travelrider73 wrote:
Does anyone think there's reason to be concerned about reduced structural integrity as these slides keep getting longer and longer? We were looking at the Carriage and Lifestyle 36FWS model. The floorplan is nice. I just wonder about the longevity of these units with a slide going almost all the way down one side of the coach.
I can envision slide motor issues, alignment issues, and structural integrity issues of both the slide and coach.
Does Lifestyle, Carriage, and other manufacturers who are offering these super long slides know what they are doing? Will they last the long haul?
Thoughts?
Have had a 32FWS Carriage Cameo since 2010. No problems...lots of steel in there. Also, never a leak in the slideouts in either Carriage we have owned. The poster about leaks isn't an owner.
On edit...we spend about 6 months out of the year traveling and have about 30,000 miles on this Carriage...so it gets lots of use.