05-22-2018, 08:17 AM
Marino,
Remember this is going to be worth what you paid for it. I don't know of ANY specific year Newells that had problems that you would want to avoid. On the other hand all mechanical machines have issues that are usually directly related to the preventative maintenance the coach received--or didn't.
Newell started installing slides around '96 and used HWH as the supplier. These slides are hydraulic and overall maintenance and problem free. The HWH slides provided few problems until 2000/2001. The problem was caused by HWH providing some bad hydraulic hosing. They started bursting hoses and no one likes red hydraulic fluid on the interior of the million dollar coach. This issue affected many manufacturers, not just Newell. The bad hosing was replaced in all coaches, so no used coaches have this issue any more. Newell and most other manufacturers started looking for an alternative to hydraulic slides and Newell developed electric slides with Valid. Thus the change to Valid slides.
I have no first hand knowledge on some of your questions, so I'll let others deal with those.
Hope this helps with your search...........................
Remember this is going to be worth what you paid for it. I don't know of ANY specific year Newells that had problems that you would want to avoid. On the other hand all mechanical machines have issues that are usually directly related to the preventative maintenance the coach received--or didn't.
Newell started installing slides around '96 and used HWH as the supplier. These slides are hydraulic and overall maintenance and problem free. The HWH slides provided few problems until 2000/2001. The problem was caused by HWH providing some bad hydraulic hosing. They started bursting hoses and no one likes red hydraulic fluid on the interior of the million dollar coach. This issue affected many manufacturers, not just Newell. The bad hosing was replaced in all coaches, so no used coaches have this issue any more. Newell and most other manufacturers started looking for an alternative to hydraulic slides and Newell developed electric slides with Valid. Thus the change to Valid slides.
I have no first hand knowledge on some of your questions, so I'll let others deal with those.
Hope this helps with your search...........................
Steve Bare
1999 Newell 2 slide #531