Thanks..and a Slide Question
First I want to say THANKS for all of the help this newbie has been getting with all of my questions on buying a truck camper. My question this time is on slides. Can anyone who has gone from a sli...
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JimK-NY wrote:
My wife and I spent a couple of years as full timers in a truck camper. I am really happy we had: 1. a cassette toilet, 2., a wet bath, and especially 3., no slides.
A slide gives you mainly just some useless empty floor space. You will gain a lot of weight, may not be able to stop quickly and use the camper. You will not be able to camp in some places that do not have the room for a slide or where you want to be stealthy.
As these are all opinions and as such are typically certain to the author’s bias, I’ll counter your opinions a bit.
Floor space is only useless if you enjoy life in a submarine or on a sail boat. But that useless empty floor space also allows for a wider dinette.
A lot of weight is very subjective. What’s a single slide add? 200, 300 lbs? Again, truck is carrying it not you personally and it will not make a noticeable difference in the trucks performance. Especially in the OPs case.
May not be able to stop and use the camper quickly? Not sure where you got that from. Many are useable with the slide it, albeit tight. The rest take less than half a minute to extend. Heck I’m always in a hurry and I have 30 seconds to spare.
Lastly, I’ve yet to camp or see a place to camp where there wasn’t 2 extra feet to extend the slide. Maybe if you camp in narrow allies or a 1 car garage this is an issue. Same opinion of the stealth comment. Not applicable.
