We are looking at toy hauler 5r's and one thing that bothers me are the floor plans that require you to open a slide or two to access the bathroom. It seems that there are very few floor plans that meet all our criteria so something is going to have to give - momma wants a wardrobe slide and I suspect she will get it.We generally like to use "own" bathroom while on the road.Having never had a rig with slides - is it a PIA to open and close the slides just to take a leak? does the rig need to level to run the slides in/out?

one reason I don,t like slides,another is a lot of them leak. or have in,out problems. I can ruff it a bit and not have any.

Do not know about toy haulers but my 5er can push the slide out some, without being level front to back or side to side. I have never tried to take it all the way out, if I am not close to level (within a few inches). Hooked up and parked on reasonably level ground I can put the slide out. I travel a little nose high but at the slides location the front to rear difference is very small.I use the RV toilet but only if I am not going inside a fuel station for some other reason. The wife almost always prefers the station facilities, but that is because she does not like to deploy the RV steps. If I put out the steps or no other option is available, she will use the RV on the side of the road---I will use a bush if one is easier to access than the RV ;)BTW: we can access everything in the RV with the slide in. I know that some cannot.

It may be best to find a floorplan that allows bathroom access sans slides. If not, you may not have to deploy the slide all the way. I find it's best to be level.

All the time we are stopping at rest stops for lunch or a short break. It is no biggie to kick out our kitchen slide for lunch. Just gotta make sure it's not hanging over the white line and be in the way of the truckers.

Learned our lesson with a previous trailer...Deal breaker: a slide that blocks access to bedroom, bathroom, refrigerator, pantry.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 01, 2017
It may be best to find a floorplan that allows bathroom access sans slides. If not, you may not have to deploy the slide all the way. I find it's best to be level.
NMDriver
Explorer
Dec 01, 2017
Do not know about toy haulers but my 5er can push the slide out some, without being level front to back or side to side. I have never tried to take it all the way out, if I am not close to level (within a few inches). Hooked up and parked on reasonably level ground I can put the slide out. I travel a little nose high but at the slides location the front to rear difference is very small.

I use the RV toilet but only if I am not going inside a fuel station for some other reason. The wife almost always prefers the station facilities, but that is because she does not like to deploy the RV steps. If I put out the steps or no other option is available, she will use the RV on the side of the road---I will use a bush if one is easier to access than the RV ;)

BTW: we can access everything in the RV with the slide in. I know that some cannot.
midnightsadie
Explorer II
Dec 01, 2017
one reason I don,t like slides,another is a lot of them leak. or have in,out problems. I can ruff it a bit and not have any.

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