ouR escaPOD mods

Yes, furpod gave me the 1st degree for not sanitizing my water tank . . . ever, since I purchased it March 2011.  Late this spring I did use a weak solution of bleach and then used baking soda/concentrated lemon juice and let sit in tank overnight, took care of the bleach taste.  Thanks for the post StephenH.

My DW reminded me of the third ingredient to the above mix, white vinegar (and baking soda and concentrated lemon juice).

The latest mod won't be new to anyone with a later model 2016 R-Pod, but it is new to me since I had an earlier 2016 179. Mine did not come with the flip foot or the undermount sink. I detailed my sink mod previously. Now I can detail the flip-foot mod.

Thanks to Mike who, when he changed his jack from manual to electric, found he could not really use the flip foot that came on his R-Pod. It did not work with the place in which he needed to park his 'Pod.

The electric jack I installed a few months ago came with a round, adjustable foot. While it worked, it had its problems. For one thing, as the pod shifted with jacking, it could dig its edge into blacktop pavement. Second, one had to get down to remove the pin, adjust it, and put the pin back in. These are reasons for which I wanted a flip foot. The Husky foot I had purchased and tried was not quite what I wanted, so I appreciated the ability to purchase the flip foot and try it.

My opinion is that I really like the flip foot. It sometimes needs a little nudge to get moving in the right way to set itself or to flip up, but that can be done without stooping over. Otherwise, the curved sides means it should not dig in to warm blacktop like the flat foot did. It seems to be perfectly adequate for supporting the tongue of the 179. I do not notice any instability when it is properly set. The retraction is nice too since I don't need to manually flip it up or detach it before traveling.



The old foot is in the background, next to the red bottle jack.



The acid test will be when we make our next big trip.

I started with two pieces of scrap wood. After gluing and screwing them together, I just notched out to fit the shape of the axle plus squared off more on the one side so that the wires that go to the brake drum would fit there. The flat parts on top are for the bracket that attaches the axle to sit on. Giving you the dimensions of mine wouldn't guarantee that it would work for your setup. Check and fit to the shape for your axle.

Length: 8"
Width:   3-5/8"
Notch depth: 2"
Notch angle: 45 degrees on one side, 90 degrees on the other
Flat part of notch bottom: 2-1/4"

Hopefully with the picture and these dimensions, you will be able to make a block that works for your R-Pod.

Has anyone replace the R-POD manual jack with a Harbor Freight electric jack (Haul Master 69899)?