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My 19,000 mile, 87 day road trip |
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StephenH 
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
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 Topic: My 19,000 mile, 87 day road tripPosted: 31 Aug 2022 at 2:16pm |
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My worst experience was pulling into a narrow lot thinking that there would be a connecting road that would allow us to go out. It took many minutes of minutes of back and forth to be able to turn around in that lot without running into buildings, trees, other cars, etc. It was not quite miraculous that we got out of that unscathed, but it was close.
Welcome and congratulations Annie! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RPod.
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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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anniefranz
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Joined: 16 Jul 2022 Location: Traverse CityMI Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2022 at 9:57am |
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We recently bought our 180. I had a 16 Scamp that followed the TV perfectly. This is taking some getting used to with the necessary wide turns. But we can stand up staight and stretch out in the bed and bath! Totally worth it!
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offgrid
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Posted: 09 Aug 2022 at 12:03pm |
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What I get a kick out of when towing is the guy in the car who pulls up nose to nose with you while your filling up at a gas pump and then expects you to back up for him when he wants to leave.
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1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 09 Aug 2022 at 11:49am |
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The day we picked up our Rpod, I was immediately not happy with the trailer brake controller (TBC) that the RV dealer had installed. It was screwed to a bracket that bumped my right knee. We had let them install it, as they had promoted it as being "plug-n-play". We assumed (incorrectly) that it was the OEM TBC from Ford. It was not.
As there was a Ford dealer just a few blocks from the Rpod dealer, we decided to pull into the Ford dealer parking lot and see if we could just pick up a TBC from them. What we had not anticipated was that the Ford dealer parking lot was JAMMED and NARROW! Oh my! I feel happy that we got out of that lot without banging anything up.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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gpokluda
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Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 7:53pm |
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We've been fortunate to never get in a situation like that, although we have been boxed in by folks who fill up then go inside the convenience store do a weeks worth of shopping and use the restroom. We do carry an empty 5gallon gas container in the event we have to shuttle fuel to the TV but have never had to do that.
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Gpokluda
2017 Rpod 179(sold 2023) 2022 Escape 5.0TA 2022 Ford F150 4X4 3.5EB Kawasaki KLR650 |
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lostagain
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 5:53pm |
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Since my wife doesn't drive, she never even notices stuff like that. We did buy some walkie-talkies and she's getting the hang of telling me to stop before I back into a rock or a small child.
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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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poston
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 28 Mar 2018 Location: Nevada Online Status: Offline Posts: 199 |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 5:28pm |
Yeah, it's really not designed for trailers. It's a good thing my wife and I are chill, or it would be quickie divorce time in Reno! (after 30+ years!) |
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-- Jim Virginia City, Nevada 2016 R-pod 180 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X |
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lostagain
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Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 4:26pm |
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I've bought gas there several times too. It's a really tight squeeze and lots of cars in the way. Glad to hear that you were able to get out safely.
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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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poston
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Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 3:15pm |
That's a bummer! When I was towing my Rpod back home from where we bought it, I turned too sharply getting out of a gas station bay in a crowded, cramped tourist trap (Death Valley Fruit & Nut, Beatty, Nevada. I didn't hit anything, but came very close to the roof pillars (single-digit millimeters!). Very little room to back up or pull forward. After about a dozen back-and-forths, I was able to pull out with no damage, except to my pride and stress to impatient tourists.  |
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-- Jim Virginia City, Nevada 2016 R-pod 180 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X |
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CAPTKIDD
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Posted: 31 Jul 2022 at 5:22pm |
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Other than the ding to the fender there were no issues with either the RPod or my 2016 Dodge Durango which now has 130,000 miles on it and I figured my mileage at 13.5 mpg overall. That's with me driving 55 mph.
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