Why no curbside dinettes?

bucky wrote:
The weird thing is that most MH's have them on the curb side.

So do truck camperas, I notice. Makes it safer if you pull over to the side to use the washroom.

I suspect is it also due to the location of the doors in travel trailers. Most have a door roughly 1/3 of the way back from the front and many have an additional door about 1/3 of the way from the back. This doesn't leave much room for a slide on the curb side.

As for motorhomes, most of the diesel pushers have only one door and it is usually right in the very front of the the MH so there is room to put the dinette and a slide there and also put a large slide on the street side.
The gas powered MH usually have a door located somewhat like a TT and so they have the dinette & slide usually located on the street side like a TT.

All this is just a guess based on my observations.
Barney

It probably has to do with the floorplans you've been choosing to look at. If a TT has one slideout, it will almost always be street side, to not interfere with use of the "patio" space on the curb side. If there is a slideout, it will be occupied by a sofa or a dinette. If the dinette is large, that is what will be in the slide.

Most of the TTs I've been looking at have curbside dinettes, or front dinettes, but I've been looking at only models with no slideout. A couple of floorplans I've noticed most manufacturers still offer in lightweight or base level model lines:

About 21 foot, front walk-around queen, streetside kitchen, rear bath, curbside dinette midships.

About 24 foot, front queen walkaround or in corner with foot and side open, streetside kitchen, transverse sofa separating bedroom from living area, curbside dinette, rear bath.

When length drops to 18-19 feet or less, the dinette moves to front or back and often becomes the primary bed. Bath is at opposite end.

These floorplans have not disappeared, and most dealers in this area still have them, selling mostly to older couples looking for something lightweight to tow.

Thinking logically for a minute, most models that have the dinette/couch arrangement have that as the slide with the kitchen sitting opposite to that. I would imagine they don't want the slide opening into the campsite (curb side) and taking up space. They probably don't want to put the kitchen on the slide due to moving parts, the water lines, drains, propane lines for stove, frig, etc.

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The weird thing is that most MH's have them on the curb side.

We never thought about it but your right. Thinking back to even the first pup, all have been on the road side. Good question.