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Simon, we have always owned non-slide coaches before this one as my goal was to be able to be on the road when called in about 30 minutes. The slide is definitely a love/hate thing but after I get it sealed up and working it may be a different game for us. Simon, private message me if you want to talk woodworking - I can give you some tips on which tools I use most. I have several orbital sanders including a Milwaukee 18-volt that I loved until I broke down and finally bought a Festool Rotex - it is a total game-changer (I even use it to polish my cars now!), I rarely ever use my Milwaukee any more :-(.
Dave thanks for the kudos. My slide was definitely sagging in the middle (mine are HWH slides) so I’m coming up with a way to ‘arch’ the slide room ‘truss’ so it will engage the seal completely. There was also a suggestion of using Eternabond tape across the top but hopefully will not have to go that route. I’m going to be using RivNuts to hold the truss rather than the small screws - this is probably a good upgrade for any Newell with an HWH slide room. Once those screws rust out from water getting in they are pretty useless.