You're gonna think I'm crazier than you already know I am!

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"Unbelievable. What did I get myself into. Why, why, why me. I have enough projects. But yep, I did it. Bought an electric fire 5th wheel. It's a 2022, got a great deal on it (obviously), but it's gonna be a lot of work and a lot of money to keep her out of the scrap yard!!!! Luckily I have my father-in-law coming down for two months or so, and he's a workaholic. So much so that he would not even come down if I had no projects for him to do, seriously!"

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When I first seen it I thought it was about half as bad as I now see it really. It was dark when I first seen it, and they had a lot of junk in the way of good views into the far corners. Either way, I paid very little, and I do expect to replace all the walls, floor, cabinets and more. Yep, here I go again, another project I won't complete! lol

Lots of good potential there. I can see it finished enough you and Ted at fish camps glamping in style! :ThumbsUp:highfive

Certainly needs some thought & a plan before going any further. If you write out a plan it will help you keep from missing any rough-in step. Critical when it comes to campers. After a through plan "Punting" may come to mind. My purchases like this are usually very low up front costs as well.

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Lots of good potential there. I can see it finished enough you and Ted at fish camps glamping in style! :ThumbsUp:highfive

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Dave, they use Ted's motorhome on a Mercedes platform. They already glamp.

Yes I know

You sir are a glutton for punishment!

There might be a change of plan. I'm an idiot. The thing has a junk title. I did not know what a "Certificate of Destruction" really is. I thought it could be fixed up and reversed to at least a "Salvage" title, and be allowed back on the road. It's just a trailer, it's not a car. But Florida is kinda funny about these things. They issue tons of "Certificate of Destructions" cause of the floods and hurrycans down here, and they are kinda particular. They don't want these death traps rolling down the roads. So, this RV has a new roof and I'm not sure what to do. It can be a "She Shed", and wifey can move her project stuff into it. I can make it a Crappie.com home away from home for our members. I dono. I'm also seriously thinking maybe just make a two axle trailer out of it and move the big slide into the 2010 Camper. Kinda replace the small slide on the passenger side that is on the 2010 Cougar. Might be cool to have a big slide on both side of that older camper. Heck, they are both Cougars, so it should slide right in, right! lol

Let me know your thoughts.

Either way, I'll be moving the self levelling system from the 2022 cougar to the 2010 cougar, and likely a few more goodies.

Wow!! That sounds like a big time and effort commitment to put into something without a title. At my age I am choosing my battles carefully.

Bon Temps!!

Will be interesting to see what you will do with it

Quite the project. :popcorn

I would check to see if your 2010 unit has the welded mounting for the Slide in question. Videos of days past I used to watch how these units were manufactured. I suspect the first thing to check is to see if the same slide mechanism is used even. I repaired Rack & Pinion, Electric Linear Actuator, and Hydraulic Slides. Rack & Pinion & Linear Actuators were manufactured by the same company here in the USA. The dirty secret of all slides is what they actually slide on, some have rollers, some just a PE material Skid that I found out from one of our Crappie fishing Buddies is a very thin material. He replaced his with a thicker harder PE and his Super Slide worked fantastic afterwards. Other than a Deer Camp here in Mississippi you are not allowed to live in them if I'm correct.

This is the manufacturer I saw most. Also numerous videos on how to properly adjust for correct travel.

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I would check to see if your 2010 unit has the welded mounting for the Slide in question. Videos of days past I used to watch how these units were manufactured. I suspect the first thing to check is to see if the same slide mechanism is used even. I repaired Rack & Pinion, Electric Linear Actuator, and Hydraulic Slides. Rack & Pinion & Linear Actuators were manufactured by the same company here in the USA. The dirty secret of all slides is what they actually slide on, some have rollers, some just a PE material Skid that I found out from one of our Crappie fishing Buddies is a very thin material. He replaced his with a thicker harder PE and his Super Slide worked fantastic afterwards. Other than a Deer Camp here in Mississippi you are not allowed to live in them if I'm correct.

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The slide I'm talking about moving from one camper to the other is a rack/pinion system. The weird thing is, the other big slide on the other side is a cable system. And the bedroom one is a schwintek. IMHO both the schitek and the cable system are garbage, they look flimsy.

