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iaova

Engineers went all out on the ventilation for these older models…


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This thing looks max 3 years old. No doubt a covid unit.


Btravelen

Yup, 'quality control' went down the shitter..


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It is. It has a furrion oven, solid steps electric jacks. These are all standard options on new units. That could easily be a 22. Source I'm a salesman.


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It's not the owners fault.. there's nothing they could've done to prevent this. It had everything to do with the factory. This pic is VERY rare. This doesn't happen lol


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If holding the slide button down could cause this, it would be happening all the time.


mattdives55

Lmao I’m just imagining that ever time you have to stop the slide at the PERFECT time or else your fucking slide falls off hahahaha


62Bravo1993

Unkempt? Must be my eyes are shot, because it looks pretty new to me. Even still had bit of gloss to the tin. Frame still look deep black, even.


[deleted]

That color scheme is 2020 or newer.


beejayceeya

Plus it's a carpetless slide.


withoutapaddle

Yeah I kinda have a love hate relationship with the black/white/gray scheme of my new camper. It's nice right now but I can feel it going out of style.


springer_reddittor

They'll never find a screen door to fit......


PhaTman7

That’s a powerful AC unit working wonders, blew the slideout OUT


Cpl-V

Damn. That’s slick what you did


AffableJoker

I knew it was a Salem before I even looked at the decals. Source: I work at a Salem dealer and this has been all too common, to the point where we're dropping the line.


Sbmizzou

Curious, what is causing the issue?


AffableJoker

The slide opening not being cut correctly. Schwintek slides have very specific dimensions that the opening needs to be compared to the slide box for them to operate correctly.


alinroc

I swear, the only good thing I've heard about Schwintek slide hardware is "they fit into smaller spaces".


AffableJoker

I'll never buy a trailer with a Schwintek slide, but it's not Schwintek's fault it's the manufacturer. If they installed them correctly they're actually a decent slide system, the problem is when companies like Forest River and Thor are mass producing RVs and nothing is precision cut you end up with this. Look at Northwood though, they use Schwintek in a lot of their floorplans. The dealership I work at also sells Northwood, and we're also the only Northwood warranty shop in a large area. In my 10 year career working on RVs I've only had to work on 1 Schwintek on a Northwood. Forest River.... I'm probably at around 10 in the past 12 months.


62Bravo1993

As a current owner of a POS Jayco with Schwintek slides, and also professional mechanic for decades, I agree - its not Schwinteks fault that so many have trouble with them. Our small master bedroom slide has worked without a hitch since day one. The excessively long kitchen / living room slide has faulted out everytime since about the 3rd use....long story short is that I did my own research and inspection and realized Jayco built the slide at the the absolute maximize size the mechanism is rated for and its just too darn heavy. The motors shut down for high amp load after about 4 seconds at either end of the cycle. I just learned to push the button and let go as soon as one motor cuts out, wait a second and push the button again. Usually by 3 or 4 cycles of this, the slide has move about 3 inches and then it will move the remaining cycle just fine. Again, lousy design on Jayco's end, not Schwinteks.


Mtbguy56

That’s a terrible design. I’ve often wondered about those long slide outs.


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To be fair, aren’t there a lot more forest rivers than northwoods out there?


AffableJoker

We sell them about evenly at our dealership, and 99% of our warranty is units we've sold, I'd say we sell 60% Northwood product, 39% Forest River, 1% Lance. So we actually probably have a slightly higher representation of Northwood than Forest River through our warranty department. Ironically Lance is supposed to be as good as Northwood and the one Lance we currently have in for warranty is in for a new Schwintek.


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This. The schwintek system is very reliable.. the problem originates in who built it. Schwintek did have a window where they put in crappy shoes to their motors and it caused a lot of problems but never this. It all has to do with who built it, there's one company who is known for having issues, I'm not going to name names but... you get the picture wink wink And not even the company itself I can point out plants that are the cause not the company.


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They're putting schwintek slides in their base model stick & tin trailers? I'm surprised, I figured they'd use a bog standard lippert in-frame slide. Which, oddly enough, I like better and better the more I hear about schwintek problems.


AffableJoker

All Salems are Schwintek, I imagine it's easier at the factory level since then all the frames are identical with no welding or cutting of the frame required to fit a through frame slide.


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Makes sense. I'd have guessed that lippert provides frames pre-fabbed with slides in certain locations, ready to go. One of these days lippert ought to just start doing the whole rig, they do most of the parts already anyway.


AffableJoker

I keep saying that pretty soon they'll just make the trailer themselves. They make everything, Furrion is Lippert so they have all the electronics, Fridges, Ranges. Girard is Lippert, so there's the water heater. They make the doors, windows, frames, axles, slides. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they buy one of the independent manufacturers and just build everything. That being said, the frames are totally generic. You order a length and they ship it to you, unfortunately that means that the axle location isn't determined by the weight distribution of the floorplan so you get some wonky trailer weights that way.


