I've changed my mind about slides....

[gondolaguy]

Certainly, the lack of knowledge as to the true potential cost of slide maintenance previously scared me from wanting such an extravagance, but the Brady seal coupled with real life costs on changing the seals has me thinking they are not so bad after all. Frankly, I still don't personally have a great desire as I find there is plenty of room in my couch for the two of us, maybe too much! But, this rig certainly got my vote as a pretty cool way to go.... Not sure if David can make a seal for these slides and....lifts, and........

[oldmansax]

Now, THAT is a MOTORHOME!!

TOM

[Arcticdude]

So I wonder how much to repair it when you forget to lower the second floor and drive off??!!

[gondolaguy]

Good question, I'm more interested in its roll over rating!!!!

[Arcticdude]

That would take some serious cojones to truly roll that thing!

[DOSZORROS]

Aside from the fabulous picture you posted; on the general subject of slides, we had 4 Wanderlodges without slides and had plenty of room for two of us. We didn't want slides.

Our present coach has two slides. If you are only overnighting or staying a day or two, slides don't do much for me. If you are going to be in one location for a few days or more, the extra room provided by slides is really appreciated. The floorplan in our coach is such that with the slides in, you have the same floorplan as a no slide coach which is very usable.

This is one man's opinion and opinions are never worth more than they cost.

[davidbrady]

Corey, that's jumping in head first! Here's another at Visibly-Loud! Very impressive!

[cmillsap]

Corey,

David and I used to "Debate" the advantages & disadvantages of a slide or slides all the time. I was not a big fan of slides because I believed the negatives outweighed the positives, maybe 5 to 1. Tela wanted a bus with a slide. She always was complaining about the inability to pass each other without side-stepping to get pass me and I ain't fat! Also, because our dog 'BuddyT" was always laying in the way and difficult to step over or around due to his size.

So we sold the non-slide LXi and bought a M380 with 2 slides. There were other reasons for sizing down on length like having a 43' length bus and a 42' garage. We came to realize one of the best things about the M380 were the slides. It's amazing how a few extra feet in width can make a bus so much more comfortable. And the M380 fit perfectly in the garage.

As time went by, our plans changed and we eventually needed to sell the home with the bus garage. Since we missed the length of the LXi and all the amenities it provided, we sold the M380. You can bet that the first requirement Tela demanded on another coach was that it had at least a living room slide. We looked at many Prevosts before we bought another LXi but I was just not willing to pay the extremely high premium for a slide versus a non-slide Prevost.

So I'm a convert too. Once you own a bus with a slide and enjoy the extra room, odds are you will not buy another bus without one.

Chuck

[pgchin]

Yeah,
This discussion has been around a VERY long time with no real right or wrong answer. My personal opinion is it comes down to a "use case" scenario, if you need them and like them, get'em, if you do not need them, then don't get'em......... I think the only real point is IF you do get them, try and get a layout that works with the slide in because sooner or later you will be in that position where you cannot deploy the slide. One example, we were at a music festival with a few birds and the rally park was "field", hence it rained and the slide coaches could not deploy the jacks or slides as they sank into the ground............Walmart or 1 night stop overs, etc.........
Chuck, I laughed to myself at your story....about the Tela and the dog........same here with 2 small dogs BUT we joke all the time that the dogs ALWAYS want to lay and be in our lap so if we got slides, it would not help! We would have all that space and NO ONE would be using it!!!!!We try and chase them to there own area but the come right back in our laps! 2 people and 2 small dogs on 1 couch!!!!!!!Hilarius........ALWAYS!

[al perna]

Corey , your pic of the 4 Bdr slide coach , tells it all . the more slides the better once you go slide, you never go back