Gary
Thanks for your comments, I feel the same way as you, RV's have a poor record for craftsmanship. With the Trail Lite having the popular chassis, Onan gen, other proven appliance I'd hoped to get something average out of the unit, but should have looked closer at the slide-out. I too am not giving up but hope it will hold together. One point though I had a swing-out accident (turned out back end hit RV parked next to ours) with the unit, other older unit was badly damaged ours suffered practically no damage. My feeling on that is that the Trail Lite basic structure must be solid (?).
Drive Carefully.
Weary Willie