Slide damage

[Englishman01]

I have a Forrest river 245 tracer which has a small slide for the U dinette. The trailer is a 2013 and used only for a couple of weekends. I noticed when looking under the trailer slide (underside) the outer rails (which are wood covered with a black tape) is getting chewed up. The wood is chipping and the tape ripping! I do keep some things in the storage compartments under the seating but only bedding and towels in a tote so not too much weight. Should I remove all stored items when opening and closing slide? I figured light weight stuff should be ok??? Secondly what can I use to repair the damage?

I'm off tomorrow for a big 17 day trip around Idaho and Washington

Thanks folks in anticipation...

[Doggy Daddy]

Originally Posted by Englishman01

I have a Forrest river 245 tracer which has a small slide for the U dinette. The trailer is a 2013 and used only for a couple of weekends.

Have you called your dealer about warrantee???

[jesilvas]

I guess you could take it out and cause more damage, but I'd stop, figure out what's going on, then go from there.

[Trooper25D]

sounds like a manufacturing defect /warranty issue. I'm you don't have enough weight with your stored items to cause an issue.

[derald1961]

Originally Posted by Englishman01

I have a Forrest river 245 tracer which has a small slide for the U dinette. The trailer is a 2013 and used only for a couple of weekends. I noticed when looking under the trailer slide (underside) the outer rails (which are wood covered with a black tape) is getting chewed up. The wood is chipping and the tape ripping! I do keep some things in the storage compartments under the seating but only bedding and towels in a tote so not too much weight. Should I remove all stored items when opening and closing slide? I figured light weight stuff should be ok??? Secondly what can I use to repair the damage?

I'm off tomorrow for a big 17 day trip around Idaho and Washington

Thanks folks in anticipation...

I have never heard of slide rails covered with wood and tape. Are you sure this isn't something temporarily put on to protect during shipment to the dealer? I would like to see a picture of what your talking about