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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Butch50 wrote:brholt wrote:
Your experience with water coming into the camper from the slide is interesting. So far on our AF we have left the slide out in varying anounts of wind and rain and I have noticed anything. Any further details?
I believe he is talking about when he brings the slide in after it has been raining and the wiper on the top of the slide doesn't wipe off the top completely. ....
Yes, that is correct.
If the slideout roof is when when it's time to retract it, the slide seal along the top doesn't totally clear off the water, so the slide roof remains wet when I retract it, then water will run off it inside the camper.
I have small arms, so I can squeeze them in the gap between the camper ceiling and the slide roof and wipe it down with a towel, but it isn't easy.
I really should install a slide topper awning, it would mostly eliminate the water problem and avoid the need to climb on the roof during the summer to sweep off the pine needls/leaves when I camp in the woods.
