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06-20-2016, 05:18 PM
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1 slide=ok
2 slides=better
3 slides=better yet
4 slides =maybe better, maybe not. Depends on lay out.
0 slides= cramped quarters.
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06-20-2016, 05:19 PM
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#16
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Senior Member
Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Jersey
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You'll save big buying a coach with no slides - but it will be very difficult to sell
Dan Callahan, North Jersey
2008 Fleetwood Excursion 40E
Freightliner, Cummins, Allison
It's not the Destination or the Journey
It's the Excursion
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06-20-2016, 05:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
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There are still a lot of people perfectly happy with their no slide motorhomes. We just upgraded from a no slide 31 ft to a three slide 31 ft. Makes a big difference when you get where you are going and set up. Ours is not very useful with all slides in. So get in one and see what YOU think.
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Tom
2016 Newmar Bay Star Sport 3004
2021 Jeep Gladiator Sport Willys
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06-20-2016, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
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We were looking at a coach without any slides and I am glad we did not purchase it. We have a coach with three slides with opposing ones in the living room. It makes a really big difference in how the coach feels. We lived in it for 3 months while the house was being build and we never felt closed in. We could have easily lived in it for many more months. If we did not have any slides, living in the RV would have gotten old.
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06-20-2016, 06:15 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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First coach had no slides - wished it did. Second coach had two slides - ah, much much better. Third coach has four slides - love all the roominess!
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Vince and Susan
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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06-20-2016, 06:18 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
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I have a 40' no slide unit, and it works perfectly for what I use it for. Its my hotel at the race track.
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1994 Beaver Marquis Le 3176 Cat, Allison HT-740 4-sp,
Gillig chassis, 40' towing a 24' Pace Shadow GT with
1970 Olds 442 W-30 drag car, 9.90 @ 135 mph
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06-20-2016, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
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For short term, no slides is probably ok. For several days or more, not so much.
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2005 Phaeton 40'
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06-21-2016, 08:34 AM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 500
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Get whatever works for you and fits your RVing lifestyle; usage.
Bronk
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06-21-2016, 01:33 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern California
Posts: 5,868
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We have had no problems due to slide out malfunction during our 70,000+ miles and 14 year of owning our 38' Country Coach Magna.
Of course, we have no slides and are almost perfectly happy.
We served cocktails and a sit down dinner for 8 adults in the rig one rainy night.
Everyone stayed for 4 hours and some made positive comments on the space and many windows to be enjoyed in our rig.
Each of our guests had slides in their motor homes.
So, as many have said above, the need for slides is a personal determination.
If we were buying a newer rig, we would enjoy some slides.
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1995 38' CC Magna #5280 **** Sold after 21 years of enjoyment.
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06-22-2016, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,796
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Good answer.
Back in the mid-90's when Matt Perlot owned Safari, he was asked about slides and said "No motorhome with the Safari name will ever leave my factory with a slide". 6 months or so later, Safari had a model with a slide.
For the record, we don't have a slide, and this fits our use perfectly. For others, a slide is a must.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bronk
Get whatever works for you and fits your RVing lifestyle; usage.
Bronk
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2005 Safari (Monaco)Trek 28RB2, Workhorse W20, 8.1, Allison 1000 5 spd, UltraPower engine & tranny, Track bars & sway bars, KONI FSD, FMCA 190830, Safari Int'l. chapter. 1999 Safari Trek 2830, 1995 Safari Trek 2430, 1983 Winnebago Chieftain, 1976 Midas Mini
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06-22-2016, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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28' with no slides, two people, full time. The way we live and use it, it's great. I didn't want slides when I bought this one, and I haven't regretted the choice. If i could have more space I'd like about two feet more in length and I'd like better organized storage spaces.
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06-22-2016, 08:16 PM
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#26
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,451
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We have a 2002 Country Coach and it has two slides. Keep in mind that slides come in different sizes. After seven years of ownership we like the floor plan we have.
The key is to get the floor plan you like. We have some close RV friends who travel the USA in a Mercedes Benz sprinter type coach with no slides. They love it. And we have other friends with full wall, four slides, and all flavors in between.
But my real point is to say you can find Country Coaches of the 2000-2002 vintage with more than one slide.
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Currently Coachless
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
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06-23-2016, 06:29 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Monaco Owners Club Texas Boomers Club
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 13,426
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We don't need slides, but ended up with a coach with one living slide because the loan value of a coach without a slide is about 30% of what they actually sell for. The demand for units with slides are that much higher.
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Dennis and Katherine
2000 Monaco Dynasty
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06-23-2016, 09:23 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,768
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aroadracer
I'm new to the forum and am looking for my first motor home. I really like the older Country Coaches (2000-2002 models) but they seem to be mostly one or no slides. How important is it for comfort and practicality to have at least two slides?
Jim in Fort Worth
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Jim, that's an individual preference, but I would not want a MH with no slides if I planned to spend much time in it! 
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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