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Originally Posted by jetskier
Having a continuous horizontal framing member in the wall panel below the slide accomplishes a few things. 1) It provides a boundary member on the bottom of the slide opening to resist moments, shears and deflection, 2) it removes the re-entrant forces at the lower front corner and 3) it provides more length to make the connection of the wall to the frame at the slide. This is likely the reason for the 2020 design change under the slide.
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That makes sense. Do you know what they are using in the new framing configuration for the continuous horizontal framing member? Maybe a tube? I wonder if they talk about it in the factory tours?
I suppose if the chassis frame front cantilever was beefed up to completely carry the load (by that I mean the forces) - would it relieve the stress on the studs and track? It’s probably more cost effective to insert more beef in the track section as you previously mentioned.