RV Drawer Upgrade
I’d like to replace all of my RV’s drawer slides with the new soft closing drawer slides. I think they would work well in an RV, since they require extra force to open, which should prevent unwanted d...
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LarryJM wrote:Craig P. wrote:
Larry,
Are those standard slides or the soft closing type?
I'm pretty sure they are just the normal slides nothing special except for the ball bearing and full extension attributes. They are definitely not self closing.
Larry
I did a little more looking and I'm pretty sure what I used was the standard K&V 8400 series medium duty slides (100lb non self or soft closing). I haven't had any issues with them coming open since they were installed almost 5 years ago and I have some oriented in front to back and side to side in the trailer. The ones I used have a rubber bumper where the slide section has bendable/adjustable "TABS" that catch the bumper when the slide is closed and hold it in the closed position. I do notice they now have both the self and soft closing and even an RV model with stronger retaining springs for mobile type applications. Probably the RV model would be the best if not too much more expensive than the less fancy standard 8400 series, but IMO the standard series should work fine for most applications.
It also looks like neither Lowes or HD now carry the full line of K&V model slides and I even had to special order some extra short (10" or 12" IIRC) ones for one set of drawers.
Larry
