice of influencers lol. However, if folks on this forum are happy with them that goes a long way for me. Thanks!

I am. I think it's a love/hate relationship on the forum but I've found them very useful on loose gravel and/or grass, particularly when the area isn't quite level under any of the jacks. I think a lot of folks here believe they are not worth the money, but I don't carry wood blocks with me either.
 
I am. I think it's a love/hate relationship on the forum but I've found them very useful on loose gravel and/or grass, particularly when the area isn't quite level under any of the jacks. I think a lot of folks here believe they are not worth the money, but I don't carry wood blocks with me either.

Thank you for the feedback.
 

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