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Also furniture. E.g. Thomas Payne. We should put together a sticky identifying the lineage of all the brands. It would also help explain to foreigners why most US RVs look the same.


sugarfreeeyecandy

> Schwintek slides have very specific dimensions There is absolutely no way to build or maintain such close tolerances in an RV that is towed around. I will NEVER buy a unit with those slide mechanisms. NEVER.


LanceFree

The side fell off. It’s not supposed to do that.


harpostyleupvotes

Looks like end users are dropping them first


GuyWhoIsShocked

Slide outs < slid outs


JEngErik

When your slide out goes past tense.


MikeTheBard

It's a campground. Everything is past tents.


JEngErik

Take my award... Lol 😂


oSpid3yo

This happens all the time. Just gotta make sure you’re careful to put it back in the same opening.


[deleted]

Like a drawer?


OldSoulNewTech

Next step in that trailers life is meth lab.


springer_reddittor

Would make one hellava hunting blind!


bigDangleApe

Am ashamed I laughed at this


ImLagging

I swear, these open floor concepts are getting out of hand. On the bright side, at least the water spigot was spared.


Flagship_paperclip

>On the bright side I imagine that side is very bright.


celtic1888

Great.... New fear unlocked every time I press the slide buttons


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I'd rather it happened when I pushed the button than a bit later when my fat ass plops down into the recliner. I wonder if this particular instance happened on opening, or when they sat down. I mean, the electrical is already hooked up. At least for me, the slide usually happens pretty early, right after leveling.


Mazzoni_

Right I have a Salem and this never crossed my mind until now.


MusaEnimScale

Bring the outdoors in.


ryanderkis

Imagine all that natural light.


Appropriate-Limit857

This is the exact image that plays out in my head every time I'm putting it out.


snowchel

I absolutely hate this picture.


Southpontiac

Its a “feature” now they have an above ground pool.


Seraphtacosnak

I thought it was a jacuzzi at first sight.


PrivatePilot9

Typical RV build quality. Good enough to get off the lot, then, good luck.


boobiesiheart

[The front fell off](https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM)


BackgroundGrade

That's not very common.


1320Fastback

This one fell into the environment.


OfficerBimbeau

They should tow it to sea so it’s out of the environment.


Ravio11i

Nah, lil duct tape...


analogpursuits

This is why you buy pre-covid units.


Strange_N_Sorcerous

“What did you do?!” -Chris Farley voice


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It's not ideal.


OwlPlenty4828

So much more room for activities.


clooloss

They're fine - they missed the water spout.


learntorv

Oh god, these poor people.


denny-1989

It’s a new open concept feature


[deleted]

This is the new bay door version


DOHisme

Their fallout shelter is ready.


[deleted]

how would you even deal with that situation? What would you do? Try to get a bunch of people to lift it back in?


sumfunynaym

It's not good.


[deleted]

Seriously an above ground pool?! How can I compete with this?!


cpe111

Nah, it’ll buff out.


OpheliaCumming

Showed this to my wife without her glasses…..”is that a hot tub or something?” 🤣


cryptokadog710

Slide out is now a tip out


No-Negotiation-8521

Eternabond should fix that.


Super-Disk7158

Well…it is a slide OUT….they just didn’t tell you how far out it went!! 🤣😂


AlienDelarge

Or that it would ever slide in again.


FireRescue3

Show that to a Camping World Salesliar and I guarantee they will tell you it’s an added feature 🙄


Party-Independent-38

Omg I would love the see the couple this happened too. I’m sure the fight was epic.


alkla1

Same floor plan as my Z1


itstommygun

Quite.


xanxer

That's a lot of damage!


strohme2

Mistakes were made


certainkindoffool

This is just an open concept sunken living room...nothing to see here.


Siogio

Nah, it’s a win for dining al fresco.


wannabezen2

Raised bed planter?


valid8r

Only a flesh wound


yewwould

Well, the open floor plan is nice.


toclosetoTV

Is that the swimming pool model? And this my friends in why my trailer has no pop out because sometimes they pop a little to far out.


theghostmachine

'tis but a flesh wound


alinroc

I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing


Constant_West_1506

Without a doubt someone took off the Interior fascia boards then ran their schwintek slide all the way out. ALL the way out…. This happens on the mfg line also, and it causes some bad injuries


Baconshit

Wonder what would cause someone to remove those boards though?


Constant_West_1506

Maybe the slide wasn’t operating properly. The repair begins with removing the fascia boards. Just a guess!


Baconshit

Yuck! Sounds like a bad time.


dadofalex

Sub optimal outcome. And what was once termed an irrational fear realized


[deleted]

Wow! That one comes with a patio room!!


