Another newbie question. Do you all keep your parking brake on when RV is in storage? Or use wheel chocks?
TIA
I only use my parking break when required for leveling.
I only use my parking break when required for leveling.
Parking brakes have their uses, but those uses have greatly diminished since the advent of the automatic transmission with Park pawl. Now the newer cars have electric parking brakes and some of those are even automatic taking the choice away from the driver.
This is the key for me. If I stop while enroute, I rarely, if ever, use the parking brake. When I arrive at a destination, the parking brake is required to use the levelers. Since I always use the levelers to help support the open slide, it's always on at the campground.
I have a different take. Every time I stop the FIRST thing I hit is the parking brake pedal. Why? If I have a brain fart and somehow forget to shift to park, or an excited 75# dog decides to hit the shift lever and knocks it out of park... or any other numerous anomalies, it ain't moving. And the LAST thing I need 300 miles from home is our motorhome on a YouTube video leisurely rolling across a gas station parking lot.
Now... if the shift lever had some sort of fail safe (yeah I know... the brake pedal). But weird things happen... and one of them is being able to remove the key in any position from my Jeep Wrangler.
One is none (tranny pawl). Two is one (tranny pawl AND parking brake).![]()
Ok,
I have to admit,
The zr2, I have jumped out of it I'll say three times with it running and in gear.
Only tha vehicle and I sure don't know why.
I bought my daughter unit
a new Jeep Grand Cherokee
Had it in driveway putting on tags etc.
Jump in the jeep to move it forward a few feet
Jeep wouldn't move
I struggled
My daughter unit watching
Something wrong
Jeep would not move
So I step out
Thinking Transmission issue
Daughter unit gets out...
We all nervous
So I get back in
shut the door to try again
Jeep goes forward
WTF
Read the Manual
Will not engage if door open
My RV not that Smart,
thats why it is SOB :coolsmiley:
In Vermont, the parking brake is only used when needed- salt water on the cables does them in, and if you park at home and leave it on, it is likely that you'll have to go under with a soft faced hammer and knock the brakes loose as I used to do.Another newbie question. Do you all keep your parking brake on when RV is in storage? Or use wheel chocks?
TIA