Slideouts: Benefits and drawbacks
For those considering a camper with a slide out, or without, I will offer my 3 cents worth: Benefits: More space! I love the expanded floor space I get in my AF811 with the slide out. I can i...
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Insp15 - that tire wouldn't be up in the air like that if it was a Ford - the frame would twist! ;)
To the person who justifies a slide-out because they're campground hosts and wouldn't want to live in a non-slide all that time:
My wife and I went back and forth on this very topic for a while before buying an RV. If we were going to full time, or sit parked in one spot for long periods, we wouldn't use a TC for that - we'd get a TT.
We got a TC because we envisioned more travel, less camping. The TC is a great machine for bumming around on a long weekend, or taking a long cross-country trip, or even day-trips to the lake, the beach, whatever - all instances where having to worry about hooking up, parking, backing up, etc with a TT wouldn't be worth the hassle dragging it around it at all.
I suppose my opinion on slide-outs is biased by the way we use our TC.
To the person who justifies a slide-out because they're campground hosts and wouldn't want to live in a non-slide all that time:
My wife and I went back and forth on this very topic for a while before buying an RV. If we were going to full time, or sit parked in one spot for long periods, we wouldn't use a TC for that - we'd get a TT.
We got a TC because we envisioned more travel, less camping. The TC is a great machine for bumming around on a long weekend, or taking a long cross-country trip, or even day-trips to the lake, the beach, whatever - all instances where having to worry about hooking up, parking, backing up, etc with a TT wouldn't be worth the hassle dragging it around it at all.
I suppose my opinion on slide-outs is biased by the way we use our TC.
