| Interesting concept: Doubleback [message #204609] |
Sun, 14 April 2013 07:35  |
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mike miller
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I am thinking this would be possible in the rear section of a GMC.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIG9P0lB1iA>
Not sure if I would want to do the work though... 
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
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| Re: Interesting concept: Doubleback [message #204615 is a reply to message #204609] |
Sun, 14 April 2013 08:06  |
rcjordan
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Yeah, I've seen some Series II Land Rovers and one old VW van fitted up with curtain-wall slideouts. The rear panel of the GMC would be a natural. ...IF you wanted to do the work.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interesting concept: Doubleback [message #204808 is a reply to message #204689] |
Tue, 16 April 2013 11:32 |
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mike miller
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Sun, 14 April 2013 18:44 |
And Doc told me it leaked really bad, even after all the money he paid to get it. Good idea. How practical, I don't know. Not at all if one has to worry about the bed getting wet. I'd rather have a Buskirk.
Dan
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That is part of what makes the "Doubleback" so interesting. (At least to me.) The whole sliding part is made of an aluminum composite and is one piece. It is the "one piece" part that I like. It should not have any seams to leak. So as long as the end has a good lip and seal, it shouldn't leak. (Much.)
It is also considerably longer than Doc's slide out. (Something like 6.5 feet.) And with the supporting, leveling legs, it doesn't seem like it is really limited to being that "short". In theory, with a 23 foot coach, something like this could be done with a sliding part around 15 foot or so. (The limiter would be the location of the door.) It also wouldn't be Limited to the rear hatch as it could slide the whole rear cap with the sliding section, making it wider... Up to about 7.5ft wide.
But like I already said, in different words: It is interesting, but I would have a hard time justifying the work, time and money required to make it happen. 
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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