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pmjensen 
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Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Location: South Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 179 |
 Topic: Nuestro Pod get a new TVPosted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:29am |
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Boy am I happy. My owners got me a new TV. Now we should be able to go just about anywhere and not worry about the transmission or engine. They took the TV in today to get the hitch etc. put on so we can go out this weekend.
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2011 R-176 Nuestro Pod
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Snowbound
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Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 1:34pm |
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Nice truck! Seats how many?
We are hoping to tow with our Grand Caravan but if it feels wrong we may trade her in for something with more umph.
Bette
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Tom and Bette
in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
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pmjensen
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Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Location: South Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 179 |
Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 2:04pm |
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This is a Crew cab and will seat 5. It's rated for pulling at 6300-6500 lbs. - 4.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine, 261 hp @ 5,600 rpm, 281 lb-ft of torque @ 4,000 rpm. Mine is the short bed they do make a long bed, which has a 14" longer wheelbase.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 4:40pm |
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Sweet. I'll be looking at that and Toyota's offering soon. Our trip to Florida last week convinced me that I can't take our current TV (a Sienna minivan) across the country as I had hoped. A little underpowered with headwinds and hills, and just a little "not stable enough" even though I've changed to truck tires and have my WDH adjusted just right. I'll keep it for another year or so until my wife's Prius is paid off, then whatever new TV we get will have to become my daily driver for a while because I don't expect my current car to last much past that. I wanted to get a Volt for me, but that will have to wait... for the good of the family, right?
I'm seriously considering the longest wheelbase possible even though that will make the overall rig fairly long (fitting our Sienna and 'pod into two parking spaces is one thing I really like), because the longer the wheel base the less movements from a trailer affects you. Need a full-sized crew cab too. If you don't mind me asking, what are they going for now?
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Kickstart
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Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 5:40pm |
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Hey Jens, great looking rig. I love that color, and you're gonna be in love with your Frontier/Pod combo. A properly equiped Frontier or Tacoma, like mine, and a Pod is a great towing package. Fear no hills or passes from this day forward! You'll chug right to the top with ease.
Your new Frontier and my Tacoma are very similarly configured. I added a WDH recently, mainly to eliminate hobby horsing. We returned from an extended weekend trip today in 40 mph wind gusts. I'm happy to say we felt no sway, so I will not add sway control. Tacos and Frontiers are just studly little trucks. Congrats again on your new rig!
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pmjensen
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 6:53pm |
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Techntrek - They run in the low - mid 20's A comparably equipt Tacoma might be a little more.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 6:54pm |
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Congratulations on your new TV!
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techntrek
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:56pm |
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pmjensen, thanks. Better than the mid-30's I saw on similar trucks before the recession. kickstart, what WDH do you have? Some models have sway control built in. |
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Kickstart
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Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 11:24pm |
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Tech, it's a Camco with 550 lb. bars from Amazon. I've used Camco hitches on other trailers, so I went with what I'm used to, as I knew how to set them up. I've used them with and without sway bars. Our 175 seems to be balanced well enough that I don't think I'll need to add sway. Also, the Camco is pretty cheap, and it's come to that time in my life. The added Camco sway control is also pretty inexpensive and easy to add if in the future I feel the need.
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techntrek
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Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 10:40am |
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Ok. I pulled my 'pod for over a year before I decided to get some sway control, it is a very well-balanced trailer. I only decided to do it after a long trip with trucks passing all the time. I figured if I was going to add sway control I might as well add a WDH that did sway, too. My old popup would have been suicide to pull w/o any sway control. |
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