The Lippert slide mechanism is the best in my opinion but there are a lot of different manufacturers out there being used today. If the actuators or rams are removed and the frame is good usually 2 guys can push the slides in and out by hand.

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I can’t see anywhere on that rack/pinion system says lippert but everything else on this RV (368MBI, 2022, Keystone Cougar) seems to be lippert.

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Even the stairs! lol

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So cool I guess.


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Good quality parts for sure. Lippert has slide frame adjusting videos on YouTube where I learned how to properly adjust them. You may be able to visually match one up with yours. I updated my tank sensor system on the last Class A I had, the leveling system too, and YouTube was a wonderful resource to the "How To" to get the jobs done. :popcorn

I went back and looked at your pictures and I'm pretty sure that is a Lippert Slide.

Next thing is, it's a 12 ft slide, three feet deep. I'ma thinking I'ma gonna need a hoist. Two guys ain't gonna lift that thing for sure. In any case, the installation of this slide into the other camper is very likely a next year project. When FIL come down in two weeks it'll just be tear down time. Tear it down, takes bits to dump, maybe even get some scrap metals monies out of the deal, dono, never did the scrap thing.

I'ma thinking I'm gonna make a trailer out of the camper. Seen some videos on the you toob. Likely not use the 5th wheel hitch part, just a flat bed pull behind trailer so I can pick up more jeeps, right! lol

And the very back panel of the 2022 RV will become replace the back of the 2010. The 2010's one looks a little wavy, and likely has had some water in it. In the end, this will hopefully be a pretty good doner RV. Should be fun.

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To remove the slide I want to keep I’ll just build a frame under it and use rollers like these. Problem solved.


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That's how I've seen it done. I have a set of 4 slide supports that are adjustable that I can ship you so aligning everything will be a sinch. Let me get those to you before you make a frame. Later I will post a picture of them. We don't use them the way we use our camper on Ross Barnett. If I parked it somewhere for a extended period of time I would use them for sure. Supports the slides well.

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The crazy thing is, the 2010 camper has a 6 ft slide (pictured above) where I want to put the 12 ft slide out of the 2022, and it’s a rack/pinion also. So I should be able to use the existing rack/pinions with the new 12 ft slide, and really would only have to install one additional rack/pinion under the addition. How cool is that. They are both 3 ft deep too, yay. Seems like the 2010 camper is made pretty well, it has two rack and pinion slides (one is 6ft long, the is 12 ft long), plus it has a bedroom slide that is gear driven as well.


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Slab that's not a Linear Actuator in the foreground? Lippert makes a Linear actuator movement that uses a rack and pinion to keep the off side aligned. If you have a electric motor and gear box like in earlier pictures ignore this post but I've changed a actuator that looked just like that one. I have this style of slides in both sides of my camper now.

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I really can't answer that right now (we're away camping in the 2010 cougar and it's all covered in plasic underneath) but I assume there is an electric motor there like the other. That thing pictured is hollow (except for all the spider webs and dirt dobbers). We'll see, I'll open her up once I get home.

Oh, now that I reread stuff, thats the 2010 slide pictured above, the 2022 is what is likely the lippert system. The one on the 2010 is, I dono! lol We'll see, we're so far off from trying to install this 2022 slide into the 2010 camper that it ain't funny. I have to demolition the 2022, and takes it all aparts first. That's start when the FIL makes it down in about two weeks. yay, demolition!!!
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This picture shows its a linear actuator. That rack & pinion is because the actuator is only on one side. Lippert has been around for quite a while well before your 2010 unit was manufactured. Have fun camping I understand what's happening, I do the exact same thing. I spend months if not years working out a project in my head well before any action takes place. I sound it out while driving too, used to drive my wife crazy till she learned it's how I work things out in my head.

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This picture shows its a linear actuator. That rack & pinion is because the actuator is only on one side. Lippert has been around for quite a while well before your 2010 unit was manufactured. Have fun camping I understand what's happening, I do the exact same thing. I spend months if not years working out a project in my head well before any action takes place. I sound it out while driving too, used to drive my wife crazy till she learned it's how I work things out in my head.

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Thinking about projects is how I go to sleep at night. Like counting sheep. Sometimes I dream the answer too! lol