Will This Solve the #1 RV Repair Item for Slide-Outs?
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- A few videos back I explained how much I liked and appreciated the Seamless Slide-Outs Tiffin used on their RVs. Once Thor Manufacturing purchased Tiffin, those slides were discontinued, but the manufacturer of the slide-outs enjoyed hearing how much I appreciated their product, they asked if I'd like to see something new they developed, to replace fabric roller, slide out topper/awnings. While they sent me a link describing the product, I couldn't really appreciate how revolutionary the design was until I saw it in person.
They invited me to stop by and see the presentation at the January FMCA rally in Indio. So needing a break from cross country driving almost non-stop, I checked in to see if the True Topper really is going to solve some of the most common slide out repairs and causes of slide failures: the slide out roller awning. Between torn facrics, broken hardware, wind noise, water leaks, and unpleasant appearance, slide out awnings seem to constantly need help and repair. So join me as we discover how the True Topper works.
Note: I was not compensated for any part of this video or asked to be kind or use company talking points, but this was just my words and impression.
All inquiries should go to the team @ truetopperusa.com
Also note, the end journey was the delivery of the 2018 London Aire from Sewell Motorcoach in Kentucky to its new owners. @Sewellmotorcoach
Please don't sell yourself short. You are an excellent interviewer. Because of your great technician background you know what to look for and ask about. I very much like this and all your videos. True Topper, looks like a promising product. Happy trails!
Wow, thank you!
I could see the glee in their eyes as you sold their product for them! Your expertise in RV repair was a godsend for their new product. I hope they greatly compensated you for helping them out!! ;)
That’s my trailer with the snow on it, we love our True Toppers!! Good to see them get some recognition!!
Hey great to know!
After watching this and doing my own research I pulled the trigger. I have a Monaco 2008 it had carefree toppers on it. I also have a full wall slide. 3 slides total. We purchased this coach in 2020. Drove it home from LA to Washington. In Oregon we had the big slide out. We have to have this out in order use the coach. We can have the other slides out or in. But in Oregon a big gust of wind hit us and destroyed the topper. We drove the rest of the way home with the topper hanging off the side. Thank you to ALL the people who drove by and told us about it. When I got home I cut it off. As the coach was new to us and we had no tools. But looking in to replacing it was going to be about the same price as the TrueTopper system. Now I don’t have to worry about wind rain water pooling up in the middle of a very long slide (29’). We just got into very high wind situation we had to put in our other two slides in because of the noise at 3:00am and worried that they may rip off. This TrueTopper system is awesome works exactly like they said it would. Dennis and Neil were great to deal with along with Heidi front office. I highly recommend this system. I will be doing my other slides soon.
I am very glad to hear you had a great experience. Fabric toppers are crazy bad for how much they cost
Great product review. I was getting ready to replace Carefree of Colorado slide out topper on my Class A that I damaged when I came close and personal with a tree (tree 1 RV 0). I love the whole concept, it really does a wonderful job of diverting water away from the side seals. I was only going to have to one topper replaced but after watching this video, I'm going to replace all four of my toppers with this system. You did a great job interviewing them, you asked real good questions that really informed the viewers.
You are an excellent interviewer. True Topper put your video on their main web-page, if you doubt that.
I'll repeat the previous comment James, don't sell yourself short. You are an excellent interviewer! Very glad I watched this video. In the DSW this winter and in need of replacing at least 1 of my 2 toppers. Going to look into this system when I get back to Oregon in the spring. Hoping that somewhere, sometime we can cross paths!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Wow that's pretty cool 😎
And by the way you did a great job on your interviews 🖖🏽😊
Thank you!! 😁
Very impressed true topper!
Glad you think so!
What you talking about being a bad interviewer. You ask the right questions most would not. You also added your views and explanations which is brilliant. Im English Living in Cambridgeshire in the UK and love what you do. Keep it up.
Thanks for watching!
Thank You for Your Excellent INFO about RV's in general! Of all the channels out their I find Yours the Best!
Wow, thanks!
Great interview James! I had contacted Dennis last year to upgrade our 2015 Tiffin Allegro Bus. The cost at that time was $1,500 for each slide-out or a total of $6,000 without painting. The only reason i haven’t done it is that we were thinking about trading to a 45’ bus. We decided against that so looking at this upgrade when we can plan a trip to Red Bay.
Thanks for video it was so much more informative than their website. Would like to see videos on a Tiffin retrofit, cutting off the slide top flush and the plates to cover the topper mounting holes.
