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Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 4:03pm

Don't let that dead frig put a cooler on your camping!

Chris and Walt
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Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 7:32am

PS. Our frig in the house just breathed its last breath this morning. Since the freezer is on a different system, it is still doing. So, while I go out camping, the husband will have the repairman in tomorrow and be dealing with the decision of getting a new one, which takes 2 weeks to get in AND is a built in, limited space requirments and hard to find. Lucky we have an old frig in the basement plus a small chest freezer.

If he was not at home, if I did not know how to do the Pod, I would have to cancel my first trip out this year. Dang hard to even get away, it seems!

'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
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Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

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Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 7:23am

I know what it is like to have a partner that enjoys the same things. I think I have to qualify this a bit for the sake of the husband. For 17 years we camped in a tent with children(he had camped as a child, I had not) , then had a time period not camping, but traveling the world before the young adults left home and mixing in taking jaunts to many bed and breakfast inns in one of our little 2 seater sports cars(another passion we share). When we got back into camping it was into motorhomes to see the country, still having a half packed suitcase ready if he was going to someplace I wanted to go.

He was/is smart enough to know when to retire the motorcoaches(driving ability). Then we started a period of cruises, wow , that was different. The rub was that I still wanted to camp and went out and suited myself back up in tent, etc. Did that for almost 5 years, enough time for him to SEE that I was serious, so he was the one to suggest something else, which ended up being a Pod. He does visit when his time allows, but it is just not his thing anymore. Add to that his age(which is some older than I am and that is ancient

) So the caring part of him wants me in something more solid than a tent even when he is at home and hoping that I can handle something that I have never done before. I know there are other women out there that are doing the same thing, so I am not so unsual, just only a year old when it comes to pulling anything and doing the hooking up. I DO have a sense of accomplishment and Wonder that my determination still holds forth, had to do things for children and household many times while he was on the other side of the planet.

One question I get, which suprises me each time, is am I not Afraid to be out there by myself! With normal common sense, I have had to do it as a lot of single women/parent have done. And being around other camping people is a pretty safe place, the family values are in place or the very young couples are building those values.

Now, I feel better that I don't let the husband take "heat" . I am kind of ornary about working out a problem when I run into it and I was pretty determined to have that awning work and workable by myself. I was raised by an engineer, married an engineer(when he was not in some cockpit or the other) and raised 2 engineers. I, myself, did not finish college, I am the "arty" one in the family, but running into a snag like this gives me great pleasure to figure out without that engineering degree

Just kind of still use the KISS principle for myself.

I like the design with the strengthing pole, have not yet used my awning, in fact today is first day this year I have had TIME to take the Pod out to camp.

This is a great site for ideas and since it is a POD site everything kind of helps someone sometime.

'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 9:13pm

As I have said several times, mm, I really find your determination, abilities, and good humor to be an inspiration. I am blessed with a spouse that enjoys our life together and always has encouraged and shared in enjoyment of the outdoors, and the efforts it takes to make our adventures possible. I understand your position, though, and empathize.
Basically, I think you rock!!

Chris and Walt
'10 RP-171 'Free Spirit'
'13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 9:06pm

Both of you, very professional-looking jobs. I like the look of that awning up on the 'pod.

Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:53pm

I like the looks of what you have done. Too much work for me, I am challanged with the doing of it. And Podsible, there is no "we", "ours" to my Pod. I do all of it myself, so have to keep it at what I CAN do!

But is exciting to see Pods in the wild. Since I already have a screen house that I like to use (keeping the bug bites down), the awning is for shading the door, protecting from the rain if I want door open. All I do to let water off is to let the pole down a bit so that the awning is at a slight slant. That worked with our motorcoaches.

'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:30pm

Looks good, Tri-Pod! A good compromise between the full blown dome and no cover.
Boy, mm, you should think about going into business....I think we will do similar with the r-dome - the first time we put ours up, I used a Vice-grip to pull with and Chris pushed from the back end!!

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 5:35pm

I like your fix here is a awning modifications I did on Tri-Pod.

I like the awning we purchased and it is easy for me to put up with just a two steep ladder. But I had trouble getting the front square and tight. So I added a cross pole at the front.

This was an easy fix, I purchased a piece of 1/2" electrical conduit and cut it 8" shorter than the distance between the gourmets. Then I purchased two aluminum turn buckles. Removed the screw eye bolts from both ends and drove the turn buckle into each end of the conduit with a leather mallet.

I originally was going to drill a hole in the side and put a pop rivet in to hold it in place, but the pressure fit of the turn buckle will not allow it to come out. Then I screwed the original threaded eye bolts in each end and adjusted until the eye lined up with the grommets.

Now when I put up the awning I place the cross piece on the end of the pole, then the awning grommet and then the rope guide over the top. You could use an old tent pole if you had one.

One of the advantages is you can slant the front of the awning by moving one of your upright polls back a little and if it rains in the night the awning drains perfectly.
The pole will fit in the pass through so it is not a problem to carry.

Clark

Close up view of the pole and turn buckle

Inside view of pole

Front view of results

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 3:51pm

a closer look of reinforced corner with grommet. I was able to do this with my very old Singer and the heavy duty needle. Went over twice

'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 3:16pm

See if this shows you what I was doing with the awning.

and, I know, I don't have the picture up. Forgot how!

