Liking our R-Pod

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Hello,

We became R-Pod owners in July. Some time ago, we decided to visit Alaska since it was the last state we hadn't at least driven through and we're celebrating major birthdays and an anniversary this year. We also recently purchased a 4x4 capable of taking us places many don't get to visit. After much debate about tents, small motor homes, and fifth wheels, we decided a small travel trailer, that our 4x4 can tow, was what we wanted.

We are in Mid-Michigan near Lansing and found our RP-171 at a local dealer. They said it was "last year's model", but it's a 2017. Because it's small and weighs less than 2500 lbs(empty), but has a "queen" bed, it's just what we wanted.

So, we brought it home on July 7th and left for Alaska on the 18th. Before leaving we made two "mods" to accommodate my CPAP: a shelf over the bed and a 12V outlet to power it when "dry camping". We also had axle risers, a second LP tank, an Equal-i-zer hitch, and a brake controller installed by the dealer.

We towed it 10,000 miles in July and August over all kinds of pavement as well as occasional unpaved roads with no problems. There were perhaps 4-6 locations where we were more than one night and two of those were campgrounds we chose to visit again on the return trip.

We've really enjoyed our R-Pod during the short time we've had it, and we're looking forward to enjoying it much more!

Wendell and Kathi

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Wendell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2017 Location: Mid-Michigan Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: Liking our R-Pod Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 5:04pm
	Hello, We became R-Pod owners in July. Some time ago, we decided to visit Alaska since it was the last state we hadn't at least driven through and we're celebrating major birthdays and an anniversary this year. We also recently purchased a 4x4 capable of taking us places many don't get to visit. After much debate about tents, small motor homes, and fifth wheels, we decided a small travel trailer, that our 4x4 can tow, was what we wanted. We are in Mid-Michigan near Lansing and found our RP-171 at a local dealer. They said it was "last year's model", but it's a 2017. Because it's small and weighs less than 2500 lbs(empty), but has a "queen" bed, it's just what we wanted. So, we brought it home on July 7th and left for Alaska on the 18th. Before leaving we made two "mods" to accommodate my CPAP: a shelf over the bed and a 12V outlet to power it when "dry camping". We also had axle risers, a second LP tank, an Equal-i-zer hitch, and a brake controller installed by the dealer. We towed it 10,000 miles in July and August over all kinds of pavement as well as occasional unpaved roads with no problems. There were perhaps 4-6 locations where we were more than one night and two of those were campgrounds we chose to visit again on the return trip. We've really enjoyed our R-Pod during the short time we've had it, and we're looking forward to enjoying it much more! Wendell and Kathi
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GlueGuy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2706	Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 6:50pm
	Wow! Did I read that right? 10,000 miles in 6 weeks? That's over 1,600 miles per week. I'm exhausted just reading about it. Yowza. We have been to Alaska a couple of times, but not in our R-pod. It looks like we have something to look forward to! I think we will take it a bit slower though.
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Leo B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518	Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 6:52pm
	Sounds like a great trip! We started with a 171 back in 2009 and really liked it!
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jato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3338	Posted: 20 Oct 2017 at 9:30pm
	Wendell, Greetings from northern Michigan, welcome and glad to hear you had a great trip. Last month we went to RMNP in Colorado, 4000 miles in 2 weeks so . . . . that is a lot of driving, glad to hear you made it safely w/o incident!
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