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    Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 12:51pm
Your post made me giggle.  You stated all the exact reasons we bought the 177.  And this "mama" does not like to sweat either.  I told my husband I don't care how small we go on a camper, I just want a bathroom and an air conditioner.
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Congrats and WELCOME to the forum!  I have the same engine in my 4X4 Liberty so I know you won't have any problem towing.  You gas mileage will drop pretty much but...oh well!  If you have over drive you will want to shut that off because your tranny will shift in and out of OD.  Bad idea.

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I’d been tent camping with some friends and saw a 176T pod at the campgrounds and that got me thinking...<always dangerous>.  I liked the small size, and knew that since it had an AC I could get the wife to go camping with me <momma don’t like to sweat>.  I started researching pods online and found that the closest dealer was in Conroe TX.  Sometime latter while on our way to LA we stopped in and looked at the different models.

 

The main thing I didn’t like was the narrow path in the middle of the trailer so I wanted a slide out for the extra room.  I kept looking at the 175, I liked the couch and the fact that it had a slightly larger kitchen area.  Momma wanted the 177, she liked the dinette area, we both liked the permanent bed.

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My wife called the guys at Couch’s RV Nation and bought the 177...then she told me I needed to go pick it up Tongue.  They will be keeping it for us over the winter and we will drive up to yankee land and pick it up in the spring.  Figure we’ll be camping a bit with it on the way back home since it’ll be a little over a 1000 miles.

I'll be towing with a Dodge Dakota 3.7 V6 4x4 (210 HP) so I don’t anticipated any problems towing.
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