Gary RV_Wizard
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Bottom line: Go ahead and use it as you see fit.
After almost 2 months at dealership, TT is back home with new slide mechanism. When I picked it up new 6 months ago, I was told to extend and retract the slide without stopping. However, when I had the service manager run the slide before I brought it home after the work, he told me not to sit in the slide (it is my dinette) when the slide is retracted. This was a surprise. Anybody else been told that?Did not sit in dinnettethe slide is moving
Did he mean not to sit in dinnette as the slide is moving or not at all once it is fully retracted? I can see a possible misunderstanding.After almost 2 months at dealership, TT is back home with new slide mechanism. When I picked it up new 6 months ago, I was told to extend and retract the slide without stopping. However, when I had the service manager run the slide before I brought it home after the work, he told me not to sit in the slide (it is my dinette) when the slide is retracted. This was a surprise. Anybody else been told that?
He said not to step on slide when it was retractedDid he mean not to sit in dinnette as the slide is moving or not at all once it is fully retracted? I can see a possible misunderstanding.
All of my coaches that have had slides have been used with the slide(s) retracted, lunch, sleeping (on some), travel (passengers beyond the couch capacity) and so on. If the slide is so poorly supported when retracted that you "can't step on it" then it's very poorly done indeed, and I'd be afraid to move the coach with it retracted (and obviously with it extended, also).He said not to step on slide when it was retracted
Well from what I have seen Lippert isn't known for quality of construction.Thought I would follow up on this. I just got off the phone with Lippert who said that I should not be using the slide in the retracted position. Kinda sucks as those quick lunches at the rest stop while in route are now going to require parking where I can safely extend the slide that contains the dinette
Did you ask if it was OK to use it when extended? Their lawyer would probably answer "No" to that as well. For one thing, Lippert didn't build the actual slide - just the mechanical mechanism to move it in & out. They don't even know if the floor is sturdy or if it has walls, let alone how much weight it can support. There is no way they can give a definitive answer to your question.Thought I would follow up on this. I just got off the phone with Lippert who said that I should not be using the slide in the retracted position. Kinda sucks as those quick lunches at the rest stop while in route are now going to require parking where I can safely extend the slide that contains the dinette
As have the full wall slides in two of the coaches I've had. The other one didn't have full wall, but the driver's side couch on a slide had seat belts.My full wall slide has a dinette and jack knife couch on it and both are equipped with seat belts for sitting on retracted while driving.
That's actually a good point, with so many product safety warnings you'd think they'd need to warn you against the hazards of doing this. If they tried to deny warranty over this I would imagine it would have to be clearly stated the proper use of the slides.And given the various lawyer-driven placards around the RV, I think the lack of a placard stating to not use it until it's extended speaks for itself.
IMO lawyers have made the phrase "personal responsibility" a lost skill.That's actually a good point, with so many product safety warnings you'd think they'd need to warn you against the hazards of doing this. If they tried to deny warranty over this I would imagine it would have to be clearly stated the proper use of the slides.
They have to tell us to remove sun shades from our windshields before driving for crying out loud.