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Originally Posted by Hunter11
Ok guys I have a question, when hooking up my truck I have always manually raised the rear jacks then connected my truck and then manually raised the front jacks. So those that are using the "Auto Retract" are you leaving all the jacks down then manually raising the front jacks to get the trailer connected then once it is going to the AR function and raising all the legs together? With the known issues with this system I want to do the best I can to keep ours working correctly. My assumption is the AR function can be accessed in the "manual" section of the control panel.
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I used to just use the front jack control when hooking up then the auto retract.
But - just one time - when doing a brake pull test I had my center jack a little lower then desired, and it dug in as I did my pull test and bent the ram.
So I now always raise the 4 rear jacks at least enough so I see 4-6 inches of daylight.
Use the front jack control (I also have a separate front jack switch) to hook up, then I use auto- retract to bring them all up.
Auto retract is one of the scroll options on the menu.
I also do a visual check to make sure all the jacks are indeed up with auto retract. Maybe 1 out of 10 times a jack may not be completely retracted.
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