Smaller Drivers seat

Does it have RV seats? Or Ford seats? Most RV seats are way thicker, and less comfortable too IMO.

Ford E-350 and 450 seats are composed of two parts, one is the box frame that is anchored to the floor and the other is the unit were the sliding rails are attached to the box, get some steel flat bar 3" wide by the amount needed for the two sides and a minimum of 1/4" thick- 3/8" will be better, measure where to attach the bar to the floor box and then calculate how far back you want the seat at the back end of the slide to be and mark the hole centers, you might have to get a machine shop to drill the holes and sand the saw cuts for you, then attack the bars to the seat and to the floor box.

Make sure that you have the correct grade bolts, washers and nuts, the bolts should have 5 small raised lines from the center to the perimiter, do not use any Chinese junk!

I have the E-350 and raised the seats 3" up and 4" back using square 1/4" tube, it can be done.

navegator

When I looked at buying a RV with a slide either Class C or A, I would always have the slide put in before sitting in the drivers seat. If I wasn't able to get comfortable in the drivers seat I didn't look any fruther.

Does it, hit the wall of the slide or the trim piece of the slide ? On ours it hit the trim piece. Took a sawsall to the trim piece, cut out a notch, so to speak. So the seat back could tilt further back. Solved the problem

The slide out interfering with the travel of the front seats is a common complaint with many motor home manufactures.

When internet shopping, an easy visual indicator is to note the transition wall coming straight out sideways, then the slide out being right up close to that wall. Here is one example.


To avoid the condition, seek a motor home with an angled transition wall that is more aerodynamic. It places the slide out significantly farther behind the driver seat as seen here.


TMJ1642,
If your issue is serious enough, seek out a driver seat with a thin backrest. They may be marketed as "Sport Seats". Most RV seats have exceptionally plush back rests which reduce travel to an already tight condition. A thin backrest may increase seat travel by as much as 4" depending on how plush your current back rest is.

If it's up against the wall, there isn't much you can do.

romore wrote:
That is my biggest beef with that style of vehicle.

A very easy way to get around this type of problem is to buy one on a Chevy Chassis :B

That is my biggest beef with that style of vehicle.

Yes it hits the wall between slide out and drivers seat......

Without knowing the exact model, you are either hitting the step-up preventing it from moving any further back or the furniture is preventing the back from reclining. Which is it as the fix is different.