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lostagain 
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
 Calendar Event: RustPosted: 06 Jan 2018 at 8:53pm |
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Quality control is a question of good management and comes from the top down. If the boss insists on good workmanship, and allocates the time to do it, the quality of the product will follow. The guys on the floor who have to meet production quotas or get fired are not the ones to blame.
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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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henryv
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Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 259 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2018 at 8:02am |
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Unfortunately Forest River has a good product, but they hire chimpanzees for the workmanship!
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 03 Jan 2018 at 9:52am |
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+2 - perform undercarriage inspection every year prior to first outing, touch up rust and any other issues I find on bottom.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 03 Jan 2018 at 5:08am |
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+1 I did touch ups on our 171 and our 179.
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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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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6429 |
Posted: 02 Jan 2018 at 7:27pm |
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I had the same problem. I went under and wire brushed what I could and then used Rustoleum Rust Reformer. After that dried, I top coated with black spray paint. I also could wish that the paint job on the undercarriage were done better. There were places that had no paint where the frame had been held up by wood blocks and painted. After the frame was removed from the blocks, there was no effort made to finish the job and paint the bare spots.
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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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SC for Huskers
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Joined: 22 Feb 2017 Location: Goose Creek, SC Online Status: Offline Posts: 144 |
Posted: 02 Jan 2018 at 6:15pm |
 I took possession of a Pod 172 in Feb. 2017. Happen to be just after the North Jan. Feb. Snow and Ice Storm, thus on its way to South Carolina it was exposed to road salt. Last week I got under the Pod to drain low water lines and found 1/4 of the undercarriage is rust. I think the other 3/4 doesn't have primer under the paint. Ive ordered from Amazon 5 gal. of rust remover. I really worried about the top of the frame where I can't get to. I only have 1 month left on the warranty and my past experiences have proven Forest River doesn't care about customers. Any suggestions on redoing the metal. Thanks in advance. |
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Happy Traveling,
Tom 2017 172pod 2011 F150 STX |
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Rust - Event Date: 02 Jan 2018 - 01 Mar 2018