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05-14-2021, 05:52 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Frostbite Falls
Posts: 446
M.O.C. #26015
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Slide out toppers
Did you get them from a dealer & have them put em on?
So far I haven't had very good luck. Ordered 3 of them first one was the wrong color & size next one damage & sent back. One came to day it had been run over & flattened.
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05-14-2021, 06:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: POINTBLANK
Posts: 1,916
M.O.C. #19944
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It was part of the deal on the new unit - dealer installed. On the first unit - dealer installed.
So, what is the real story on your location? The internet seems to think you're pulling my leg.
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RAM 22' DRW 3500 Crew LB 40 gal reserve tank / RETRAX Bed Cover / 2020 373RD HC / IS / MOPEKA Tank Monitor / Furrion Side&Rear Cameras
Slide Toppers / EMS-HW50C / Sailun 85's
3rd AC / Dometic 320
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05-14-2021, 06:56 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Frostbite Falls
Posts: 446
M.O.C. #26015
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Why would the internet lie like that? Never heard of Frostbite Falls?
But the reality is that the fictional town of Frostbite Falls comes from the classical cartoon program "Rocky and his Friends" which was set in a place that looked a lot like International Falls, Minnesota, known to locals as "The Icebox of the Nation"
Located right on the Canadian border, it is at the end of the road to nowhere, Highway 53. In addition to Rocky and Bullwinkle the Moose, it was the real home of football great Bronko Nagurski and televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner.
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05-14-2021, 07:13 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: POINTBLANK
Posts: 1,916
M.O.C. #19944
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We hope to get up that way someday in our travels. We did UP two years in a row. Doing a big western loop this year and then up for the rally.
What are your favorite spots to camp around there?
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RAM 22' DRW 3500 Crew LB 40 gal reserve tank / RETRAX Bed Cover / 2020 373RD HC / IS / MOPEKA Tank Monitor / Furrion Side&Rear Cameras
Slide Toppers / EMS-HW50C / Sailun 85's
3rd AC / Dometic 320
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05-14-2021, 07:14 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Always had ours put on by the dealer.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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05-14-2021, 07:16 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: POINTBLANK
Posts: 1,916
M.O.C. #19944
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Rocky and Bull were mu buds growing up
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RAM 22' DRW 3500 Crew LB 40 gal reserve tank / RETRAX Bed Cover / 2020 373RD HC / IS / MOPEKA Tank Monitor / Furrion Side&Rear Cameras
Slide Toppers / EMS-HW50C / Sailun 85's
3rd AC / Dometic 320
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05-14-2021, 07:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Granger TX
Posts: 2,593
M.O.C. #21044
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The computer generated remake movie was eeen-sult to moose and skworill.
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MikenDebbie Aggie ‘77 in the sticks near Austin TX
2019 Chevy 3500 High Country DRW
2018 Montana 3921FB
Aussie Gus + Texas Heeler Jimmy
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05-14-2021, 08:02 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Abingdon
Posts: 97
M.O.C. #28111
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I don't have slider toppers but if I were to get them, you can bet your bottom dollar a dealer would install them. I absolutely refuse to drill into my coach, especially with the hardware for installing them.
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05-14-2021, 08:21 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Frostbite Falls
Posts: 446
M.O.C. #26015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ram Montana High Country
We hope to get up that way someday in our travels. We did UP two years in a row. Doing a big western loop this year and then up for the rally.
What are your favorite spots to camp around there?
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I've only camped at Big Falls, just to bring the grand kids with. Lots of bug a certain times of the year, but the plus side is they got a million $ grant & they're using it. https://bigfalls.govoffice.com/index...5&Type=B_BASIC
This one on the lake is only a couple years old. Never tried it yet. https://rainylakerv.com/
Usually go out of town, wife like the Billings KOA the best.
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05-14-2021, 10:49 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Elverta, CA
Posts: 69
M.O.C. #20905
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Dealer installed ours prior to us taking delivery.
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2018 Montana 3120RL
2017 Ford F-350
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05-15-2021, 05:48 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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I have done both ways, dealer install and installed myself. Recommend you find a different vendor.
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Mike and Lorraine
2002 3655 FL, 2005 3650RK
2010 3665RE, 2015 3910FB
F350 crew cab dually 6.7
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05-15-2021, 05:50 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 1,789
M.O.C. #14547
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Our dealer quoted a price to install them that was beyond stupid (~$3000) so I spent about $1200 and did it myself in not that many hours - probably 12. Maybe 6 being the first and a couple of those resetting one of the roller springs. A neighbor helped with 3 of them and the 4th, myself.
