I was driving on a main highway and got the shock of my life. Here came a new Winnebago Journey the opposite direction in the slow lane with the living room slide on the driver's side extended. I didn't have much time to look but I could see it was tilted down from front to back as well as the rear out further than the front. They had a small red streamer taped to the rear lower corner.
Is this now an acceptable practice? Is it even legal? I can't believe they would make it the 30 miles on I-5 to the nearest Winnie dealer without getting a ticket.
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2006 American Eagle 40L, Cat C9
2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (Last of the LJ's)
I was driving on a main highway and got the shock of my life. Here came a new Winnebago Journey the opposite direction in the slow lane with the living room slide on the driver's side extended. I didn't have much time to look but I could see it was tilted down from front to back as well as the rear out further than the front. They had a small red streamer taped to the rear lower corner.
Is this now an acceptable practice? Is it even legal? I can't believe they would make it the 30 miles on I-5 to the nearest Winnie dealer without getting a ticket.
Rocky68D
I don't know about the legalities but it happens more often than one would think... (and not only on I-5 or with Winnabagos).
Makes me wonder if those small red streamers come with all RVs that have slides.
Mel
'96 Safari (slide-less in Wisconsin).
You did say Winnebago right? Geesh those guys think they can get away with anything. Just kidding. HI Guys, I normally just post on the Monaco board, saw the topic in recent discussions and just had to make sure someone wasn't asking if they could LOL. Friends and us had both gone to Key West camping and we were both getting ready to leave and on a tight schedule when they went to bring their slide in on their Winnebago and it would not budge. I was thinking how the heck was he going to be able to drive it out the Keys. Fortunately we were able to retract it manually. It would appear that these folks were doing the best they could. Peace
Someone had posted on a Forum that a dealership they'd called to try and resolve a slide not retracting was told by the dealership to "Slowly Drive" the unit to the dealership to have the issue resolved. I can only imagine how much more the slide would be screwed up from the vibration/banging/bouncing and wind that would happen while driving even slowly!!!!!!
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2012 Journey 40U (Our Incredible Journey)
2008 Dodge Dakota(TOAD) 2005 Honda Shadow in TOAD
AF-1 braking system
I was driving on a main highway and got the shock of my life. Here came a new Winnebago Journey the opposite direction in the slow lane with the living room slide on the driver's side extended. I didn't have much time to look but I could see it was tilted down from front to back as well as the rear out further than the front. They had a small red streamer taped to the rear lower corner.
Is this now an acceptable practice? Is it even legal? I can't believe they would make it the 30 miles on I-5 to the nearest Winnie dealer without getting a ticket.
The only legal way to do it would involve over-width permits, lead and follow vehicles with warning signs / lights.
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2015 A.C.E. 27.1
American Car Dolly
2001 Ram 1500 / 2012 Kia Soul....Go Hamsters!
A few years ago we were travelling and stopped at a rest area in North Texas for lunch and put out the passenger slide. A flashlight fell off a little shelf near the stove into the slide mechanism. When we brought in the slide the front end would not retract all the way. It stuck out maybe 8 inches (I don't know remember specifically. At that time we were on our to way to Forest City for factory service. I called them and asked if I should try to find a local dealer to resolve the problem and they said nope. Just bring it on up which is what we did. I hadn't thought about any problem with the extra width. We didn't have any problem on the way up and only one person tried to wave us down pointing at the slide. Winnebago fixed the slide and we no longer store a flashlight or anything else on that little shelf.
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Bob, Sandi & Marmaduke the Big Pug
SW OREGON 2004 Journey 39K, 330 Cat
If towing: a 2006 Mini Cooper or 1995 Wrangler
In most states if you are more than 9 feet wide you are a wide load and must follow that states rules for it. But as was said most cops would likely have pity on a RVer who was trying to get their RV somewhere to be repaired.
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Randy - Manhattan, Kansas
2015 Vista 27N
2020 Ford Escape Hybrid
Linear Mode
