Recliners

[drdave]

I'm not sure I understand the consern about a weight restriction for the slide.  If it's rated for two people sitting at a dinette why wouldn't it be rated for two people sitting in recliners?  

[drdave]

How about 2 of these?

22" wide eadh.

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/marquee-armless-reclining-sofa-jaleco-chocolate/83897

More options with armrests or individual center consoles:


http://www.campingworld.com/search/index.cfm?Ntt=reclining&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=primary&Ntpc=1&N=4294957702&Ne=1000002&Ns=p_price_pc


These appear to be all lippert furniture.   The math seems to work width wise: two with armrests 29"x 2=58" wide.  my lippert slide is 59" wide.   The seat hight is 20"...not sure about that for comfort when sitting unreclined raised up on the slide platform.

[daplumbr]

We just spent the afternoon at a Camping World furniture outlet trying out various sofas and recliners by Lippert, especially their Thomas Payne collection. All were comfortable (though some more than others!) and many would fit fine in our 64 inch wide slide out. The kicker (so to speak) is that only the jack-knife sofas would work in our slide because they have no regular furniture base.


The bottom of the slide is 10 inches higher than the floor (both to clear the wheel well and because of the frame on the slide bottom. That means that conventional RV furniture with 20" high seats would leave our legs dangling 30 inches off the floor and be a bear to climb into. In addition, the bottom of the slide is not very deep, so it's tricky to consider modifying furniture by removing any base structure to get the seat lower. And, finally, we really don't want to resort to carrying stools/footrests just so we can get into the seats. So, we are going to try some jack-knife sofas and see if we can find a comfortable one as a replacement for our sofa-bed that is not comfortable to us. While we are looking, I'm going to follow Whoofit's lead and see if something completely custom might be rigged up that would fit our needs. 

[montedtrotter1]

tlbones,

I checked various sites on the Swintek slide and some manufacturers have more issues with the slides than others. One guy states there are weight restrictions and some OEM's overload them hence a problem. My trailer is at storage and I do not have the manual to see which slide model I have on the 21BHS.  I checked several manuals on-line and none indicate a weight limit but again there are so many sizes etc. I guess they cannot list a weight restriction in each general manual.

One thing I did learn reading the manuals is to continue pressing the close/open switch for two seconds after the wall has stopped. This evidently helps the two motors stay synchronised. I have always released the switch when I thought the slide was closed or open. Notes from manual below, I will check to see if there is a Swintek topic in this site and post below comments there as well.

Extending Slide-out Room

1. Level the unit.
2. Verify the battery is fully charged and hooked up to the electrical system.
3. Remove the transit bars (if so equipped).
4. Press and hold the IN/OUT switch (Fig. 1B) in the OUT position until the room is fully extended and
stops moving.
NOTE: It is important to continue to press the slide-out switch for a few seconds after the room is fully
extended until the motor shuts off. The control will sense that the room has stopped and will shut
off the motor after a few seconds.
5. Release the switch, which will lock the room into position.
Retracting Slide-out Room
1. Verify the battery is fully charged and hooked-up to the electrical system.
2. Press and hold the IN/OUT switch (Fig. 1A) in the IN position until the room is fully retracted and stops
moving.
NOTE: It is important to continue to press the slide-out switch for a few seconds after the room is fully
retracted until the motor shuts off. The control will sense that the room has stopped and will shut
off the motor after a few seconds.
3. Release the switch, which will lock the room into position.
4. Install the transit bars (if so equipped).

[drdave]

[quote source="/post/18895/thread" timestamp="1456148846" author="@montedtrotter1"]tlbones,

I checked various sites on the Swintek slide and some manufacturers have more issues with the slides than others. One guy states there are weight restrictions and some OEM's overload them hence a problem. My trailer is at storage and I do not have the manual to see which slide model I have on the 21BHS.  I checked several manuals on-line and none indicate a weight limit but again there are so many sizes etc. I guess they cannot list a weight restriction in each general manual.

