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Slide top cleaning
Do any of you clean the top of your slides before retracting? Especially, if you have been under a tree?
As you know, our new coach will not have slide toppers (not gonna miss those!). I’ve had to hose off our toppers in the past if a lot of leaves have fallen or berries from those messy trees.
I was thinking of buying one of those Swiffer thingy’s like Morty and Lee (Swiffer commercial) with the extended handle to keep the tops of the slides clean so that the seals don’t get damaged. What do you do? Is it overkill?
Mark
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Mark,
Not to worry, your Liberty will have air nozzles that blow off the debris as part of the retraction process, I’m sure Jon will elaborate..
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I’m not sure MM will have the air blower because that was a Prevost thing and I think the “pinless” slides did away with that.
Yes if you are under a tree it is a good practice to clean the slide roof before retracting the slide. If you get leave stems or any debris under the seal the seal can get damaged and water can enter.
The idea for a way to clean the slide roof sounds like an excellent idea.
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No blower on my slides. They are the latest generation, I think. Multiplex controls and no gear on the top to blow off.
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I’m just curious because I don’t know.
Are the tops of the slides painted white or do they match the color scheme of the coach? Have you ever looked at yours?
And while I’m at it, have any of you actually climbed on your roof to check things out?
My balance is not wonderful since I had a spinal cord injury 5 yrs. ago…. I just have to be a little extra careful.
Thanks,
MM.
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MM,
My slides have a white roof, as does the coach itself.
I occasionally will venture onto my coach roof, and do so for a variety of reasons. There are times when we are parked in an area with excessive dust, pollen, or other material falling on our roof. I get up there to clean it off, otherwise after a rain I have streaks running down the sides of the coach. I have been up there to service the satellite dish or check on it. I have had a failed coax connector on the dish that had to be replaced and I had a tree limb strike the dish and I needed to verify it did no damage.
I don’t like to be in the roof, more because of the damage I might be causing. Our roofs were not designed for walking, so if I get up there I try to place my feet on the roof supports.
I do access the roof of the slides, almost always to make sure nothing is stuck in the seal and to wax them occasionally. I have a ladder I carry on the bus that I can use to get on the roof if needed, but I have not used it for many years for that purpose. When I get on the roof I almost always do it in my garage from either my 10 foot step ladder or my 15 foot step ladder. The reason for having the potential to get on the roof when traveling is in case the over-air TV antenna will not retract or if I have to manually retract the awnings or service a vent fan cover.
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