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Originally Posted by Chance
Another factor I hadn't thought much about before reading discussions in this forum is the apparent need to level RVs fairly well before extending slides. Sometimes while sightseeing in national parks, for example, we may come back to site to sleep and eat breakfast before going out again the next morning. If I had to level the motorhome to open the slide(s), that would force me to get auto leveling as well.
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Leveling is not just a factor with slides it is also important, and maybe more so, for the RV refrigerators. A refrigerator that is too far out of level will not adequately cool.
In the years we had our class C I used Lync leveling blocks. I'd set the surface level on the floor determine how many blocks were needed, position them in front of the respective wheels, drive up and I was done. When leaving the site I would drive off the blocks, pack them up and leave.
The only advantages to automatic leveling jacks, in my opinion, are they do not require storage space and they serve as stabilizer as well as leveling jacks. The cons are they require maintenance and promote laziness (more exercise and activity manually leveling and cranking down and up the stabilizer jacks than there is sitting in the driver's seat and pushing a button).
Bottom line, leveling is not a drawback to slides since you need to be level for the refrigerator to operate and leveling can be done without automatic jacks.