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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pnichols wrote: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.
Slideouts add to the value or else there wouldn't be any rigs being built with them. It's what the people want. You are among a small group of people that have a specialized need, and that's fair enough. However the vast majority of RVs are driven or towed over paved roads and end up in campgrounds.
