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GrassShack · 01-30-2013, 06:36 PM

I'm curious to how many of you are fulltimers in a Class A without slides? Would enjoy hearing about your rig as well as pros and cons of having no slides.

Thank thanks,

Rob

rdkng88 · 01-30-2013, 06:42 PM

I do like my slides for the extra room but for years there were no slides. One thing for sure you will never have to post anything about slide problems and there are many posts asking for help.

CampDaven · 01-30-2013, 07:12 PM

If I could have found the right new F/T rig W/O slides, I would be living in it now!
Slide problems are a plenty in this forum.

This is our 3rd rig, the 1st with slides. 2 of them. They are short. Less weight, less troubles (me thinks, as they are easier work for the pump), and plenty of room to fully function when they are retracted.

Some folks gotta have more space. I tolerate my "confinement" better than most would.

Just sayin....

PyrateSilly · 01-30-2013, 09:21 PM

We found a class A DP with a side aisle and no slides. They way it is set up it has more room than alot I have been in with slides. I have more room in my kitchen then lots of apartments I've lived in.

Padre · 01-31-2013, 11:22 AM

Wife and I fulltime in an '82 Wanderlodge.
No slides. Gets a little cramped sometimes, but you can always open the door and step outside. Lot's of room out there

Clay L · 01-31-2013, 01:22 PM

We started with a 30 ft Class A with no slides and after a year traded it in on a new 35 ft with 2 slides. Would never go back to one without slides.

RedWing Nut · 01-31-2013, 01:31 PM

Our '95 Endeavor has plenty of room with no slides. We took out the chair and fold-away table then put a small entertainment cabinet in it's place. It really opened it up.

The kitchen has plenty of space when using a table and chairs instead of a booth.

Clayobx · 01-31-2013, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Clay L

We started with a 30 ft Class A with no slides and after a year traded it in on a new 35 ft with 2 slides. Would never go back to one without slides.

X-2.

lenkerb · 01-31-2013, 01:47 PM

We are full timing in a 2000 Holiday Rambler without slides...it is 29' long..we seem to have plenty of room and no real issues..we have been living in since March 2012....

Rv artisan · 02-01-2013, 10:09 PM

After checking out the Winnebago Sightseer with 2 slides,I felt cramped unless the slides were out.Then I checked out the 2006 Thor Hurricane 30Q, no slides, I felt it didn't need them.i know there will be plenty of times when I'll be boondocking or just stopping to hang a few hours,I don't want create a spectacle,or make it appear Im setting up camp.Hopefully the absence of slides will lighten the load to give me better MPG.

Online_17 · 02-02-2013, 06:28 AM

Have no slides and not really an issue. However, couldn't image full timing without them. Am only a weekend camper and wished I would have got slides. Newbie error. Next time.

George Schweikle · 02-02-2013, 09:18 AM

There's no single answer to the slide issue. We don't have a slide, and don't really want one. However, we have been in friend's RV's with slides and the extra room is nice.

One issue no one has mentioned; quite a few motorhomes I have seen at RV shows seem to really restrict driver seat travel when a street side slide is retracted. Some of the models require the driver to sit straight up and too close to the steering wheel. Were I shopping for a slide, this condition would be a deal breaker.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrassShack

I'm curious to how many of you are fulltimers in a Class A without slides? Would enjoy hearing about your rig as well as pros and cons of having no slides.

Thank thanks,

Rob

Bob (WA0MQE) · 02-03-2013, 05:28 AM

I've had both from no slides to up to four. Although the room is nice once you crank those slides out, there are a few things that can be a real pain at times with slides. Every coach I've owned with slides, at least one of the slides has leaked in rain storms and the slide covers have been a problem too. Not a problem with the one coach that didn't have slides. Our present coach is a 2006 Monaco Camelot. Although we bought it used in 2010 at a great price this coach's original sticker price was $282,000 when sold new. Point being you'd think a higher end coach would be built with enough integrity that water wouldn't pour in everytime it rained. Plus the slide covers, made from high end Acrylic material would last longer then a couple of years. They have stretched so badly they pool water like a swimming pool plus all the seam threading has come apart. It's cost me $350 to have them removed and resewn. When a rainstorm is pending, we have to pull the slides in to prevent ruining the carpet and underlying plywood flooring. If it rains before I get the slides in I have to get up and wipe out all the water that's accumulated on the slide top before pulling them in because it seeps through the Acrylic material. You can reseal with water proofing, but it only lasts for a month. So if we ever do get another coach I'm going to think very carefully about slides.