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   Welcome and congrats.  Hope spring comes quickly cause you're gonna love the pod.

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sylviablue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Location: Costa Rica Online Status: Offline Posts: 152	Topic: Another new guy... Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 7:50pm
	Welcome and congrats. Hope spring comes quickly cause you're gonna love the pod.
	four peas

psaman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Location: Corpus Christi Online Status: Offline Posts: 231	Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 4:40pm
	Welcome!!
	2011 R-177 "Sponge-Pod" 2011 F-150 XLT "Texas Edition"

Kickstart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 2:11pm
	I really hope your truck's towing ability is better than mine was, and your towing situations are different from what is normal for me in my part of the country. My Dakota was an '07 and the tow rating for that year's 3.7 was a max of about 5000 lbs., which my truck was pretty close to. My truck's rating was fine, but it's real world ability just didn't fit for me. Maybe the newer Dak 3.7 has a higher rating. There have been a lot of us on this site and the other RPod site that have thought our tow rigs would satisfy us while towing our Pods; we've been disappointed and moved up to slightly more able or much bigger towing rigs. I believe that my Dakota would have done fine for me--if I had lived in a different part of the country with fewer foothills and passes to have to always deal with. Best of luck and enjoy your trailer.

Folornhope Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 Nov 2010 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Posted: 07 Dec 2010 at 1:03pm
	Well..I figured the four wheel drive would help in hills and such (if need be), as for gas milage. Well...we all know how that goes. Dodge lists the max towing capacity at 6850 lbs. standard at 2000 lbs. So I didn't really expect to have any problems towing with it.

Caverkim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 111	Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:43pm
	Congrats and welcome! The boards are full of helpful advice, they sure helped us!
	caver*pod 175/Louisville KY

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: 06 Dec 2010 at 10:20pm
	Welcome!
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

Kickstart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 7:17pm
	The 3:92 rear end didn't help much, and the Dakota probably weighs more than your Jeep. Also, does the Jeep come with a 5 speed auto, or is it equiped with a four speed like the v/6 Dakotas? That would make a world of difference.

TerryM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950	Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 6:38pm
	I do pretty good in the mountains also. But, I got rid of my factory 3:73 gears and went with 4:11's. More power at the expense of mileage for off road use. Terry
	RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565

Kickstart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 4:35pm
	Welcome, and I hope you like your 177 as much as we like our 175. They're pretty nice little trailers. They have plenty of room for many of us, and lots of nice features. Sorry to give you a different perspective from TerryM on towing with the 3.7 engine. If you're pretty much a flatlander your Dakota will probably do well, but in hilly country, not so well. Do a search on my posts and read the one under "mileage" to get my perspective. My Dakota just didn't fit well with how and where we tow. Hopefully your needs will be different.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 4:07pm
	Welcome to the group! I hope you enjoy and use your Pod often. Some of us guys don't like to sweat either....a bathroom an A/C are two of the reasons I got out of a pop-up. When it get's hot, an afternoon nap in air conditioning is just fine.