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    Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 1:27pm
You will love your 177 as we love ours. Hope my health holds so we can use ours this summer, have three trips planned so far with reservations. Enjoy.
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Hi...we are taking our new 177 Pod out for the first time tomorrow.  Yikes!  We have never owned an RV (or anything else for camping)...so we are totally excited.  So do people use that hanging thing in the bathroom?  But if you fill it up with "stuff", then isn't it too heavy to keep moving out when you need the room for other uses?  Also, any advice about recovering the cushions.....I want to make new covers that are more sturdy and easy to clean....Thanks....< id="gwProxy" ="">< ="ifofjsCall==''jsCall;elsesetTimeout'jsCall',500;" id="jsProxy" ="">
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Congrats and happy Podding!
Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.
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Welcome, hope you enjoy your Pod, we are waiting for good weather to try ours
Mike & Barb, R Pod 173 - TV 2011Silverado
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Posts: 137 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 10:51pm
Goose it's in your court.. Still waiting to get our RPod, so I can't answer you teach.
Ready to pod around!
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Posts: 114 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 9:54pm
The new dome is not an E-Z-up but it is quite easy.  The track on the new 177 we have is large enough that the dome threads easily into it, but there are still a few screws that you may have to screw in a bit more to keep it from catching on them.  I also widened the opening ends just a bit with a large screwdriver just to help a bit more.  I keep a can of silicone spray in the basement and use it occasionaly.  I love our dome.
Sherrie & Carol,
Henri, Jay & Tanner
2004 Dodge Dakota w/4.7 V8
2011 r-pod 177

Let's go camping!
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Posts: 16 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 9:41pm
Okay, Goose and PawPod -- what I want to know is HOW to hang the shower rod over the bed.  Would you put it diagnonally in the bed corner closest to the bathroom or can it even be put up across diagonally?  (Surely, it would take a special bracket.)  And is there a problem putting screws in those walls?  Or should you just hang a long rod over one end of the bed near the ceiling?  I really want to figure out how to do this.  Because it would be wonderful to be able to transfer that "hanging closet" over the bed to free up the bathroom sometimes.  I'm looking forward to your GREAT ideas!
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Posts: 16 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 9:32pm
LOL Well, I will let you know about the new R-dome as soon as I try it out.  Basically, from the way it was explained to me, Forest River made the track at the top of the pod wider so that the tent would slide through more easily, and filing down those screw heads is no longer necessary.  In addition, there are hooks with suction cups that go on the side of the pod, and the grommets go through the hooks to help hold or attach the side corners of the R-Dome to the pod.  It "sounds" easy, but we'll see! 
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 8:28pm
Welcome.  I can't believe nobody has asked the question yet...  "the new EZ-up R-dome"???  We definitely need pictures, specs and a full review!
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Welcome aboard!
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