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Podsible Dream Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571	Topic: Greasing the Grooves Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 4:03pm
	Don't let that dead frig put a cooler on your camping!
	Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8

mountain mist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426	Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 7:32am
	PS. Our frig in the house just breathed its last breath this morning. Since the freezer is on a different system, it is still doing. So, while I go out camping, the husband will have the repairman in tomorrow and be dealing with the decision of getting a new one, which takes 2 weeks to get in AND is a built in, limited space requirments and hard to find. Lucky we have an old frig in the basement plus a small chest freezer. If he was not at home, if I did not know how to do the Pod, I would have to cancel my first trip out this year. Dang hard to even get away, it seems!
	'11 Forest River r.pod 171 '10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

mountain mist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426	Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 7:23am
	I know what it is like to have a partner that enjoys the same things. I think I have to qualify this a bit for the sake of the husband. For 17 years we camped in a tent with children(he had camped as a child, I had not) , then had a time period not camping, but traveling the world before the young adults left home and mixing in taking jaunts to many bed and breakfast inns in one of our little 2 seater sports cars(another passion we share). When we got back into camping it was into motorhomes to see the country, still having a half packed suitcase ready if he was going to someplace I wanted to go. He was/is smart enough to know when to retire the motorcoaches(driving ability). Then we started a period of cruises, wow , that was different. The rub was that I still wanted to camp and went out and suited myself back up in tent, etc. Did that for almost 5 years, enough time for him to SEE that I was serious, so he was the one to suggest something else, which ended up being a Pod. He does visit when his time allows, but it is just not his thing anymore. Add to that his age(which is some older than I am and that is ancient) So the caring part of him wants me in something more solid than a tent even when he is at home and hoping that I can handle something that I have never done before. I know there are other women out there that are doing the same thing, so I am not so unsual, just only a year old when it comes to pulling anything and doing the hooking up. I DO have a sense of accomplishment and Wonder that my determination still holds forth, had to do things for children and household many times while he was on the other side of the planet. One question I get, which suprises me each time, is am I not Afraid to be out there by myself! With normal common sense, I have had to do it as a lot of single women/parent have done. And being around other camping people is a pretty safe place, the family values are in place or the very young couples are building those values. Now, I feel better that I don't let the husband take "heat" . I am kind of ornary about working out a problem when I run into it and I was pretty determined to have that awning work and workable by myself. I was raised by an engineer, married an engineer(when he was not in some cockpit or the other) and raised 2 engineers. I, myself, did not finish college, I am the "arty" one in the family, but running into a snag like this gives me great pleasure to figure out without that engineering degreeJust kind of still use the KISS principle for myself. I like the design with the strengthing pole, have not yet used my awning, in fact today is first day this year I have had TIME to take the Pod out to camp. This is a great site for ideas and since it is a POD site everything kind of helps someone sometime.
	'11 Forest River r.pod 171 '10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

Podsible Dream Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 9:13pm
	As I have said several times, mm, I really find your determination, abilities, and good humor to be an inspiration. I am blessed with a spouse that enjoys our life together and always has encouraged and shared in enjoyment of the outdoors, and the efforts it takes to make our adventures possible. I understand your position, though, and empathize. Basically, I think you rock!!
	Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 9:06pm
	Both of you, very professional-looking jobs. I like the look of that awning up on the 'pod.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

mountain mist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:53pm
	I like the looks of what you have done. Too much work for me, I am challanged with the doing of it. And Podsible, there is no "we", "ours" to my Pod. I do all of it myself, so have to keep it at what I CAN do! But is exciting to see Pods in the wild. Since I already have a screen house that I like to use (keeping the bug bites down), the awning is for shading the door, protecting from the rain if I want door open. All I do to let water off is to let the pole down a bit so that the awning is at a slight slant. That worked with our motorcoaches.
	'11 Forest River r.pod 171 '10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

Podsible Dream Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:30pm
	Looks good, Tri-Pod! A good compromise between the full blown dome and no cover. Boy, mm, you should think about going into business....I think we will do similar with the r-dome - the first time we put ours up, I used a Vice-grip to pull with and Chris pushed from the back end!!
	Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8

Tri-Pod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2011 Location: Liberty Hill Online Status: Offline Posts: 112	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 5:35pm
	I like your fix here is a awning modifications I did on Tri-Pod. I like the awning we purchased and it is easy for me to put up with just a two steep ladder. But I had trouble getting the front square and tight. So I added a cross pole at the front. This was an easy fix, I purchased a piece of 1/2" electrical conduit and cut it 8" shorter than the distance between the gourmets. Then I purchased two aluminum turn buckles. Removed the screw eye bolts from both ends and drove the turn buckle into each end of the conduit with a leather mallet. I originally was going to drill a hole in the side and put a pop rivet in to hold it in place, but the pressure fit of the turn buckle will not allow it to come out. Then I screwed the original threaded eye bolts in each end and adjusted until the eye lined up with the grommets. Now when I put up the awning I place the cross piece on the end of the pole, then the awning grommet and then the rope guide over the top. You could use an old tent pole if you had one. One of the advantages is you can slant the front of the awning by moving one of your upright polls back a little and if it rains in the night the awning drains perfectly. The pole will fit in the pass through so it is not a problem to carry. Clark Close up view of the pole and turn buckle Inside view of pole Front view of results
	2010 PR 176 sold 2012 replaced with 2013 SP 240 w outside kitchen 2012 Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4x2 5.7L V8 Me, My Honey, and Max our GSP

mountain mist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 3:51pm
	a closer look of reinforced corner with grommet. I was able to do this with my very old Singer and the heavy duty needle. Went over twice
	'11 Forest River r.pod 171 '10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley

mountain mist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426	Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 3:16pm
	See if this shows you what I was doing with the awning. and, I know, I don't have the picture up. Forgot how! edit by rpodcamper.com to post picture