"Slides In" Use

[lawnspecialties]

Our Vengeance has the east/west bedroom slideout. Of course, the slideout is basically the bed.

When stored under my barn, there is maybe a foot of room between the camper and the wall of the barn. So that rules out putting the slides out. It has a big slide for the living room and then the bedroom slide and they go in and out on the same switch.

We had used our Work & Play when the power went out during the last ice storm in January. But the W&P only had a small living room slide and that slide could be put out without any issues underneath the shelter.

But during our next power outage event and we decide to use the Vengeance with its own generator, am I going to be able to use the bed with the slide in? There's no way to use the living room because everything is smashed together with the slides in. But if I'm not home, the camper can't be pulled out. If the wife decides to go stay in it until I get home, can she sit or lie on the bed without fear of damaging anything with the slide mechanism?

[Old-Biscuit]

Bedroom slides are typically fully supported whether they are IN or OUT. They are a box frame mounted to metal frame that moves.
So yes bed can be used at anytime

Living room slides can be used if they are above floor and move flat

If the slides 'tilt' going in/out and drop into opening making them flush with floor then NO slides can not be used when IN as they are not supported when retracted.

[ReneeG]

No problem in sleeping on the bed with the slide in (bed is in the slide). Ours is setup that way too. We chose our floor plan because we can access the kitchen, shower, toilet, and sleep on the bed with all the slides in. For us this was a must since we often pull in at truck stops en route and putting our slides out isn't advisable in that type of situation.

You also mentioned it has its own generator, so just make sure that your vents aren't covered too, with the slides in. Even so, for a short period, it shouldn't be an issue.

[lawnspecialties]

toedtoes wrote:
.... the slide won't break because you chose to sleep with it closed.

That's what I was asking. Thanks

[toedtoes]

Not sure what you're asking. If you can't open the slide while it's parked at home, then it's whether or not your wife can sleep on the bed with the slide in. Only she can decide if that will work for her. If she is comfortable sleeping with the slide in, then there's no reason not to do it - the slide won't break because you chose to sleep with it closed.