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Location: Lyndonville, VT
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    Posted: 03 Oct 2015 at 3:29pm
Welcome to the group!!
Leo & Melissa Bachand
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2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171
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Posts: 6 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Oct 2015 at 5:08pm
Thanks - what a great forum!
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Oct 2015 at 9:45pm
Welcome R + B.  Make sure your dealer shows you how to retract the slide manually.
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Posts: 38 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 9:36am
Hello all,

Happy to say I just picked up a really nice used 2014 177 last week and made my first overnight trip this weekend. Loved it, no issues worked like a champ. Upgraded from a pop up trailer, many of you I am sure have done the same. Needless to say what a difference.

The old owner upgraded the bed mattress, switched out to all LED lights inside and upgraded the foam in the dinette seats.

My tow vehicle is a 2009 Toyota Tacoma access cab 4.0 V6. It towed pretty well and on my short 200 mile trip I averaged 13.5 mph. Not bad since I was thought it would be about 10mph. But then again I did not climb many hills. Obviously a V8 would be better on the hills. Plan to put a transmission cooler in sometime soon.

Btw, great forum. I learned many things before my purchase and before going out on my first overnight. You'll be hearing from me from time to time.

Don
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:18am
Nice pic and welcome. I don't think you'll have any issues with your Taco. We've pulled our 2014 178 across the country (west coast) and back and up and down the east coast with no problems - 08 4Runner 4.0 Limited. It does have towing package. Only real challenge was 50+ mph headwinds crossing Wyoming.

Have fun!

fred
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 2:43pm
+1 on the pic, and welcome.
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Posts: 7 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 3:16pm
We just picked up our new (to us) 2011 181-g.  Found it in Lewiston, ID and dragged it back to San Diego this week.  Still trying to figure it all out but are pretty excited.
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We bought our rpod 178 in June. We are new to towing so are getting used to that. Our tow vehicle is a Toyota Tacoma, 6 cylinder. We live in northern Califonia. We have taken our Pod out twice so far and are quite happy with it. We do have some questions though. The trip we took a couple of weeks ago, we attempted to start up the heater one morning. When we tried to set the thermostat to heat the AC started blowing. That was definitely not good since it was about 40 degrees in there. What is the procedure for heater start up? Also, water heater worked great, but when we packed up to go home, we still had water dripping from the back side of the trailer. Did we forget to empty something? Any suggestions for newbies would be appreciated! Thanks
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Posts: 61 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 5:05pm
Where join No Cal TGIFRIDAY? we are in Eureka.
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We are in the Lake Almanor area.
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