MoInEd
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We have a small single axle trailer (Aspen trail 1700BH), it's a simple typical floor plan with bed at front, dinette in the middle, and bunks at the back.
We wish the dinette was on a slide (like some newer models) to open up the space a little bit. For various reasons I don't want to sell this and buy another one (this fits into our heated garage with a few inches front/back during winter, to be able to do this I had to change our garage opening to be 10' tall with a 10' tall door, I have done lots of upgrades to it and a new one would need to go through the same, etc). For e.g. changed the weak 3500lb axles with new 6000lb axles/springs/tires.
So swapping this with one that has is not that economical.
I'm very handy and have started looking into slide mechanisms that are out there to see if I can get one and add a slide out to the dinette area.
The in-wall systems (like Ball Accu-slide or Lippert schwintek) aren't good for my application as I think I will need to beef-up the walls significantly.
I am interested in one of those above-floor-slides like the one Lippert has. I called them but they don't sell the kit anymore (just parts). There is also Happijac that apparently is intented for truck-campers but I don't see why it won't work. I have tried to contact them but they don't respond.
I want one that is about 72" wide and slides out maybe 20" or so (dinette area is 72"x42").
Short of trying to find a used RV for parts that has an above floor mechanism I can salvage (locally?) is there any other source that I can find
such a slide mechanism, including the motor and controller, and probably the seals?
Thanks
We wish the dinette was on a slide (like some newer models) to open up the space a little bit. For various reasons I don't want to sell this and buy another one (this fits into our heated garage with a few inches front/back during winter, to be able to do this I had to change our garage opening to be 10' tall with a 10' tall door, I have done lots of upgrades to it and a new one would need to go through the same, etc). For e.g. changed the weak 3500lb axles with new 6000lb axles/springs/tires.
So swapping this with one that has is not that economical.
I'm very handy and have started looking into slide mechanisms that are out there to see if I can get one and add a slide out to the dinette area.
The in-wall systems (like Ball Accu-slide or Lippert schwintek) aren't good for my application as I think I will need to beef-up the walls significantly.
I am interested in one of those above-floor-slides like the one Lippert has. I called them but they don't sell the kit anymore (just parts). There is also Happijac that apparently is intented for truck-campers but I don't see why it won't work. I have tried to contact them but they don't respond.
I want one that is about 72" wide and slides out maybe 20" or so (dinette area is 72"x42").
Short of trying to find a used RV for parts that has an above floor mechanism I can salvage (locally?) is there any other source that I can find
such a slide mechanism, including the motor and controller, and probably the seals?
Thanks