I'll keep it in mind
Thanks for showing us this new product. I would loved to have it one our MH when we had it that looks so good. Take care now and be safe.
Great interview. I'm in an area with little rain and wind but a lot of hot sun so I like the shade on top of my poorly insulated slide outs. However, for other areas - they are really cool.
I'm having these installed next week on my 2014 Dynamax DX3 in Eugene. Very excited about this product!
Great Video, something to really think about !! I like how you had them answer all the question you threw at them.
Glad you enjoyed
Excellent interview, because you were listening and trying to understand! You also had very good questions to try and understand it better!
Thanks for watching Don!
I hate slide toppers! I like this solution. But what about costs not mentioned? I'm sure fabric toppers are still the cheaper way to go (to replace originals) but cost information, even if it were a "general" number (due to size differences, color etc.) , it would be as important to know. Guess they just want you to contact them so they can give you that personalized shock? Good thinking on their part to have you do a meet and greet with them and for you to help get the word out.
they said it was comparable to normal toppers but cheaper than Girard toppers to add
At 21:00 they discuss this
I think you did an outstanding job with that interview.
So many don't allow the person they're interviewing to talk but you only interrupted them to get more info and then let them explain.
All in all, very well done but I expected nothing less...
Will definitely keep these in mind once my new toppers age out. Thank you for another great educational video.
Very welcome!
Great video! It was also a pleasure to meet you out there! I see we even made an appearance in the background! 🙃 It was an honor to be able to show you our roof replacement after learning from your great tutorial videos! Thank you for taking the time to stop and see what we had done. 🙏🏼
We also spent a lot of time talking to Jeff and hope to be able to add the True Topper. Genius product & it looks so clean!
Thanks James. What an ingenius topper. Your interview was very well done btw!! Keep 'em coming!
Excellent idea and you did a great job interviewing.
Total game changer. Ideally, I would love to replace the slides and toppers on our Monaco with Seamless Slides and True Toppers.
Awesome product. Can't wait to see these in person.
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Those seem super cool. I'll definitively consider when my '19 Phaeton 40IH toppers have had enough! PS: love our seamless slides. Too bad Tiffin stopped using them. I'm guessing Thor was responsible for that. We toured Tiffin Red Bay and Belmont. All slides have aluminum picture frames now.
Thanks for watching!
@AZ Expert is there any concern about not shading the top of the slide which i feel is a side benefit.
Man I stated looking around for prices on this new topper and I couldn’t believe all the naysayers slamming this product and it’s obvious that they did not know what they were talking about. Just crazy assholes, I couldn’t believe it. This product is going to change the way toppers are installed. Fantastic product!
That is very cool.
Thanks for watching!
You did great and I find that very interesting, headed to RedBay soon and will look them up.
Please do!
Thanks for showing a new cool product.👍👍👍😊
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting! Thx!
Thanks for watching!
I lost my 25' slide topper in bad wind, while in Oklahoma. At 3 in the morning. Then it rained and the water came in due to poor seals from the Thor factory. I don't know if something like this would work on my Thor Tuscany. I did replace the topper and springs when I got home, but I made (what I call) a pair of topper clamps, using 3/8" and 1/4" square tubing. The 1/4" tubing slides in the 3/8" tubing with L shape padded tubing on both ends. One goes on the top of the topper and the other goes under the bottom of the slide out. Pull them together and tighten the set screw. Works like a champ. No more flapping. No more worries.
WOW! About time the Industry came up with a Slide Topper that works and makes sense! Great Interview! #TrueTopper #AZExpert
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No worry about your interviewing skills You guys are having a good time and it was information Good job and I don't tell many people that 🍦
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@@AZExpert I always watch one of my favorite shows
Nice job. Great interview. Looks like a real nice product. We'll keep this product in mind. Thanks for another great video.
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Nice! This outfit is gonna make lots of money!
I hope so! They are a great company
There is an issue with older long slides where the slide roof has sagged a 1/2” or so in the middle. This leads to water pooling against the inner flange. AZ Expert have you ever dealt with this sagging issue? Not sure this new topper system could be used with the sag issue. Great video!
Wow..what a great idea. I can see a another channel with a stiff bristle nylon brush insert the length of the topper in addition to the "squeegee" channel being developed. Looks fantastic and good job on the interview.
I think you did a great interview. Love learning from you, great knowledge and videos. I really like these toppers. Looks like a great product
Thanks for the video James. I watched it last night and sent them a request for a quote on my 2000 Dynasty with two slides. My slide topper are only a year old installed by shade pro with tan sumbrella fabric if you know someone that needs them.
