That's weird. Romotow T8 trailer
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I can't see this design making it. How are doing to explain that your "slide" is 12 feet on one side and 6 feet on the other? What if it rains and the ground gets soft, how would you keep the jacks from sinking into the ground? Can you imagine the bounce when your weight is at the end of one of the rooms that is perpendicular to the frame? The pivot system can only be complex and expensive to maintain over time. This just wouldn't be for me.
Now that I've seen the motion demo, I don't understand the need for a rotating assembly. This seems like a solution looking for a problem, that frankly doesn't exist. All the complexity to be able to turn the living quarters 90°. Maybe I'm missing something, but I do not see the point.
tnt_motorsports
Member
I agree, we have slides on both sides and we have been in parks that it just seems too tight!
Just my $0.02
Pros:
- engineering masterpiece
- aesthetically appeals in a "new age" sort of way
- easily impress your multi-million dollar friends who also have too much money to waste
- the "cool" factor pegs the meter at 10 out of 10
Cons:
- engineering run amok; this thing not only swings open, but has to slide several feet forward before it can swing open ...
- KISS method apparently never heard of down under
- when deployed for camping, the torsional rotation towards the bedroom side would make the whole rig want to ride heavy on the "downstream" jack stands, etc (I can't imagine it would take much to tip this over on it's side in a storm, or soft ground)
- as already noted, this is a bastardized slide-out gone rogue, and would make even deploying it difficult, because the entire arc of swing has to be clear to "open" it (I do suppose it would still function fine in the closed position; which begs the question as to why have it rotate in the first place?)
- imagine the wiring/plumbing nightmare .... The main chassis has a (presumed) kitchenette at the back, meaning there's gas and electricity back there, but the rest of the trailer unit (main living area) has plumbing and wiring there also ... So are there two separate plumbing/wiring systems, or do they share a common system (meaning flex lines between the chassis and body running through the turret/slide section?)
- imagine the amount of dirt/dust/debris that gets on the "deck" even when the unit is traveling; it's exposed to the open air turbulence
This is what happens where there's no project manager overseeing the engineers.
- engineering masterpiece
- aesthetically appeals in a "new age" sort of way
- easily impress your multi-million dollar friends who also have too much money to waste
- the "cool" factor pegs the meter at 10 out of 10
Cons:
- engineering run amok; this thing not only swings open, but has to slide several feet forward before it can swing open ...
- KISS method apparently never heard of down under
- when deployed for camping, the torsional rotation towards the bedroom side would make the whole rig want to ride heavy on the "downstream" jack stands, etc (I can't imagine it would take much to tip this over on it's side in a storm, or soft ground)
- as already noted, this is a bastardized slide-out gone rogue, and would make even deploying it difficult, because the entire arc of swing has to be clear to "open" it (I do suppose it would still function fine in the closed position; which begs the question as to why have it rotate in the first place?)
- imagine the wiring/plumbing nightmare .... The main chassis has a (presumed) kitchenette at the back, meaning there's gas and electricity back there, but the rest of the trailer unit (main living area) has plumbing and wiring there also ... So are there two separate plumbing/wiring systems, or do they share a common system (meaning flex lines between the chassis and body running through the turret/slide section?)
- imagine the amount of dirt/dust/debris that gets on the "deck" even when the unit is traveling; it's exposed to the open air turbulence
This is what happens where there's no project manager overseeing the engineers.
MSCH
Well-known member
exactly. "Better" is the enemy of "good enough"
I never thought of the plumbing, wiring, electrical, and propane complexity! Honey, I think the toilet pipe broke again!!Cons:
- engineering run amok; this thing not only swings open, but has to slide several feet forward before it can swing open ...
- KISS method apparently never heard of down under
- when deployed for camping, the torsional rotation towards the bedroom side would make the whole rig want to ride heavy on the "downstream" jack stands, etc (I can't imagine it would take much to tip this over on it's side in a storm, or soft ground)
- as already noted, this is a bastardized slide-out gone rogue, and would make even deploying it difficult, because the entire arc of swing has to be clear to "open" it (I do suppose it would still function fine in the closed position; which begs the question as to why have it rotate in the first place?)
- imagine the wiring/plumbing nightmare .... The main chassis has a (presumed) kitchenette at the back, meaning there's gas and electricity back there, but the rest of the trailer unit (main living area) has plumbing and wiring there also ... So are there two separate plumbing/wiring systems, or do they share a common system (meaning flex lines between the chassis and body running through the turret/slide section?)
- imagine the amount of dirt/dust/debris that gets on the "deck" even when the unit is traveling; it's exposed to the open air turbulence
Seems like an experienced observation
