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Originally Posted by dallasrules

My slide has rollers. The bottom is covered in the darco. I guess the wood started to get a little rotten, or maybe it's just the heavier mattress we added. But the roller is getting bogged down in a soft spot and tearing up the darco and the wood. I think we caught it pretty early. So I think the metal will work ok here. I am thinking I should probably go ahead and do both sides. I have to figure out how to jack up the slide that is 6' off the ground. Other than that, it looks pretty straight forward.

I have seen slides that have a hard plastic bottom as opposed to the darco. I think my daughter's fr wildcat has that. Is the darco thing just a cost issue? Cheaper for the manufacturer?

Can't say for sure, but in the end, everything boils down to money. I just stacked up wood until a bottle jack would reach the slide beam. You only have to move it a little bit; less than 1/4". Move it too much and you will damage things where the beam goes through the frame.