Tom Can I get the slide in slide option on the arlington like the new oshkosh thanks Richard
Andy: From what I see the maximum square footage (total "... all parts of a ... fifth wheel trailer...that cause a shadow at 12:00 high noon with roof and eaves removed are to be calculated) has to be no more than 430 square feet for a 5th Wheel - http://www.rvia.org/?ESID=SquareFootageM. So, with the slide in a slide, that additional square footage would have to be taken from somewhere. As a thought, how about a foot from the bath and the remainder from the main living room. If my math is correct, and the exterior slide is two foot deep by 82 inches wide, you would need to recover 13.66 (14 square feet). As the coach is 8 ft wide (96 inches as I recall), taking one foot from both would exceed the square footage needed to pull this off. Of course, the engineering to keep centers of gravity, etc. would be involved but maybe this could be added to the pipeline at some point. That extra 2 feet of walk-around room would be nice. Just a thought .
If you would add an outdoor kitchen/entertainment to the big slide left of the door I'd buy it for sure. I want a front bath, rear living, with an outdoor kitchen but no one seems to make one.
I guess I'm still not understanding it quite yet but what I'm reading from you is that RVIA has a sq ft restrictions on campers. I would imagine that would kick out a lot of larger camper sizes.Bones: Not being rude -- that just happened to be the most 'current' thing I found while doing a quick search during my break at work. First article I found was one dated March 1, 2007 ( http://www.rvbusiness.com/2007/03/rvia-eyes-expanding-towable-rv-square-footage/ ) where RVIA was looking at increasing 5th wheel trailers to exceed the then current 400 square feet. Travel trailers to move from 320 square feel to 400. Then found http://www.rvbusiness.com/2009/04/rvia-board-hikes-fifth-wheel-size-to-430-sq-ft/ which states that RVIA had authorized its members to increase the max size of 5th wheels to 430 square feet '...and still meet association standards.' So, given that 430 was the last posting that I saw, that is what I used. A foot here, less than a foot there and Landmark could do the slide in a slide.
Thanks but can some one explain a little bit to me as to why there is a restriction in the first place. I see campers that are 102 inches wide and 43 feet long that is 365.5 sq ft. no slides out and if you follow the letter from the last post instead of building out you build up and your shadow never cast more than 430 Sq ft
Dave - the RVIA and the RPTIA are industry associations to RV manufacturers and Park Trailer manufacturers. As I understand it, there's been a long running matter between the two associations on behalf of their members with regard to square footage. I don't know all the details but I believe the RPTIA would prefer that RVIA member companies limit their total square footage. I believe there's a belief held by the RPTIA that if RVs get so large, they would compete with Park Trailers. And I can see that. Most of us know people that use their RV like a park trailer, keeping it setup on a lake or other vacation property similar to how one might do with a Park Trailer.
So there's your explanation Dave - as best as I understand it.