Awesome!
Thanks James. We have Seamless Slides on our Tiffin. This product will be considered because we don't like the rain pooling on our full wall slide that also harbors ice sheets that can jam the slide.
I like this, simple design & slick appearance 22:03
Appears to be an excellent product.
Thanks for watching!
Great product. Thanks for sharing
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I am going to order these and hopefully have you install them, be ready...LOL
That is so awesome so simple. Wow billion dollar idea and save a lot of a lot of people from water damage
Great interview.
Red Bay, AL is a great location for RV owners living/ touring the south
Thanks for bringing this product to your channel - looks promising!
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Great product. Thanks for sharing.
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On the tiffin slides do they cut the top fiberglass off?
Nice video I might replace the three toppers on my 05 Monaco
Awesome!
This came at a good time. I was about to buy new fabric. I’ll give Composite Solutions of Oregon a call. The only problem is that I can’t haul my RV in. Someone will have to come to me.
Damn it man. I was just in red bay, al getting my awning replaced on my 2021 25RW, I had that cheap girad fabric that sagged replaced. I had it replaced with a thicker sunbrella material. I've never seen this. This is all true. Damn it man I wish I would've had these installed on my seamless slide.
Thanks for watching!
@@AZExpert your a legend bud
Awesome product and review!
I am definitely interested and going to speak with the company!
Please do!
I didn't read all the previous 100 plus comments...but down south in Louisiana, we deal with heat more than Ice. I value the slide topper to help shade the slide roof from the direct sun. I admit, the wind can be a problem at times but I deal with sun more than wind.
Thanks for sharing, many units don't have the toppers at all, and shade isn't too great when the fabric is black absorbing the heat on many units, but I agree with you.
We are full-timers. I met these gentlemen in Coos Bay last summer at the FMCA rally and was excited to get this installed on my diesel pusher. Dennis inspected my coach had not seen slides like mine that did not have a single 90 degree angle between the flange and the slide out box. My slide outs have a “step” so there are are two 90 degree angles to deal with to do the installation. I would have been the first customer with that situation and declined to be the guinea pig. They were candid that it would be a challenge, but could be done. I asked them to call me after they had done someone elses. They were good guys but I haven’t heard back so my slide boxes must not be the norm. I would love to get this done.
Yeah, they wouldn't work on my Beaver slide roofs either, or likely Newmar due to the mechanical locks, but work on 95% of most RV slides,
Nice information! ThomyT
You did a great interview! Thoes are very cool. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey they should start selling that to the all the RV companies
I think so too
Timing of this video was great. I have a topper on my 06 Monaco that I need to replace and this sounds like an interesting option. Will have to check them out and see if they are an option for an older coach such as mine. Thanks for the vid.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for another great video.
Another great video James ! Need to buy some stock in these guys company lol
Not a bad plan!
Nice product..
Thanks for watching!
I’m definitely going to use them for my rv.
Very cool, Thanks for the info.
You bet
Pretty cool I like it
This is a good product for protecting the slide seal at the top and I guess I see how it can scrape stuff off the top while it’s closing but with the standard topper it keeps the debris off the top completely. Also this will not cut down on noise from rain.
Most towables do not have a topper, and while they do keep debris off, they do trap debris underneath too and make cleaning the roof impossible.
UHMW, Ultra High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene. Its high density smooth plastic. The same plastic that milk jugs are made of, but its much higher density. It doesn't crush or smash under reasonable forces and its smooth like Teflon.
All the reasons you have stated are the reasons I have not put toppers on my current fifth wheel.
I think that topper is sweet! Its a real game changer. I’d like to find out how much they cost w/labor to replace the 4 toppers I currently have on my ‘07 Navigator. I’ll have to check their website our. Great informative video as always! 👍
Well done !
Great video, but I dont know if this will solve all the issues in tow behinds. I hate traditional toppers, but they do provide decent protection from the heat of the sun. The slideouts themselves in 5th wheels have basically no insulation. The heat coming thru those slideouts is insane. I love this product. It looks nice, and the functionality seems to be amazing. now I just need a more insulated slide room roof.
I understand, most towables don't seem to come with toppers
Someone should come out with seal that seals the slide sides. I have a 2008 1181 Lance with a torn slide seal. Can't find anyone that has them.
Awesome idea maybe next rv will try these. My toppers are new,to expensive to just scrap.
