Another R-Dome Question

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   I know, just what we need.....another R-Dome question. I think this one is a fairly simple one. 

I am wondering if the sides and front zip off of the R-Dome. I really just want an awning and have no need for the screen sides and screen front. I really do need a little shelter from the Texas heat however. If they zip off, I could just leave them at home and have what looks to be a very nice awning. 

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Hansonz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2011 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Topic: Another R-Dome Question Posted: 20 May 2011 at 10:46am
	I know, just what we need.....another R-Dome question. I think this one is a fairly simple one. I am wondering if the sides and front zip off of the R-Dome. I really just want an awning and have no need for the screen sides and screen front. I really do need a little shelter from the Texas heat however. If they zip off, I could just leave them at home and have what looks to be a very nice awning.

Outbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767	Posted: 20 May 2011 at 11:53am
	The front zips off and the sides roll-up. You can store the R-DOME like that too (no need to re-roll the sides on every trip).
	Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150

Snowbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270	Posted: 20 May 2011 at 12:05pm
	You might want to consider that if it should happen to storm, your dome front could be zipped on and will keep driving rain from turning the space in front of your pod into a mud hole and will keep fire wood dry. Just a thought. B
	Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod"

Hansonz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2011 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 23 May 2011 at 1:33pm
	Thanks for the info. I picked up an R-dome off Craigslist and will give it a shot. They wanted 650.00 at the dealer I bought the 175 from. Hope I like it, but I always have an EZ up if I don't

tdrace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2010 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 23 May 2011 at 8:56pm
	I tried the ez-up and I just can't get it by myself. The dome I can have up in 15 minutes,its like another room. Luv it
	tdrace's 2018 180 2010 FORD F150 V-8 equalizer e-2 hitch Sisters on the Fly #1569

Goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672	Posted: 23 May 2011 at 9:39pm
	If this helps the picture that I have is of the R-Dome with the sides off. Like you I just want an awning for shade. Goose
	Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee

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: 24 May 2011 at 7:12am
	I always leave the front off. The side I leave on but usually rolled up. I also put the picnic table under it. That way the table is in the shade. Terry
	RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565

Hansonz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2011 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 24 May 2011 at 12:44pm
	I should be able to try it out in about 3 weeks. If it works well, I might even cut out the sides.....but then again, if I do that.....there is no going back.

tdrace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2010 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Posted: 24 May 2011 at 6:51pm
	The sides can be zipped out or rolled up. Don,t cut it
	tdrace's 2018 180 2010 FORD F150 V-8 equalizer e-2 hitch Sisters on the Fly #1569

Snowbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270	Posted: 24 May 2011 at 7:06pm
	Well my last post was prophetic! It rained like crazy the last night of our Victoria Day camp out and we were really really happy to have our Dome. We are not complaining about the water because we need it but it was great to have that extra, dry area come morning when son, daughter-in-law and two grandkids piled in with us for breakfast. They were tenting so I got to watch the kids in the warm, dry Pod while the others broke camp. B
	Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod"