Slide outs are built to carry the weight of all components installed in them PLUS the added weight of people, items and components.
All slideout mechanisms have some problems.....schwintek slide outs in my opinion are at the top of the TROUBLE list
We opened/closed our slides weekly for 7 yrs of FT travel. During which we had one failure (broken drive gear tooth on a hydraulic operated slide)
2 hydraulic and 1 electric driven
Man built it---it will fail. Most can be fixed relatively easy and not too expensive.
Stuff happens. Deal with when it happens.
Really low maintenance-----dust/wipe down the seals two/three times a year with a sock full of talcum/baby powder and wire brush rack when needed is all I have done and slides go in/out same now as when we bought 5vr 8 yrs ago
Slide outs are a great invention (happened back in the late 1930s but really came to market in 1980s)
