Travel trailers without slides
Are there any travel trailer manufacturers that still make trailers without slides? In the past few years it seems that there are no new ones in any of the RV dealers we have stopped at. Jack L
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FrankShore wrote:
I made the mistake of buying a 2015 Arctic Fox without a slide and am regretting it. It's nice having the extra room that a slideout provides in my opinion. I'm now looking at Lances and OutdoorRV. The Lances all have slides yet are all considered lightweight, so a slide doesn't mean "heavy" or added weight!
Yes but it means laminated walls, floors, and ceiling to get an ultralite camper. I for one will always buy the heavier stick and tin construction because I've see so many delaminations, large or small areas. To me, the high percentage rate of delaminations are unsettling. Usually a failure of the glue, that glues the walls. Seen many on brand new campers on the lot.
There's no free lunch, everything has it's negatives. When my wife and I went looking, as we're on our 3rd new camper together, we wanted to avoid slides unless we 'needed' them to get a workable floorplan.
The only camper I would get with a slide is a pop up as they add little weight and don't have the mechanical or leaking issues that a travel trailer slide has.
