Hi all! I am new signing up on the forum. I've been getting info here for some time but never had a good reason to sign up. I've had a Dutchmen 28G-SL for some time and just sold it last week. I am now looking at a 2016 Keystone Cougar Half-Ton series 28RBKWE.I like everything about the trailer but there is one thing bothering me. The slide out does not go completely out to the point where you can fully open the cabinet doors over the tv/entertainment center. It is a cable slide, but I am unable to figure out the brand of it to do some more searching. The salesman is trying to tell me its normal but I'm not buying it. Its the only model they have like it so I am unable to compare.Here is the floorplan, which obviously shows it all the way out.Does anyone have any info on this or has anyone see this before?Any information would be greatly appreciated!Thank you!!

Your right that is not normal......Wasn't on my Cougar anyway.

Check the slide out seals. If they don't make contact all the way around, it's not all the way out.

12thgen, can you explain? The only seals I'm aware of are the rubbers that go around on the outside. They don't really move and just look like rubber flaps to keep stuff out. They don't look any different to me with the slide out 2" or 2'.

Are you saying that when the slide is all the way extended it obstructs a cabinet door from opening? Depending upon the model, that could be right. We looked at several campers at RV shows that had obstructed cabinets when the slide was open. To me that shows incompetent design. I've seen it from multiple brands too.

You should be able to see from the inside if the slide is going all the way out by checking to see if the border around the slide contacts the wall when fully extended and the seals are in full contact with the wall. Could be the slide is not all the way out, but that would be easy to check. Could be a bad design too as mentioned above.

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USAFBILL
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
Your right that is not normal......Wasn't on my Cougar anyway.
12thgenusa
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
Check the slide out seals. If they don't make contact all the way around, it's not all the way out.
sceptre
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
12thgen, can you explain? The only seals I'm aware of are the rubbers that go around on the outside. They don't really move and just look like rubber flaps to keep stuff out. They don't look any different to me with the slide out 2" or 2'.
spoon059
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2015
Are you saying that when the slide is all the way extended it obstructs a cabinet door from opening? Depending upon the model, that could be right. We looked at several campers at RV shows that had obstructed cabinets when the slide was open. To me that shows incompetent design. I've seen it from multiple brands too.
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Jun 09, 2015
You should be able to see from the inside if the slide is going all the way out by checking to see if the border around the slide contacts the wall when fully extended and the seals are in full contact with the wall. Could be the slide is not all the way out, but that would be easy to check. Could be a bad design too as mentioned above.
sceptre
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
The border definitely does not contact the wall like my old 2007 Dutchmen did. I'll see if I can find some interior pictures from the dealer page or my wife.
12thgenusa
Explorer
Jun 09, 2015
Ron3rd wrote:
You should be able to see from the inside if the slide is going all the way out by checking to see if the border around the slide contacts the wall when fully extended and the seals are in full contact with the wall. Could be the slide is not all the way out, but that would be easy to check. Could be a bad design too as mentioned above.

That's what I meant.
goducks10
Explorer
Jun 10, 2015
Shop around. Every trailer is built different even though they all roll off the same assembly line.
sceptre
Explorer
Jun 10, 2015
Goducks, dont worry we've shopped around more than I care to think about. This is by far the highest quality unit I have seen in this size and layout. Here is a picture of the slide and entertainment center.
APT
Explorer
Jun 10, 2015
Could you please edit your post and add width=640 before the closing {/iimg}?

It looks like Keystone moved the cabinets closer to the wall for 2016. Here is a 2015 version: