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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Topic: new R-Pod owner Posted: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:29am |
Welcome to the group. I hope you find it as useful as I have. Lots of good info her and many fun and informative discussions, especially when the engineers start talking about amps vs. watts.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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sailingskip
Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2018 Location: CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2018 at 9:08am |
Thanks for the tip on making an awning. I'll check it out.
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2016 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2006 Ford F-150
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6329 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2018 at 8:56am |
Welcome and congratulations on your R-Pod. Check out my mods (link in signature). I did just as you mentioned and made an awning. I would suggest that rather than a rope, you check out Amazon and order some Keder Welting (I'm not sure of the size). I used a rope and it was a pain in that it took 2 people to feed the fabric with rope into the rail. For my version 2 slide-out cover, I ordered the keder welting and it is a one-person job as the welting is stiff enough to push through the rail rather than needing a second person to pull it through.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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sailingskip
Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2018 Location: CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2018 at 8:50am |
I just took delivery on a 2016 R-Pod 179 model. This weekend will be our first outing with it. I chose a full hookup site here in Colorado, so I can check out all the systems. I plan on doing a lot of dry camping/boondocking in the future. My old (and tired) camper is a 1991 Roadtrek. On it I mounted solar panels on the roof, and these worked great over the years. I will likely use solar on the trailer, either mounted on top, or tucked away and hauled out at campsites. One thing about my new rig; it does not have an retractable awning. It does have a tubular track for an "R-dome," but they are a little pricey. Can you use the track to feed in a removable awning with support poles? I suppose you could sew in a small bolt rope to one edge of a canvas awning to feed into the tube. Anyone out there tried this? I look forward to checking this forum from time to time, looks like a fun one. Cheers, TrekkingSkip
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2016 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2006 Ford F-150
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