Slide lock / transit bars, are they stock?

squidooster · 10-07-2012, 12:40 PM

I just bought a 2013 Rockwood Roo 233S. The dealer did not give me slide locks? Should he have done so? Are they stock safety item? Not sure if I will use them or not, but if I ever sell it, the next person may want them.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge & time!

**Terier** · 10-07-2012, 01:49 PM

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**bikendan** · 10-07-2012, 04:09 PM

i'm pretty sure you should have at least one, since the slideout on the 233S is smaller than most.
my Roo 23SS's superslide came with 2 transit bars.

biken201 · 10-07-2012, 04:24 PM

My 2012 233S came with a slide lock bar, so I assume you should have gotten one also. I would contact your dealer and let him (or her) know that you never got it. Hopefully they will recognize the mistake and get one to you promptly. We don't use ours, but we paid for it; and as with most things, I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

hockeytownmom · 10-07-2012, 06:48 PM

Mine also come with one.

lindy · 10-08-2012, 07:10 AM

Ours came with 2 also the bars come from the factory not the dealer. Just for the heck of it have you looked in the drawer under the sofa, a lot of dealers just toss them in there when they PDI a trl.

Fire Instructor · 10-08-2012, 08:02 AM

Mine came with two, but during the pre-delivery, the dealer told me that they were an "unnecessary nuisance". For the first season and a half, I didn't use them, but after some reading and research, I realized that they were there, and Rockwood supplied them, for a REASON!

I figure that it only adds about 60 each seconds to install them after running the slide in. That's two minutes invested in protecting the road-worthyness of my slide and TT.....

Triguy · 10-08-2012, 11:24 AM

I have one slide on my 233S and it came with one. I haven't used it once, and haven't had an issue.

Having said that, I think its good insurance to do so and I admit I just was lazy. Also, not having used one before with another trailer and a slide I was worried that (out of habit) I would extend the slide without removing it first.

I plan to begin using it and will instal a cover or a sign on my slide-out switch to remind me when its in place.

OldCoot · 10-08-2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Triguy

... I would extend the slide without removing it first.
I plan to begin using it and will instal a cover or a sign on my slide-out switch to remind me when its in place.

It's a shame they don't put an interlock switch that automatically shuts off power to the slide when the poles are in place.

mbvell · 10-08-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by squidooster

I just bought a 2013 Rockwood Roo 233S. The dealer did not give me slide locks? Should he have done so? Are they stock safety item? Not sure if I will use them or not, but if I ever sell it, the next person may want them.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge & time!

I likely didn't get them with our 21SS because....I have NO IDEA what they are! Anyone want to enlighten me?? :-)

MaryBeth

rockwood06 · 10-08-2012, 02:18 PM

They are not a big deal, because most of the time they come loose and fall to the floor and in some cases they will damage cabinets and furniture, but they can be used for other things for camping or just around the house.....

squidooster · 10-08-2012, 02:18 PM

Thanks everyone! I will ask my dealer for it and I like the idea about putting something over the switch when it is in place! Cheers

timarti · 10-08-2012, 02:24 PM

Did not get one with our trailer. Had the dealer check with Rockwood and they said it was not supplied/necessary with our unit. Have had no problem with slide movement.

biken201 · 10-08-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by timarti

Did not get one with our trailer. Had the dealer check with Rockwood and they said it was not supplied/necessary with our unit. Have had no problem with slide movement.

Um... I'm gonna call bull**** on Rockwood telling that to your dealer. I'd bet that your dealer doesn't want to deal with getting you the part.

Call Forest River directly and see what they say.

bakken · 10-08-2012, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by biken201

Um... I'm gonna call bull**** on Rockwood telling that to your dealer. I'd bet that your dealer doesn't want to deal with getting you the part.

Call Forest River directly and see what they say.

X2

mbvell · 10-08-2012, 11:03 PM

Does anyone have a picture of what these things look like? Do they go inside our outside the camper. I know I used to worry about the slide a lot on our old popup -- those whimpy locking latches did nothing to inspire confidence that your camper wouldn't expand while tooling down the highway...

hockeytownmom · 10-09-2012, 07:18 AM

Here's the locking bar:

BeagleIL · 10-09-2012, 10:28 AM

Thanks VERY much for posting the picture. We did not get anything that looks remotely like that on our 2013 233S... Time to shoot an email off to the dealer.

So now that I know what they look like, where to they go? I'm guessing that it gets propped between the slide and the outside wall?

Triguy · 10-09-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BeagleIL

I'm guessing that it gets propped between the slide and the outside wall?

I believe its on top of the slide in the middle (mine has a little red sticker saying where to put it). The side might work, too, but I've heard of it falling down in transit.

bakken · 10-09-2012, 03:40 PM

Yes, they go on top of the slide.
But there should be stickers on the wall as triguy said. You can't just put it anywhere, as it has to push where there is support in the wall.
If yours does not have the stickers on the wall above the slide, it may never have been designed with the slide locks in mind.
Yet another cost-cutting measure?

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