Doug,

As an owner of a slide coach there is no limit to the maintenance you can do on your slides. Three inexperienced POG members changed Roger's slide seal with no injuries and a lot of knowledge gained. What we did was work that would have cost about $2000 to have someone else perform. After seeing the slides close up and personal I see a very well built system, somewhat complex, but not so complex it cannot be serviced, and a system made of components all subject to failure at some point. To say there is no owner performed service or maintenance is an insult because a determined owner with some tools and a desire to do his own work will be more than capable of learning the system and understanding its operation.

I don't feel I need slides, but if I chose to get a slide coach I don't feel I would be obligated to have others do all the needed maintenance and repair work. I am not going to suggest all that work is easy one man work, but I did not see much a competent person could not do.