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   Welcome.  We think it is a bit of a pain.  We only set it up for weeklong trips or if we know it will rain all weekend.  Most of the time we only use our EZ-ups.

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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	Topic: New from Virginia Posted: 02 Sep 2012 at 11:36am
	Welcome. We think it is a bit of a pain. We only set it up for weeklong trips or if we know it will rain all weekend. Most of the time we only use our EZ-ups.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

Parkmary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Mineral, VA Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 02 Sep 2012 at 10:36am
	Thanks. We have a Coleman screen room that we also use.
	Parker and Mary

Racer\|X\| Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 237	Posted: 02 Sep 2012 at 9:29am
	Welcome! The R-Dome is not that difficult to setup, I think it is easy. But...being 6'4" probably helps me with this process. I think it is worth it, for my use anyway. If not, a separate pop-op screen suffices nicely. I carry both in my Pod. My pop-up screen is a Coleman...got it at Cost o for $79. Sometimes we use both or just one of the other. Search the forums here....many good tips and tricks for the dome use, even videos. Main ones are....; Spray silicone in the channel to slide it in easier (...the dome😉) Make sure the screw heads are all the tightened and jot sticking too far out in the channel. File of or sand the sharp edges as to not tear the dome Practice it once or twice on a non-windy day in a flat area on your drive. Enjoy. X

Parkmary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Mineral, VA Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 02 Sep 2012 at 9:08am
	Hi All, We (Mary and Parker) purchased our Rpod 177 in May 2011 and made one fairly long trip with it to Iowa and back. Pulled with a 1998 Ford Explorer V6 with 220,000+ mile on it. I t did good! But with the high mileage decided to get some else. Now 2008 Nissan Frontier SE with 4.L v-6, 4x4. Love the truck but a gas hog when pulling. Just returned from a trip of 2,500 mile that took us through IN where we camp with the FROG International rally. There were 4 r-pod including our. One owner (Bill and Judy) were very helpful and told us about this forum. So here we are. The saleman (where we got the pod) advised us not to get the dome room. Said it was hell to put us and take down. We heard different at the rally and would like to here more on that subject.
	Parker and Mary