Just towed my new (to me) trailer (2007 Fleetwood Pioneer) home, first time I've towed anything of that size (26') for 15 years or so, and back then, it was only for about a half mile. It went great, I even pulled it into and out of a gas station.
When I got home, I checked around inside, and laying on the couch are two shower curtain rod looking things, aluminum bars with rubber feet on the ends. On the side of these bars are prominent yellow stickers warning that under no circumstances should one ever move the trailer without these bars in place. Huh. I doubt "in place" is laying on the couch.
This is the first trailer I have any experience with that has a slide out. I assume that these bars are some sort of retaining system, that will hold the slide out in during travel. Thank goodness I apparently didn't need them on the 40mi trip home, but the manual (shoddily scanned PDF) from Fleetwood says they're definitely required, and describes these bars exactly.
There's nowhere obvious to place them, however, especially along the top. They would have to be mighty skewed, or placed against the trim along the "lip". There are no flat spots or "open spaces" in the large heavy black rubber seal that goes all the way around the slide out. They're not telescopic or springy at all, and there's no label on the walls that show where they'd go. The manual says "Install transit bars at the top corners of the slide-out when the room is fully retracted." but I can't see any way to make them fit in the corner.
Does anyone have any experience with this trailer, or a similar one, and could guide me on how to install these bars?
The manual is extremely clear, as is the bright yellow sticker on the bars themselves, that they are necessary and important. I'm really kind of hoping that someone has experience with these sorts of bars on a similar TT and knows the trick to getting them installed.
Anyhow-with a straight slide(the kind that doesn't drop after going out at an angle to give a FLUSH floor) you can install them anyplace between the rubber bulb gasket(in your pic) and the sidewall of the trailer. I like them down fairly low as to that's where the energy driving the slide out is directed.
The flush floor slides walls are tilted slightly so the bar will only snug up in one place-most likely down low as well.
I found that putting the end against the slide gasket with the other end higher works well-dropping the end closer to the wall until it comes in contact and then tapping down with my fist to make it snug works best.
That facia will pop right off if any amount of pressure is put on it by the 600-1000 pound slide decides to move. Worthless as it is. The label is there as well as the bar for liability reasons I would imagine.
The bar should be against the wood member the weatherproofing gasket is attached to. It appears the bar is too long in that photo but, we can't see the other end. I use mine but unsure if they would do any good.
Doug and Cassi Glass wrote: That facia will pop right off if any amount of pressure is put on it by the 600-1000 pound slide decides to move. Worthless as it is. The label is there as well as the bar for liability reasons I would imagine.
Sure, the bar is merely there as a demonstration that it wouldn't fit in the obvious position.
Should the other end go up in the corner formed by the ceiling and the wall?
The lock bars should twist to adjust the length.If you do want to use them they should go from the wall to the slide lip with the gasket.Just make sure you hang a tag by the slide switch so you don't hear a loud pop when you try to open the slide and they are still in there.
"If momma not happy ....Who cares.I have my TH AND my toys .
They don't adjust at all, they're solid aluminum tubes with rubber feet at the end. They're too long to go directly from wall to the lip anywhere except near the bottom, on the side.
When I bought my New '07 Forester, during the walk-thru, the dealer showed them to me & said, "We HAVE to show these to you & tell you HOW to use the, but you will probably never need them", & in 5 years, i have Never used them, in fact, right now, I have No idea where they are, under the couch maybe.
The cute little yellow stickers & the statement is there to cover thier butts, not yours.
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under the couch maybe.
