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    Posted: 05 Jun 2013 at 1:52pm
Hello all,my name is Jared. The wife and I have been toying with the idea of getting a small RV to tow behind our '13 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited when we go offroading and such. We went to a local dealer and discovered the 172, it fits our need perfectly I think.
We have 2 kids that will be with us all the time and a couple of smaller dogs that will join us on some trips.
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Welcome it will be great to have another Jeep driver. I hope when you said it would be great to have the trailer when you go offroading you didn't mean to tow the trailer off road. The new hood river edition might look like an off road vehicle but looks are deceiving. LOL
Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jun 2013 at 5:36pm
Welcome..

and as said.. if true offroading is the plan.. I hate to say it.. the Pod will not hold up to that at all.

The only one I would recommend from what I have seen is the LivinLite Jeep popup..
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Welcome.  Plan on keeping the off-roading light-weight if you get a pod.  Even with risers it is fairly low to the ground, for starters.
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Posts: 21 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jun 2013 at 11:19pm
Originally posted by Seanl

Welcome it will be great to have another Jeep driver. I hope when you said it would be great to have the trailer when you go offroading you didn't mean to tow the trailer off road. The new hood river edition might look like an off road vehicle but looks are deceiving. LOL
I won't be taking the Pod on the trails, merely towing it to the nearest campground to act as our home base. Good catch though, I'm sure somebody's tried to drag a Pod down the trail.
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Jun 2013 at 5:20am
Originally posted by THEDragonTJH

Originally posted by Seanl

Welcome it will be great to have another Jeep driver. I hope when you said it would be great to have the trailer when you go offroading you didn't mean to tow the trailer off road. The new hood river edition might look like an off road vehicle but looks are deceiving. LOL
I won't be taking the Pod on the trails, merely towing it to the nearest campground to act as our home base. Good catch though, I'm sure somebody's tried to drag a Pod down the trail.

Thats what I figured but there have been people who have suggested it.
Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Yup, so it wouldn't have surprised me if you were going to do it.  Glad to hear you aren't!
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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So we finally pulled the trigger! We'll go pick it up Monday and hit the road for her maiden voyage on Friday! We're just heading an hour and a half down the interstate this time, but the next trip will to the offroad park to go wheeling with the Jeep (sans Pod).
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Congrats!  You'll be home, home on the range...
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Well, she's snugly parked on our driveway now. Here she is still hooked up to my Jeep, we hauled her home in true Jeep style, Topless!

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