The hardest part doing the installation was the supplied self drilling screws that would barely go through the filon outer skin plus Dometic didn't supply enough. I ended up with more - and better - screws (Amazon) and pre drilling.
Good Luck
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Dave W
2014 Montana High Country 343RL (Sold!)
2011 Ford 6.7 Lariat CCLB (Went to PU Heaven)
2019 F150SC XLT SE Sport,w/full tow package
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05-15-2021, 10:12 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Olmsted Falls
Posts: 245
M.O.C. #20364
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We arrived a few days early at the Goshen Rally and had Tiara RV install ours, good price and excellent work installing them over 2 years ago. Best investment we made keeping those slides clean, and water out when closing up in the rain when we were traveling.
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Rick & Joyce Jones
RMC(SW) USN Ret.; AT&T Ret.
2024 3231CK, IS, 400W Solar, Slide covers, Predator Gen,, 2016 Chevy High Country 3500 Diesel Dually with Timbren SES
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05-17-2021, 02:33 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Granite Bay
Posts: 123
M.O.C. #17499
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I had my RV repair guy put mine on. He ordered the parts &i installed them at his shop.
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05-19-2021, 01:43 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Hemet
Posts: 19
M.O.C. #27789
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I had them install after we bought our last travel trailer and regretted it. I presume they were installed correctly, but the flapping from the wind drove us nuts, so we did not purchase them when we ordered our new Montana.
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05-19-2021, 03:07 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Frostbite Falls
Posts: 446
M.O.C. #26015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidG425
I had them install after we bought our last travel trailer and regretted it. I presume they were installed correctly, but the flapping from the wind drove us nuts, so we did not purchase them when we ordered our new Montana.
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Well maybe it's a good thing that one was wrong & the other 2 were all beat up, & sent back.
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05-19-2021, 03:25 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 384
M.O.C. #21993
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Ordered them with the trailer. Have never had any flapping, they are good and tight. I wouldn't be without them, keeps the slide top clean and no sun damage on it, less maintenance.
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I was once intelligent beyond my years. Now, I’m years beyond my intelligence.
2020 Montana 3561 Legacy, everything except paint.
2018 Silverado 3500 DRW, 50Gal Transfer Flow, Andersen hitch.
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05-19-2021, 04:26 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Chiefland
Posts: 18
M.O.C. #20944
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Sounds a lot like our luck. First one was wrong size and color, second one looked like it had been thru WW3, third one came and while the packaging was beat up the awning and parts were okay. The installation was straightforward but it did require 3 people, it was a 16 footer. Yes occasionally the wind will cause some flapping.....if the wind is coming from the perfect direction, the benefits outweigh the negatives. Here in Florida sometimes it would rain hard enough to push water past the seals, it stopped that completely and it seems to keep it a bit cooler when the sun is beating down. We have 2 more slides to do, these will be easier since the track on the body side is already there from the factory and the last 2 are a little smaller. We just need to find a better way to get them here.
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2018 3810MS
2008 Volvo 670 VNL
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05-20-2021, 10:04 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Mountain Home
Posts: 134
M.O.C. #22661
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Slide Topper
I ordered a set of 4 Solera Sildeout Toppers online and put them on in about 4 hrs. With the help of two friends and a set of scaffolding and a ladder installation was fairly easy. First watched a couple of YouTube videos of folks showing their techniques and then just installed. The help of friends helped with sliding the topper material into the rail on the fifth wheel really made it easy. Extremely pleased with them!
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Idaho, 2017 Montana HC 380, Cummins Onan Gen,Step Above Morey steps, Progressive 50 amp surge protector
Winegards Playmaker Satellite Dish,Anderson Hitch, Solara Slide-out Toppers
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05-20-2021, 10:42 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Roseville
Posts: 266
M.O.C. #25257
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I have mine on order. As I age and am battling some health issues, I can not climb up to clean the slides before retracting. This will keep them clean. The positive benefit out weighs the negatives, at least for me.
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Jim and Carole
Roseville, MN
2018 RAM 3500 DRW, Diesel, Long Box, Air Lift Bags - 2020 Montana HC 381TH, Sailun S637
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