Thanks..and a Slide Question
First I want to say THANKS for all of the help this newbie has been getting with all of my questions on buying a truck camper. My question this time is on slides. Can anyone who has gone from a sli...
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JimK-NY wrote:
My wife and I spent a couple of years as full timers in a truck camper. I am really happy we had: 1. a cassette toilet, 2., a wet bath, and especially 3., no slides.
A slide gives you mainly just some useless empty floor space. You will gain a lot of weight, may not be able to stop quickly and use the camper. You will not be able to camp in some places that do not have the room for a slide or where you want to be stealthy.
And then there are those of us who much prefer a 43 gallon black tank which lasts over a month and is easy to empty vs a 5 gallon cassette toilet which you have to deal with every couple days and risk splashing feces all over. No thanks.
A slide offers more than "useless floor space," it increases the overall square footage and provides a much more comfortable environment with which to lounge in, and also room for large dogs which many of us have. My 120 lb pooch would have nowhere to even lay down in a Northern Lite. Even turning around would be difficult.
I've never in my life camped somewhere that a couple extra feet on one side was not available, so the idea that a slide-out on a camper will limit places to stay seems laughable.
