Thank you. That's great news. So I actually have even more head room than I anticipated. That's always a good thing.
I was going based on the door placard picture posted on camping world. It appears to be from Mercedes and not the dealer, which I would tend to trust more.
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Any weird gotchas with DEF fluid? I work as a paramedic and we had a set of Ford ambulances that shut down their engines when they need DEF. Problem was they would warn you at 500 miles DEF replacement was needed and actually only have 100 miles left. Fun surprise.
Any issues with the slides? That's my biggest fear after reading reviews about slide outs in general. The idea of getting stuck with the slide out when getting ready to leave a campsite definitely makes me nervous. Most of the horror reviews I read were about Thor built systems prior to the 3Trax system.
I've already told you what I think of door placards. They can be wrong. Load it up and weigh it, or weight it empty, and do the math to establish your maximum, loaded for travel, weight. It has to be under 11,030lbs per the chassis manufacturer (MB).
DEF, everyone's favorite demon of the diesel engine. Yes, MB will issue the dreaded "number of starts remaining 16 countdown" if you run out, then you're DOA, but most people say it will warn you when you're getting low. I haven't seen those messages yet, because when I stop for fuel, I add DEF if I'm getting close to 1/2 a tank. Now this is a bit weird, since you asked. Some times when I fill my DEF tank full to overflowing almost, I think it's around 5.5US gallons? I usually fill it at a truck stop in the truck lanes, that way I know it's probably fresh, and hasn't been tampered with, like it can be if you buy jugs off the shelf at Walmart, but that's another story. When I fill it to the brim, it doesn't always show 100% full on the DEF dash display. Sometimes I have to fill the diesel fuel tank first, before the DEF tank shows full, too. Like the two want to be filled together. Or, sometimes, I fill it and it shows 100%. Weird? Yes. Show stopper? No.
I hate slides for the same reasons as you. I've owned my rig for 30,000 miles of travel and I think I've used the slide 3 times. So far, so good. No problems extending or retracting. The trick, so "they" say, is to always hold the slide control button for an extra 2 seconds after the slide stops moving, to let the motors synchronize properly. It has something to so with voltage sensing after the slide stops moving. We've done that and as I said no problems. knock on wood. There's a formal procedure for manually retracting them, but some folks say if the motor will run, and you use a little brute force to push the thing in, it will retract enough that you can travel. I hate them, but they do add floor space to a small motorhome, so it's a smallish cross to bear, I hope.
