Haven't posted much lately. Not that it's been boring, far from it, just that I've neglected the blog a bit.
At the end of the week I am taking in the trailer to have an automatic leveling system installed. Since I camp solo one of the most time consuming and pain in the butt duties is getting the rig level. I've spent over an hour doing just that. So I decided to look into an automatic leveling system. I had looked at the Big Foot system and the Level Up system. Both the Big Foot and Level Up is hydraulic. This means that pumps and hoses would have to be installed and it tends to be a complicated system.
When I was getting the work done on the trailer frame I found out about a new all electric system that was in testing. In simple terms it uses electric tongue jacks to level the rig. No hydraulic pumps,no fluids and no hoses to mess with or try to troubleshoot if there is a problem. It's pretty simple, just 4 electric jacks, some wiring and a control panel. IT should be fairly straight forward to troubleshoot and repair.
The fun part will be is that this is the first customer system they will be installing. It could go smoothly or there could be bumps in the roads, only time will tell. I've done a lot of beta testing on software and electronic equipment and it can be interesting. Sometimes it goes well, other times there can be show stopping bugs. I'll be able to work with the developers and it can be satisfying to take a bleeding edge product and make it better. Let's just hope I don't get my nose blooded too much 
On the job front it looks like I have a job lined up starting in the spring. It will allow me to have winters off so I will still be able to head to warmer weather in the winter. If it doesn't pan out I will just most likely hit the road and find workamping jobs.
I'll keep everyone updated as things develop.
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