Best source for Slide toppers

[Walaby]

Preparing to purchase slide toppers for my recent acquisition (367 BHS).

What's the best source with the best prices.

Have looked at

eTrailer
Amazon
Tweety's (I think it was)
At least one other site.

So far I've been able to find some sites that had SOME of the toppers cheaper than eTrailer, but they don't have all, or in some cases (like Amazon), they say the hardware is ordered separately, and they don't carry the hardware.... or at other sites it is special order and takes weeks.

Looking at Solara toppers. eTrailer seems to be the one source that has the largest selection and in stock.

Mike

[Country Campers]

E=trailer will also price match.

Brian

[Bamaman]

I found relatively cheap prices on Amazon.com.

On many Grand Design fith wheels, the space between the left side of my entry door and the big living room slide is small. To put a slide topper, I would have to order one a size shorter than normal in order for the topper to clear the arm on my big electric awning. Just be aware.

[Walaby]

Thanks for the responses thus far...

Didn't know eTrailer price matched.. Good to know. Thanks Brian

Thanks also for the heads up on clearing the big awning... good point, thanks Bamaman.

Mike

[howson]

Thanks for the responses thus far...

Didn't know eTrailer price matched.. Good to know. Thanks Brian

Thanks also for the heads up on clearing the big awning... good point, thanks Bamaman.

Mike

Mike,
One of the (many) mods still on my list. I'd appreciate it if you'd document any "lessons learned" as you work through this process.

-Howard

[Walaby]

Will do Howard.

Should be interesting to say the least.

Mike

[Jking46]

E trailer is hard to beat. Their phone support people are very knowledgeable and helpful.
That being said, I bought mine from my dealer and had them install. I'm handy but older and didn't want to be on a ladder working overhead. 20 years ago, probably.

[SolarPoweredRV]

We had our dealer install slide toppers, they only installed the toppers on the driver's side slides, because, they couldn't figure out how to install a slide topper on the big dining room slide because of clearance issues between our awning arm and the end of the slide. Of course they were using the bulky standard slide topper hardware that is common among dealers.

We happen to store our rig close to another Grand Design rig that has the slide toppers installed on the Passenger side slide and it appears that they have "Care Free" toppers which are designed with slim arms that do not stick out very far from the end of the topper roller. I also noticed from my build sheet, that Grand Design uses Care Free slide toppers. I haven't yet investigated this, but, I will be looking into the Care Free Slide Toppers soon.

[Dropyerjaws]

We had our dealer install slide toppers, they only installed the toppers on the driver's side slides, because, they couldn't figure out how to install a slide topper on the big dining room slide because of clearance issues between our awning arm and the end of the slide. Of course they were using the bulky standard slide topper hardware that is common among dealers.

We happen to store our rig close to another Grand Design rig that has the slide toppers installed on the Passenger side slide and it appears that they have "Care Free" toppers which are designed with slim arms that do not stick out very far from the end of the topper roller. I also noticed from my build sheet, that Grand Design uses Care Free slide toppers. I haven't yet investigated this, but, I will be looking into the Care Free Slide Toppers soon.

Carefree Alpine is what I just installed. Very easy to install.

[SolarPoweredRV]

Thanks for the info, I'll look into those.