One thing I did learn reading the manuals is to continue pressing the close/open switch for two seconds after the wall has stopped. This evidently helps the two motors stay synchronised. I have always released the switch when I thought the slide was closed or open. Notes from manual below, I will check to see if there is a Swintek topic in this site and post below comments there as well.

Extending Slide-out Room

1. Level the unit.
2. Verify the battery is fully charged and hooked up to the electrical system.
3. Remove the transit bars (if so equipped).
4. Press and hold the IN/OUT switch (Fig. 1B) in the OUT position until the room is fully extended and
stops moving.
NOTE: It is important to continue to press the slide-out switch for a few seconds after the room is fully
extended until the motor shuts off. The control will sense that the room has stopped and will shut
off the motor after a few seconds.
5. Release the switch, which will lock the room into position.
Retracting Slide-out Room
1. Verify the battery is fully charged and hooked-up to the electrical system.
2. Press and hold the IN/OUT switch (Fig. 1A) in the IN position until the room is fully retracted and stops
moving.
NOTE: It is important to continue to press the slide-out switch for a few seconds after the room is fully
retracted until the motor shuts off. The control will sense that the room has stopped and will shut
off the motor after a few seconds.
3. Release the switch, which will lock the room into position.
4. Install the transit bars (if so equipped).


[/quote]Thanks.   I guess I could see how a slide could get overloaded by the manufacturer, particularly with some that put the kitchen on  a slide (fridge, stove, sink, etc.).    I could be wrong, but I doubt that it's much of a factor with a LL trailer.


Also thanks for the info on proper slide function.   I always wondered if I was putting strain on the gears and motor if I held it in too long after full extension/retraction.   Glad to hear it's actually recommended.   

[montedtrotter1]

Well, I said the recliner in our 21BHS was a dead issue but from reading this forum I decided to give it another shot. We have a small leather chair that is 29 inches wide but has a high back. I decided to take the feet off to make it about 10 inches high to the top of the seat cushion. I convinced my bride that I could build a 6-7 inch step to reduce the step up to the chair platform. She said we already have a step, the aluminum adjustable step from Camping world and others. OK step problem solved! We got the chair to the trailer and that sucker would not go through the door, close but no cigar. This was a trial run as we are going to TN this weekend and keeping 3 grandsons, 4,5,&7, and need the table area for a bed. So the plan when we get back is to take very precise measurements and see if taking the door off (22" opening vs 19" opening) to see if we can get the chairs in. The problem is taking the door off every time we need to take the chairs out when we need the table area for a bed. My bride is telling me to forget this idea and concentrate on making the table more stable and less wobbly. We can add more cushions to make the table seating area more comfortable; she may be right.

[peislander]

My bride is telling me to forget this idea and concentrate on...  she may be right.

I'm left thinking you haven't been married long enough. My bride of almost 29 years is always right. 

[montedtrotter1]

Well, it will be 44 years this August and we are going to fight it out to the end now! At this stage you have to

Due to another forum member asking a question about the door, I realized it had a gas strut on the bottom of the door. I took it off and the door swung open nearly 180 degrees giving me a 22-inch opening. The chairs we wanted to try are 21.5 inches at the mid -point! I once again took off the 4" feet of one chair and barely got it in the trailer for trial. Without the feet on the chair, the distance from the floor to the seat of the chair is 26", hence  the need for a 6-7 inch step. This will work! When it is just the two of us, we will place the chairs on the platform, then use the aluminum stool as a 7" step up. The chairs are actually small leather ladies chairs and we will have 14 inches of space between them for a small table. They do not recline but we have very light weight Hassocks we can use for foot rest. I will post a picture when we put both chairs back in for a future trip. For the trip this week, we need this area for grandkid sleeping area. So maybe we figured this chair mod out after all without getting out a hack saw or torch!

[montedtrotter1]

I noticed I did not finish that first sentence as bride distracted me with a question. I meant to say that at this stage one has to keep circling back to a dead issue with modifications/changes to keep it alive!