How durable/reliable are slideouts?
As I look around at various RV's to eventually figure out what I'd like to buy, one of the designs I really like has a rear-facing slideout. With it in, the bed is a sofa, and if you slide it out the ...
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Bumpyroad wrote:
his widow found out how hard it was to get a decent price of a slideoutless motorhome
It probably depends on who you try to sell it to.
We take our RV on tilted bumpy rutted desert roads which could potentially tear a heavy slide section and/or it's mechanism apart - plus in addition maybe allowing the main walls to flex too much from the sheer forces a slide removes protection for. We load up on rocks out there, too, so don't care for the extra weight of a slide. ;)
We'll have to sell our rig someday to a person with travel habits who wants and understands this kind of slideless sturdiness in an RV.