Thanks for watching!
James, fantastic video and I can tell you the true topper product is wonderful from first hand experience. I have a 2022 Tiffin Breeze that came from the factory with Seamless Slides and True Toppers which Tiffin called Toppless Toppers.
Unfortunately Tiffin no longer offered the seamless slides nor the true toppers. Rumor suggests that the bean counters at Tiffin’s parent company Thor made the call. So sad but also very predictible
Yeah... :(
Thanks for this review sir. We've got a couple toppers that are getting close and this is a good data point to look at.
Shoot them an email!
Thank you for sharing.
Awesome video
Best I've seen great job👍
Thank you! 😊
UHMW =,ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT Polyethylene... This stuff is really slippery And it wears like steel It can be a little difficult to machine if you don't understand it It likes very sharp tooling I machined it for the past 27 years before I retired I got my own stash in the garage as I speak It's great for everything.
Looks nice
Isn't innovation great? These folks deserve all the money.
It really is!
Please check out the
True Toppers
The no fabric slide out awnings
No more flapping in the wind
It’s the quite topper.
Wow! This video got a lot of attention and now True toppers is buried with quotes, which I am one of them.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It must of nice for them you agreeing with there idea
it is a good idea.
James, it appears also that the weight is not as much as a slide topper.
So, it begs the question…when will these be on the Beaver? Looks like a great solution to a nagging problem. With the price point below the gerard, another selling point!
Sadly, the Beaver slide roofs aren't flat but molded fiberglass with a large pitch and valley so they wouldn't need a slide topper.
@@AZExpert As I was watching your video (Well done by the way) my thoughts were, "they solved a problem that beaver eliminated over 20 years ago." Love my patriot! But their seamless slides and these toppers are a fantastic upgrade, doubt the industry will allow the cost to stay.
Seems like a really nice product. For me, I still prefer a non slide coach.
Agreed!
Nice! Weight savings as well I assume? I hope these guys land more OEM contracts for both their seamless slides and slide toppers.
Thanks for watching!
Only thing I can add is that, in the event of an interview or product review, you make sure that the conversation(s) are leveled for audio, meaning that your audio level and the other person's are at the same level. This may mean that you put a mic on the person holding a conversation with you, and you wear one, too. I don't know how to tell you to do this, unfortunately, not having done it myself. Otherwise, all very interesting.
Thank you. It was an accidental interview but I will try to do better.
great idea except how well does it seal if the top of the slide out is not perfectly straight without dips and bumps like most slide outs are
Great product and you did a good job interviewing, but what's with your shirt neck? Reminds me of the Downy laundry detergent commercial...😊. Love your channel.
Thank you!!
Luv It-
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I feel traditional toppers have a benefit that they failed to mention. SHADE
Yes, they do cast some shade
Another great video and a very intriguing product! We're wintering close by you here in The Valley and will volunteer to be your guinea pig if you'd like to do an install of these on our Tiffin Breeze with 2 Seamless Slides! ;)
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Looks like an awesome idea! Wondering if works on any slide out , like older coaches? Like 1998 American Dream for example!
I like it! The question I have that I didn't see or maybe I missed it is are they screwed, bolted or rivited on? Also I thought I heard that one benifit to slide toppers was the protection to the slide from the elements especially the heat so wonder how losing that aspect of a slide topper might be addressed. Learning a lot from you James if I ever get that RV I'll be a much better prepared RVer, thank you!
The cast marginal amounts of shade and block marginal amounts of rain, their real purpose is to keep debris off the roof of the slide
@@AZExpert my take, tradittional topper in rainy Florida, Tampa, is a 2 tier protection against the rain. 1st protection is the topper itself, 2nd is the seal on top of the slide out. " Water finds a way", hence i like the double protection i get from having a normal topper.
Cool product but what if the debris that get pass cause a close situation for the topper when the owner forgets to inspect it? Would have to be a perfect surface.
My apologies I jumped the gun before watching the whole video! Looks like a really great product.
Tiffin used this for one year on the Breeze and went back to toppers. Maybe 2021 or so. Not sure why.
Thor bought them, and when the industry is as consolidated as it is, component manufacurers can control end products very easily, whereas Bob was thoughtful and wouldn't be pushed around.
Awsome
Thanks for watching!
Hwgod is is there on pushing leafs off the slide out
Great concept and product. Is it limited to certain types of slides? Our 2004 Newmar slide drops a few inches at the end of the travel and didn't know if they have a solution for this feature.