Calling all non-podders and ex-podders

I'm still a newbie and trying to learn all the tricks to this Podding adventure. So with that said I have a question about flushing during winter camping while the Pod is winterized. When I flush while winterized, won't that release the pressure in the water lines and cause a void or does it matter? Hope this is not too dumb of a question.

Thanks,
Mike R.

I do a lot of winter camping.  In Tennessee about half the time the pod needs to be winterized, so no water, so no showers.  Unless it's below zero you can still use the toilet, flushing with antifreeze.  For everything else bottled water works just fine.  And we're usually in a campground with restrooms too.

The pod is small and tight enough that it takes almost nothing to keep it toasty inside.

TT

We took our new Surveyor 220 out for first trip since trading in our RPod 179. We are still towing with our Nissan Frontier V6. Though a little slow ion the upgrades it handles pretty well. Art is still set on buying a V8 or diesel before we head to S.D. next summer.

Kindell,

Two years ago I traded my RPOD 172 for a Camplite 21RBS. I towed the Pod with a Honda 4WD Pilot, but switched to a 2013 Toyota Tacoma 4.0L 4WD to tow the Camplite. The Tacoma should be about equivalent to your Frontier, but the Camplite is only 3500# empty. Anticipating the  mountains of Colorado I added a belt driven supercharger to the Tacoma. The Tacoma/Camplite combination worked well climbing the 6% Colorado grades to 11,000 feet at 60MPH. We also maintained 40+ MPH climbing California's 8% grade of Tioga Pass to 9000+ feet, but the Tacoma was working. My guess is, without the supercharger and with the heavier Surveyor 220, I would have wanted a V8. Dealers will tell you anything.

Taking our new FR Surveyor out next week for its maiden voyage. We have been assured by both our Nissan dealer and the trailer salesman that our Nissan should have no problem pulling the Surveyor. BUT, just in case, we have our eye on the new Nissan Titan coming out in December. We are going to an RPod rally in S.D. next July and we want to be prepared for those mountains. Talked to our dealer today and he sold our "old" RPod 3 days after we traded it in (last Friday) for the Surveyor. They are popular.