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Old 03-16-2019, 10:40 PM   #21
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Gentlemen: Had the Suite to Rolling Retreats (what a pleasure to deal with). Slade (owner, with wife Alicia) spotted that the one slide room with Wedges had the wrong size wedges. He correct the size, added the wedges to the other 3 slide rooms. Had them in stock, and like Cummins, not a doubt in his mind as to their value.
It's nice to deal with a retailer that puts his heart into a product - sells only the best, gets to know the product well enough to contribute to the transaction. I found the charges reasonable.
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Old 03-18-2019, 05:18 PM   #22
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Could you post a picture of where these wedges are. I'm new to DRV but not 5th wheels with slides. Had a Teton for 14 years with slides & never had a problem with them.
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Old 03-18-2019, 06:05 PM   #23
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MTK The very first post, in which I raised the question of their usage, had photo's. Or, if needed, I could post 4 pair of my brand spanking new wedges.
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Old 03-18-2019, 07:09 PM   #24
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Sorry forgot about those pictures. Neither of my upper slides are cable operated. Could that be the difference?
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Old 03-18-2019, 07:48 PM   #25
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As I understand it, that would not be the difference. The purpose of the wedges is to keep the top of the slide 'box' from moving all around inside it's opening. Thinking of the slides - those provide stability at the bottom of the box. As the RV makes it's way down the road, jerked this way and that, by the bumps and undulations in the roadway, the top of the box has only the opening to contain it. The wedges snug it up.
But check with the expert. Several people on this subject have made mention of Slade at Rolling Retreats as being an approachable expert. His email is posted on their website. And let us know what he has to say about using them with your particular slide.
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Old 03-19-2019, 09:44 PM   #26
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Suites,
Correction on my slides--vanity does not have the wedges. And the other slides have different size wedges...which makes me wonder about a single part number. Also, on my '05, there was a corresponding 'striker plate' on the slide opening wall for the wedge to seat against. Haven't looked for those on this unit.
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Old 03-19-2019, 10:02 PM   #27
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Wingnut - When Slade (Rolling Retreats) looked at my one wedge pair, and said they were the wrong size, I wondered about that single part number, as well. He seemed to have long lengths of wedges, and cut them to size for the respective slide. I don't have any striker plates. Had there been those, I would have known the wedges were omitted.
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Old 03-22-2019, 05:00 PM   #28
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Correction here too. My vanity slide is cable operated & has no wedges. All my other slides DO have wedges. Like wingnut they are of different sizes.
I would guess because the vanity slide only comes out about a foot and is so small DRV didn't fell a need for them.
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Old 03-22-2019, 05:21 PM   #29
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MTK DRV probably felt it didn't need them because of the cost savings to them, involved in not providing. DRV as owned by THOR is working on less than 6% net profit. Anyplace they can save will motivate them. We've got $100K +/- into these rigs and of course, saving $25 on a pair of wedges seems ridiculous to us.
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Old 03-23-2019, 10:06 AM   #30
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But when mine was manufactured it was still drv Thor hadn't bought it yet
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Old 03-23-2019, 10:56 AM   #31
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Just wanted to make your post a bit more clear for those that don't know.

"Had the Suite to Rolling Retreats (what a pleasure to deal with). Slade (owner, with wife Alicia)"

Slade and Alicia are the "owners", he takes care of the actual work on the RV's and she is the one who deals with the Customers and makes the orders.
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