BigFoot Truck Campers
Has anyone bought a 2011 or newer Bigfoot Truck Camper since the new company started up? Was wondering if they have had any concerns or issues? I called the Bigfoot Company and it seems like the same ...
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54suds wrote:
"!Can't (and didn't) say they all have problems. "
1 your post implies that having a slide will give anyone having one nothing but proplems in my experience this is completely false
,what facts do you base your opinion on ????
2 "The ones I have owned did (not BF). The ones my friends have owned did. Even if completely reliable, there can be no doubt that they add weight. "
So they add some weight ????????
"In most cases make the camper nearly unusable with them in "
really ?
do you have any stats to back that opinion up ????
I have owned 3 diffrerent campers with slides and all three were 100 %usable with the slides in and it appears that that the majority of tc's sold with slides are in fact usable with their slides not deployed
"that (matters to me, may not matter to you)."
honest provable facts matter to me ,not questionable ,possibly misleading opinions
Do you sell camper slides? I ask because you seem to be getting your knickers in a twist over just about nothing.
My original post said that slides have "reliability problems". Go to a large RV repair facility and ask them. They keep very busy and make a lot of money repairing slides. That doesn't imply every single one is going to fail every single minute. Nevertheless they are a high failure rate item on RVs. That is a fact.
A camper with slides will weigh more that a similar one without. Lance 855 vs. Lance 855S, 250 lbs more for one small slide, moving the CG back. That is a fact. Lighter weight is generally considered to be better in a camper (that is an opinion).
I have been in most Lance, AF, SR, Host, etc recent camper models at various shows. The vast majority of them are not very usable (yes that is my opinion, I have already allowed that you might have your own) with the slides retracted. Many of them you can't even enter without climbing over stuff. There is a reason most of them have the slide switches right at the door. "Usability" is an opinion, not a fact, and not provable one way or the other.
You love your slides and that is great. I'm not trying to outlaw them. I was just pointing out that there are those who don't like them, for the reasons stated.
