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Unhitching
Apply the caravan handbrake.
Disconnect the breakaway cable.
Disconnect the 13 pin plug and return
it to its holder.
Unclamp and lower the jockey wheel
to the ground.
Release the stabilising lever and
coupling handle.
Operate the handle to wind down the
jockey wheel until the coupling head is
clear of the towing ball.
Replace towball cover.
Park your vehicle alongside the caravan
on the offside.
Lateral levelling
On uneven ground lateral levelling may
be accomplished by the use of a leveller
jack and a spirit level placed ‘across’ the
caravan floor.
Place the leveller jack, folded flat, in front
of the wheel needed to be raised to level
the axle.
Tow the caravan onto the leveller jack.
Wind up until the spirit level shows
that the caravan is laterally level. Apply
the caravan handbrake and chock the
caravan wheel if necessary. Lower the
jockey wheel to ground level.
Proceed with unhitching as
described above.
(On upward facing pitches when the
hydraulically damped drawbar of the
hitch becomes fully extended it will be
necessary to compress the drawbar
slightly in order to achieve a ‘clean’
unhitching). With the caravan brake on,
reverse the towing vehicle about 1 inch
(2.54cm) to release hitch lock tension
and using the jockey wheel adjustment
unhitch the caravan as previously
described.
NOTE: Under no circumstances should
the caravan steadies be used as a jack.
They are only a means of stabilising
the caravan.
FORE and AFT levelling
Place the spirit level ‘fore and aft’ and
using the jockey wheel adjustment level
the caravan horizontally.
Wind down the corner steadies onto load
spreaders (blocks of wood a minimum
Warning
Never enter the caravan without first
lowering the four corner steadies
with the brace provided. Corner
steadies should not be used as a
jacking device.
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