Sleeping with rear queen slide “IN”
Greetings RV Earthlings.... I have a rear slide out for our queen bed. It is a unique design (KZ, Outback and a few others have used it over the years). For us, it’s allowed us to tow a smaller t...
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Speedogomer wrote:Ahh - thanks for the education - the drawer analogy didn't do it for me... Thanks!2012Coleman wrote:
I can't understand why it would not be reccommended to sleep on it when in. My couch is in the slideout - and it i perfectly OK to sit on it if the slide is in. I also don't understand why you have to brace a slideout for stability during transit. I would imaging the slideout is more stable when it is in and would not need support.
The difference is that when your couch slide is in, the bottom of the slide is supported from the cieling, and resting on the floor of the trailer. When the rear slide is in, the bottom of the slide is just hanging in the air, and the cieling is supporting all the weight. Many of the older rear sliders are well known for pulling the supports out of the cieling, which is why the OP uses home made supports.
