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    Posted: 06 Oct 2012 at 7:12pm
THIS AFTERNOON my BOYS AND MYSELF WENT TO A BACK WOODS CAMPING AREA TO WATCH SOME FOOTBALL/EATS SOME RIBS/DRINK SOME BEER IN ALL HAVE A GOOD SAT IN THE WOODS.THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET WATER FROM A UNDER GROUND SPRING/WE HOOKED UP HAD A FEW COLD ONES NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WATER WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD THUD/WALKED AROUND THE POD A SAW THE WATER TANK ON THE GROUND TWICE THE SIZE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.AFTER  CHECKING IT OUT WE FOUND THE OVER FLOW TUBE PLUGGED UP.LOOKS LIKE A MUDDOPPER WAS AT WORK.DRAINED TE TANK IT WENT BACK TO ORIG SIZE.IN THE MORNING WE WILL TRY TO GET BACK IN PLACE.AND HOOK ALL BACK UP.SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT .HAPPY TRAILS TO ALL rex pHp stuart fla
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Oct 2012 at 11:26pm
Wow I did not think it was posible to over fill like that. 
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Posts: 1950 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2012 at 6:52am
It must have broken the straps that hold up the tank too.  That IS something to keep in mind.  Thanks for posting this.

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Posts: 119 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2012 at 7:39pm
TERRY,HAD NO STRAPS,ONLY A PC OF ANGLE FRONT AND REAR TO HOLD IT IN PLACE,WE GOT BACK IN PLACE TODAY .MY BOY IS GOING TO RIG SOMETHING UP TO HOLD IT SO THIS WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.WE DIDNT THINK WE COULD OVER FILL IT ALSO,HAD A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE SINK WHEN IT DID FALL THROUGH.AND PULLED THE DRAIN TUBE OFF.
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Posts: 315 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 9:10am
I wondered about my Pod's tank after filling it full and noticed that it bulged downward quite a bit toward the ground.  If the tank is held only in place by angle clamps fore and aft and pulled out because of overfilling...I wonder what would happen if you were traveling with a full tank and hit a really large bump.  The g-forces should be enough to pull the tank 'tabs' out from the clamps and drop it on the road way.
I am going to go out to my Pod and see if there is any way to check on the tightness of the clamps.  "Loose clamps-potential fallen tank!"
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 10:59am
Maybe going to add a strap of some sort...
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 11:49am
On my Pod the fresh water tank is filled from a filler that I cant screw a hose on to.  I was told by the dealer to put the end of the hose right into the filler and run the water until it started to come out.  Are some pods equipped differently?
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Posts: 315 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 6:45pm
Keith-N-Dar...my Pod's tank fill neck is the same.  I bought a tank filling nozzle from Wal-Mart.  It has a standard hose valve connected to a 9 inch clear poly tube. You insert the poly tube into the open fitting and give the valve a quarter-turn.  If the tank fills completely water rushes out from around the poly tube. I believe this design is so that you can't over-pressurize the water tank.
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Posts: 571 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 7:54pm
Ditto on our 171.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:58pm
Yup, that's how all campers have been since I started in '86.
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