Slide Debate - Opinions Please!

Jmsx2 · 05-30-2016, 06:42 PM

Hello Gang,

My wife and I are having a debate over the large slide which our dinette and couch sites on in our 2014 328tsf.

My wife has packed the following (so far) in the seats of the dinette:

*Three Cases of bottled water
*Three Cases of Pop/Soda (Cans)
*2 cases of Ice Tee (bottles)
*Crock Pot & Electric Skillet

This doesn't include what's in the overhead cabinets (pots, pans, food). My concerns is too much weight during slide operations when setting up camp adding unnecessary stress to the slide motors. She thinks it a non-issue.

What do you guys think - Move some of the cargo to a different part of the Coach or no biggie?

Thanks everyone..

Karmutzen · 05-30-2016, 06:57 PM

This for real? Pazzo means crazy, as in we'd be crazy to try arbitrate an argument between a man and his wife (or a woman and her husband it you prefer that order).

Xewqat sbieħ

GOTTOYS · 05-30-2016, 07:05 PM

Nothing I would worry about.

Jmsx2 · 05-30-2016, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karmutzen

This for real? Pazzo means crazy, as in we'd be crazy to try arbitrate an argument between a man and his wife (or a woman and her husband it you prefer that order).

Xewqat sbieħ

LOL! You are correct - "Pazzo" in Italian means "Crazy" the name we gave our little Maltese.

It's a harmless debate the Mrs. and I are having. I'm concerned about causing damage to the slide motors with the added weight. She on the other hand doesn't think it's a big deal.

Thanks for stopping by...

Ida Ratherbe Camping · 05-30-2016, 07:16 PM

You didn't hear this from me.

Just wanted you to think about this, you now have all this extra weight in the slide out. When retracted to travel, slide is floating over the floor 1/2 to an inch.
You are headed to your campsite, road is rough. What do you think that slideout is doing?

Now ask me how I have these indentions in my floor. (We had cast iron pots and pans in ours).

Jmsx2 · 05-30-2016, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ida Ratherbe Camping

You didn't hear this from me.

Just wanted you to think about this, you now have all this extra weight in the slide out. When retracted to travel, slide is floating over the floor 1/2 to an inch.
You are headed to your campsite, road is rough. What do you think that slideout is doing?

Now ask me how I have these indentions in my floor. (We had cast iron pots and pans in ours).

I never gave that a thought! I was worried about the motors having to much stress during slide operation. You are absolutely correct - not much wiggle room during travel.

Thanks....

Stormrider151 · 05-31-2016, 12:11 PM

That's a fair amount of weight. Another consideration might be when leveling the trailer. With the slide in the load is centered. With it out that weight shifts. Does that change the level? Just a thought. Might not make any difference at all.

NMWildcat · 05-31-2016, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ida Ratherbe Camping

You didn't hear this from me.

Just wanted you to think about this, you now have all this extra weight in the slide out. When retracted to travel, slide is floating over the floor 1/2 to an inch.
You are headed to your campsite, road is rough. What do you think that slideout is doing?

Now ask me how I have these indentions in my floor. (We had cast iron pots and pans in ours).

X2. We never add any extra weight to the slides while traveling. Just stepping on them when they are in gives me the heebie-jeebies. Now after we are setup we will store cases of water and the like in the slides. Never had a problem with it altering the level.

Jmsx2 · 05-31-2016, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NMWildcat

X2. We never add any extra weight to the slides while traveling. Just stepping on them when they are in gives me the heebie-jeebies. Now after we are setup we will store cases of water and the like in the slides. Never had a problem with it altering the level.

I agree. Just too much weight for travel. Thanks.

John & Janine
Pazzo the Maltese
2014 Georgetown 328 TSF
2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (Toad)

Sent from my iPhone using Forest River Forums

WFD · 05-31-2016, 02:05 PM

Sounds like the man wins this one!

twoclaws · 05-31-2016, 03:19 PM

Opinion? FAR TOO much weight. Are there not stores near you destination(s)?
Even food- my wife packs for a 4/5 day trip and we bring 1/2 of it home.
Good luck with your DW

RudysWorld · 05-31-2016, 04:03 PM

I don't pack it I just drive it. If you want to pack it I suggest you tell her it is too much weight. That is close to what my DW packs in ours except no soda only Beer

I always go with: Happy Wife, Happy Life.

abjb · 05-31-2016, 04:05 PM

I can think of 2 major reasons to move the liquids.
1. Money
We looked at a used diesel, they wanted about half what it was worth.
I asked the dealer why, he said the slide was so damaged it would have to be completely removed, with a fork lift...BIG bucks.
One of our hydraulic hoses was chewed by Chipmunks. Over $200 for the hose at NAPA he sent me to a hose co. $100. I wonder how much our dealer charges?

2. DOWN time, ours was at the dealer more then a month the last we had it worked on.

Ford Idaho · 05-31-2016, 04:14 PM

I will remove what I feel is excessive weight on the slide out.

If there is an issue then I remove it from the lite.

We take two days worth of food and drinks and then shop for more when needed.

Loading up two weeks worth of stuff at the house is just to much hassle.

carmex · 05-31-2016, 05:13 PM

Bleh, I hadn't really thought about these problems. We will be full-timing soon and had been planning to fully utilize that under bench dinette storage and under bed storage. Not quite as simple to say "go to the store close to your destination" when you are carrying with you everything that you own. If we have leftover bottles of water, etc, when it's time to change campsites they have to go somewhere! Where do people store their pots and pans if not under dinette bench? Doesn't seem to be a lot of other options in the 364TS at least.

RVnut · 05-31-2016, 05:15 PM

In our 364 we use the stove for the pots and pans.. We never use it since we have convection microwave..

Bluepill · 05-31-2016, 05:53 PM

FWIW: My rule is that anything heavy goes in basement storage. Helps handling by keeping the center of gravity as low as possible. Only light goods go in high cabinets to keep the load off of the walls and their connections at the floor.

Pretty much the same way OTR truckers load their trailers when possible.

Jmsx2 · 05-31-2016, 08:20 PM

A lot of great points. Our goal on this trip is not to loose a partial day at the grocery store. We're heading to The Henry Ford Museum for the first half of the week, then off to Put-In-Bay at the tail end of our trip to see our son. He's a Chef at in of the restaurants in the Island.

We've spend several weekends a year at Put-In-Bay and you don't want to shop there.

None the less everyone has shared some great ideas. The liquids are heading to the basement other than what goes in the fridge.

Thanks everyone.

John & Janine
Pazzo the Maltese
2014 Georgetown 328 TSF
2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (Toad)

Sent from my iPhone using Forest River Forums

akcampr · 06-01-2016, 06:02 PM

fyi, alcohol weighs less than water per gallon...

Maybe that helps? Safe travels.

Jmsx2 · 06-01-2016, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akcampr

fyi, alcohol weighs less than water per gallon...

Maybe that helps? Safe travels.

I think you're on to something. We do have wine, yes lots of wine packed.

John & Janine
Pazzo the Maltese
2014 Georgetown 328 TSF
2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (Toad)

Sent from my iPhone using Forest River Forums

You may also like: