How Much Weight Can an RV Slide-Out Hold? – RVBlogger

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Have you ever been sitting in your dinette or theater seats located in your RV slide-out and wondered: How much weight can an RV slide-out can hold?

Depending on the size and location of an RV slide-out, weight capacities can be different, but in general, RV slide-out weight limits range between 600 and 1,500 pounds. 

Slide-outs add lots of living space to your RV. Most manufacturers add furniture or heavy kitchen appliances on slide-outs. So it seems like RV slide-outs can hold a lot of weight without damaging the track or other parts.

If you are considering an RV with a slide-out or two, this article will help you navigate how much weight an RV slide-out can hold. 

How Does An RV Slide Out Work?

RV slide-outs are kind of a marvel of modern engineering. However, if you have never owned an RV with a slide-out, you may not fully understand how they work. Knowing how these mechanical features work will allow you to properly load your RV slide-out, so weight isn’t a problem.

RV slide-outs provide additional space for your RV by adding small sections of usable area on a mechanical platform. These platforms are set on tracks that guide the slide-out into the proper position. Depending on the age of your RV and the size of your slide-outs, this process may be automatic or manual. 

RVBlogger Editor’s Note: Who Invented the Slide-Out? In 1915, Gustav Bretteville created the first RV slide-out on his Telescoping Apartment. Essentially, this RV was an early form of a non-cab-over truck camper for the Model T. We all owe our gratitude to the co-owner of Newmar, Mahlon Miller, for inventing the power slide-out in 1990 for motorhomes and towable trailers.

What Is A Slide-Out’s Weight Limit?

The RV slide-out weight limit is dependent on a few factors. However, most RV’s slide-out weight capacity is somewhere between 600 and 1,500 pounds. 

1. RV Size

Most motorhomes, travel trailers, and 5^th wheels that have large slide-outs accommodate the weight capacity that we have mentioned above. RVs with full-wall versions offer more substantial slide-outs with stronger mechanisms. These larger slide-outs can hold more weight than the small slide-outs that you may find on mid-size travel…