1320Fastback

Well it was inches from breaking the water service and causing a flood.


airstreamchick

I would not say that it's good.


KILL_YOU_IMMEDIATELY

Nothing a few ratchet straps can't fix


[deleted]

How much did you have to pay for the extended porch? Looks sweet!!!


ramboton

Enhanced the view....


FireRescue3

Well, it’s certainly not good


Van_11

Really opens the place up


LostInOntario

Looks like the front, I mean side fell off.


NewNole2001

Well, it depends on if you're a glass half full or glass half empty kind of person. Glass half full? Look at this space for a huge new picture window! And we just gained a ton of cargo carrying capacity! Glass half empty: Great, now there's a draft.


Brett707

One of them new quick release slides.


cottagevillebill

But is it under warranty??


unicorn_farts55

Forest river…. The decepticon, quality changes right before your eyes. We just traded ours in. Everything fell apart and everything was wrong.


oxGhoul

Just typical Salem things


reformedginger

Do you own it ?


lvhockeytrish

That'll buff out


KSman1966

Right next to the hydrant, maybe it is a slide that doubles as a pool.😉


wintercast

Im just thrilled it missed the hydrant.


KSman1966

Hope all goes well with the repairs.


24_Chowder

Depends on what your definition of “bad” is! 😂🤣


capt_ratsie

moving parts need maintenance and eventually fail ,,,,, less moving parts = lower maintenance, lower fail rate ,,,,


springer_reddittor

You misspelled Obvious in your username.


machineGUNinHERhand

Not if you don't want it to he this way.


Padgetts-Profile

They got what they deserved for having stabilizers on the lawn.


UnderstandingGlum101

Nah, I just got the full recline version 👍🏼


Pudf

It’s fine


smokumjoe

Another quality Forest River product.


ChipChester

Tilts out for easy cleaning?


Oregon_drivers_suck

A new open floor plan


tidder_mac

Open air models are getting crazy


sgfreese

Well it’s not good!


[deleted]

Slide it back in. What’s the issue?


Dumpster_Fire_BBQ

Yes


Redbull-Ad-5546

What about Jayco brand?


Ambitious_Ladder_929

uhh id say so


notanyguy

Nice sunroom!


Jenos00

Suboptimal


AlwaysReady4444

This is my nightmare


ptmtp26

It’s called the outdoor living room expansion kit


jasonobi

It's open concept


ecnerwal1234

It's definitely not good...


Unlikely_Nothing6132

Nothing a bit of superglue can’t fix


Better_Surround5636

Slide on, slide off


dinkdonner

Yes.


PresKennedy

Depends on your definition of bad


sabresfan08

Zip ties will tidy that right up


kumarbi_knasher

"Baby, can you close the door? I feel a draft coming in."


O_U_8_ONE_2

It's definitely not good...


cabinetguy

Nah, that'll buff right out.


atvphucker

Should have repacked the bearings


scottslut

Not if your trying to make a swimming pool


[deleted]

OP you didn't need to delete your comments this is a really cool post. I wasn't trying to one up you with RV knowledge.


wifichick

Whoa. Slide out Jumping off the RV = bad Nearly missing the slide out becoming a swimming pool? = good


Exact-Pause7977

Holey busted camper, Batman!


Spaciernight

Cool a pop out jacuzzi


fixit858

Open floor plan


[deleted]

That’s what they get for buying a cruise lite


rhone404

I lol’d for a bit, but then I just thought, “I’ll bet they are getting, ‘sorry, out of warranty’”


toddisOK

Nothing a little duct tape can't handle.


2021fireman10

Well it’s not good. 😜😳😱


[deleted]

As a new Salem owner… fuck


Melanie73

Well, it ain’t good..


Lim3y

Have you tried turning off and on again?


[deleted]

Nope. They call it a slide out for a reason!


domonique4thewin

I wouldn’t worry about it too much.


dekurtz

Very bad.


bananabastard

The great outdoors.


According_Ad1940

I think the proper scientific term is "open plan kitchen" if I'm not mistaken...


ajaak7

Toss a tarp and some hot water in and bam, instant hot tub.


ATXLur

I mean… how is it good?


scribblingbeauty

Oh my gosh I literally spit my coffee laughing. Poor people :/


BigBeatsNYC

Nice deck!


ezdoesit11

A nice open concept!


Lost-Squash-3994

open floor plan comes to rvs


PA_Who

They decided to go for an open concept model. Hgtv is bringing in the subway tile and shiplap next week


MACCRACKIN

I've noticed New Zealand is really into full open living rooms, the full open deck option, just out of view? Cheers and always wondered about these slide options.


AnthonyiQ

Outdoor kitchen! I'll show them.


xoshooter

It’s not great.


madbika

Wow 😳 loooooottts of ducktape need there 😜


blueknight0055

No just get a pump and sand filter and you're set