I’ve owned A TT with a slide for a few years but find myself looking for something a little lighter and newer. The cost of a new TT is cheaper w/o a slide than with. Other than the obvious reduction of space, I’d like to hear someone’s experience of having a slide and not. A little more info, this will be boondock camping with a generator way off the grid. When it’s hot we will be inside more (Texas), but when the weather is nice we will be at our hunting camp and outdoors a bit. I always felt the slide was a weak point in the unit due to the seals, and potential failure point with the motor. I’m not 100% opposed to getting another one with a slide but wonder how much I’ll really miss it. We are looking at TTs that have at least two bunks in the back and the couch will not be used for a bed realistically. Thanks in advance.

You asked how much you would miss the slide. No one knows but you. I say the more slides the better.

I prefer no slides. But in reality that's kind of like trying to buy a new car with manual windows and three on the tree. My Creek Side was carefully selected as it has a walk around queen bed and a big back wind with U-shaped dinette and no slides. We pay for that...small bathroom That's what is important to us. Slides make the framing weaker on whatever side it is on. You can't have a hole that big in the side of a trailer and not expect it to have an affect (effect?) at some point in it's life span. I would say, the longer the trailer, the more that hole in the side will weaken the coach. If it is a stick and tin coach, then it's going to be exponentially more, 'specially if you travel off road and back country roads much. As I get older and retire, I might find that my cute little 20fq is getting small for my bride and I and may have to go to a larger rig....it will probably have a slide. I'll do a lot of looking and asking prior to buying one and it will likely be 26 feet or less in length. My own opinions. Others will chime in. Or Gong me off the post!

My brother had a 2005 TT with no slide. When he went to sell it, almost every person calling asked if it had a slide. People in general want slides. Resale might be an issue down the road without one. Myself personally, I wouldn't buy any rv without one. Makes a world of difference in useable space. If someone is cooking, you have to turn sideways to pass in the kitchen without a slide. More the merrier for me too. The only ones I might be hesitant about are full wall slides, and possibly kitchen slides that all the plumbing has to flex every time the slide goes in and out.

winniman wrote:My brother had a 2005 TT with no slide. When he went to sell it, almost every person calling asked if it had a slide. People in general want slides. Resale might be an issue down the road without one. Myself personally, I wouldn't buy any rv without one. Makes a world of difference in useable space. If someone is cooking, you have to turn sideways to pass in the kitchen without a slide. More the merrier for me too. The only ones I might be hesitant about are full wall slides, and possibly kitchen slides that all the plumbing has to flex every time the slide goes in and out.Yup.........all true. More people want slides than don't if you go to sell it will likely affect the time it takes to sell.

Don't miss the slide at all. One less thing to maintain.

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Vintage465
Nomad
Jun 12, 2019
winniman wrote:
My brother had a 2005 TT with no slide. When he went to sell it, almost every person calling asked if it had a slide. People in general want slides. Resale might be an issue down the road without one. Myself personally, I wouldn't buy any rv without one. Makes a world of difference in useable space. If someone is cooking, you have to turn sideways to pass in the kitchen without a slide. More the merrier for me too. The only ones I might be hesitant about are full wall slides, and possibly kitchen slides that all the plumbing has to flex every time the slide goes in and out.

Yup.........all true. More people want slides than don't if you go to sell it will likely affect the time it takes to sell.
winniman
Explorer II
Jun 12, 2019
My brother had a 2005 TT with no slide. When he went to sell it, almost every person calling asked if it had a slide. People in general want slides. Resale might be an issue down the road without one. Myself personally, I wouldn't buy any rv without one. Makes a world of difference in useable space. If someone is cooking, you have to turn sideways to pass in the kitchen without a slide. More the merrier for me too. The only ones I might be hesitant about are full wall slides, and possibly kitchen slides that all the plumbing has to flex every time the slide goes in and out.
Vintage465
Nomad
Jun 12, 2019
I prefer no slides. But in reality that's kind of like trying to buy a new car with manual windows and three on the tree. My Creek Side was carefully selected as it has a walk around queen bed and a big back wind with U-shaped dinette and no slides. We pay for that...small bathroom That's what is important to us. Slides make the framing weaker on whatever side it is on. You can't have a hole that big in the side of a trailer and not expect it to have an affect (effect?) at some point in it's life span. I would say, the longer the trailer, the more that hole in the side will weaken the coach. If it is a stick and tin coach, then it's going to be exponentially more, 'specially if you travel off road and back country roads much. As I get older and retire, I might find that my cute little 20fq is getting small for my bride and I and may have to go to a larger rig....it will probably have a slide. I'll do a lot of looking and asking prior to buying one and it will likely be 26 feet or less in length. My own opinions. Others will chime in. Or Gong me off the post!
K_Charles
Explorer
Jun 12, 2019
You asked how much you would miss the slide. No one knows but you. I say the more slides the better.

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