Bruce Brown wrote:
Sorry Bumpy - wrong again. Newmar still uses that same design, the floor still lifts up. IT HAS TO! Where do you think the floor could magically go???
I know you love your Winnies, and thats OK, but "back in the day" their slide didn't drop, so every time you sat down at the table you had to step up onto the slide. I'd much rather have to deal with a lifted floor for the 2 times I walk through the MH when traveling than every single time I use it - every time.
Would you rather trip over this step all the time...
sorry, yes I "assumed" that they had dropped that silly design but haven't looked at a newmar for 10 years. and I had a winnie with two slides, and miraculously that motorhome had a flat floor, without the rube goldberg apparatus. One is often cautioned when in the RV market to see how livable the unit is with the slides retracted. I do not consider having to limp back down the hall with one foot 2 inches higher than the other to be "liveable".
you may only deal with it twice a trip but I didn't routinely on an overnight step extend the slide. and my rv was completely livable.
But good engineering, like my winnie had and the newmar didn't put the edge of the slide at the edge of base cabinets, bed support, etc. without a slap dash mickey mouse arrangement.
I would dare say with that raising up action that it is probably more prone to error than a standard slide action.
please post a picture of your aisle floor when that slide is retracted. thanks
bumpy
