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lostagain 
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
 Topic: Just a reminder, Keep the shinny side up!!Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 11:40am |
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A problem of being "asleep at the wheel"?
Driver fatigue often leads to "microbursts" of sleep. It only takes a fraction of a second to drift off the road and once on the shoulder, anything can happen, including surprised overcorrections. |
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 9:43am |
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Ooooops!!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 8:21am |
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By weather I mostly mean wind direction/speed. Wind will also really mess with your miles per gallon and handling of your vehicle.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 8:15am |
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By weather I mostly mean wind direction/speed. Wind will also really mess with your mpg along with the handling of your vehicle.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 8:04am |
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By weather I mostly mean wind direction/speed. Wind will also really mess with your mpg along with the handling of your vehicle .
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 7:59am |
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Cheaper to just go slow and wiegh the weather into travel plans
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Happy Tripping
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Joined: 27 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 473 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2017 at 7:03am |
Looking at this picture, is it possible that Furpod and others like him could possibly be right? That a truck-sized vehicle is optimal?? It's certainly a powerful argument for getting the biggest tow vehicle available, considering your other needs and the limits of your wallet. |
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ToolmanJohn
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Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 2:46pm |
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No amount of sway control or friction sway or WD hitch can stop whatever happened here. Either the tow vehicle got off the road, or somehow the Pod took the tow vehicle off the road.
From there, it's how fast, how much time to react, and ride it out. If everyone is safe, they are lucky. They just have insurance to deal with, and possibly a ticket if it's not mechanical failure or poor loading. The police will sort it out. |
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2017 ATC 7X20 Custom Toy Hauler
2013 R-Pod 177 (SOLD) 2013 VW Touareg TDI |
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2705 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 1:27pm |
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Yah. It's pretty curious how the pod got inverted, but didn't take the TV with it. I tend to believe that the hitch is unhitched, and it's just chains holding things together. I also think that the tires look OK. I suspect the fender got torn off during the roll-over.
No obvious (to me) reason why this happened, but I am inclined to believe they lost control. There could be any number of reasons why. Was there a news story along with the picture? Do we know where this happened? Now that I got a good look at the undercarriage, how difficult would it be to add a second axle between the fresh & gray water tanks? Oh yeah. I see they had some kind of carrier on the rear hitch. It's not entirely clear to me what that is. I do see a fair amount of "turf" attached to the rear stabilizers.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 12:52pm |
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Tires don't look blown, rims seem okay, my be it driving to fast and lost control...............
would have been one interesting ride!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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