1st trip out. - Event Date: 18 Jul 2014

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   Thank you to everyone for the suggestions!  We have two trips under our belt and have learned ALOT!

Jeff and Kyra

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guppyfam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Calendar Event: 1st trip out. Posted: 23 Aug 2014 at 9:09pm
	Thank you to everyone for the suggestions! We have two trips under our belt and have learned ALOT! Jeff and Kyra
	Jeff & Kyra 2015 178 2011 Toyota Sienna

codycountry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Jan 2014 Location: Wyo Online Status: Offline Posts: 168	Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 7:36pm
	Congrats, you'll love it and learn as you go. We have used ours on four outings so far. I have just discovered that the "George Washington crossing the Delaware" pose, like in the famous painting, works really well in the shower.

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 7:29pm
	Welcome. Make sure you disconnect the battery from the pod between trips, but then reconnect it to the pod, and plug the pod in overnight, every 30 days. Then disconnect the battery from the pod again. Alternatively you can leave it all plugged in all the time, but it will use a lot more electricity. If you have an older 171 with an original battery, it may be at the end of its life.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

rlb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 Aug 2014 Location: Newman Lake Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 18 Aug 2014 at 5:12pm
	first outing this past w/e- 171. Battery died night one which lent to frig stopping and gas detect alarm waking us up mid sleep. Didn't stop us from having great trip.
	rlb-rn

Phanorque Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 15 Aug 2014 at 2:10pm
	5 month old 177 has seen close to 3000 miles so far. we are long-time campers of one sort or another and are coming off an RV. Pod gets mucho attention at gas stations: How's it tow? Ya got a kitchen? I have a question about the cover from FR. My Pod arrived with the downspouts sealed on and the cover, of course, has no provision to slide over them. I want to cut a hole in the vertical side of the cover to let them stick through. Wife said something like "no way". Same with the antenna on the roof? Who designed this cover???
	I go where I'm toad.

Marx Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Jul 2014 Location: Charleston Online Status: Offline Posts: 103	Posted: 22 Jul 2014 at 6:18pm
	Welcome from another newb!

dsmiths Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866	Posted: 21 Jul 2014 at 10:48pm
	and get ready for the tours, and then the questions , can you stand up in it, it has a shower, and a t.v. you mean it has a hot water heater, and a microwave too. it has betters cabinets than our house. We love the people that want to see inside and then they say , it looks bigger inside that I thought. have fun. pods are a blast.
	Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller

johnremmett Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 19 Jul 2014 at 9:38pm
	Thanks Leo. Hope you enjoy your new 179.

johnremmett Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 19 Jul 2014 at 7:14pm
	Good luck. I hope you have as good a time as we did.

johnremmett Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 19 Jul 2014 at 7:12pm
	Get the things you will need and stay at a campground with full amenities like a sewer hookup. You will need a water supply hose, water pressure regulator, sewer drain hose, cable TV line, 4 scotch blocks, camco blocks to place under stabilizer jacks and to level side-to-side (or pieces of plywood or 1" boards). You will also need a small level of some sort. You will need a 2" ball as the RPod coupler is that size. I got a weight distribution hitch with sway bar which helps your ride and stability although I drove 400 miles home without it when I picked mine up. I would hate to drive in strong crosswinds without it. For the inside a foam mattress pad will make the bed more comfortable. Also I would get a rug for the area inside the doorway and probably a larger rug for the walkway area. Get Queen size sheets but the foam mattress topper for a full size bed will fit. Finally if you hook up to electrical service there is a switch on the outside panel that you will have to turn on to get hot water. Turn it on only after you have hooked up water and bled air out of the system. When you get ready to leave drain the water heater( there's a place on the outside panel) and also all other tanks.