G`day Cuppa
Spot on there mate, I have towed a camper trailer all over this country and have never used the slide.
I have only once used it with the van on and that was in Tassie where we had to stop halve way up a steep incline as the bloke in front was sliding back (this was on a bitumen road ). he missed a gear and when he got it in he stalled the engine, with all wheels locked he was sliding back down the hill towards us. I stopped and the same thing happened to us, we started to slide backwards so I used the slide, OK it locked the van brakes but that didn`t help too much as the vehicle with its wheels locked had gathered enough momentum to break the vans traction as well. 40 mts later we came to a stop had to used low range to get mobile up the hill. Worst thing was I had no control as with the wheels locked no steering, just had to wait for things to stop moving as if I had released the brakes to gain control we would never had stopped it and probably endede up off the road and over the edge.Sorry I digress,over 20 years of towing work trailers ,camper trailers and caravans I`ve only had to use it once. Also it panic situations most people would forget that its there.
Beers and Cheers Pearcey