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schleygo 
Newbie 
Joined: 09 Aug 2018 Location: Ft Worth TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
 Topic: Adding an awning to a Rdome ready PODPosted: 27 Aug 2018 at 12:29pm |
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Hello All
Still looking for a 180. Found a good used 180 that has the Rdome ready lining. Well, the better half hates the Rdome. We just want to pull into camp and open the awning in 30 seconds. The question is not if.....but has anyone added an awning to a Rdome ready Rpod? We are look in g for a 180 length awning. Im thinking the used Rpod180 + an aftermarket awning would be cheaper than a newer one |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 12:45pm |
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Forest River told me that the Tule awning could only be put on a Pod that had reinforcement built in at the factory for it. I don't know if all this year's pods are so prepared or if it has to be ordered with an awning.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 12:59pm |
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My dealer told me about a year ago, you cannot get a pod with both the awning and the dome. Like anything, that can change with the next run on new units, but at that time you couldn't.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 3:49pm |
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The awning pods have a reinforced wall the dome pods don't. Not compatible.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Happy Tripping
Senior Member
Joined: 27 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 473 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 7:28pm |
If you are an experienced RVer, ok, but if not, it may be a mistake to just write off the r-dome. It has it's drawbacks, like flimsiness, but it is much better than any awning in wind or rain or bug country, in my opinion. That said, any big strong nylon tarp with grommets can be rigged to slide thru the keder rail of the r-pod with 'sail slugs' and it does the job of an awning quite well. Proper length tent poles and ropes attached to big tent stakes keep the outside corners anchored, I have whittled plugs that insert into the ends of the keder rail to keep the tarp anchored there with short lengths of nylon cord. There are other solutions that you may be able to find using the extended 'search' mode of the forum (altho it's pretty pathetic).
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 27 Aug 2018 at 10:36pm |
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For our style of travel, the awning makes much more sense than an R-Dome. We started out with an R-Dome ready 179, but when it went to the factory for repair, the side was replaced with the reinforced one and I was able to get a Thule awning added. I would not recommend that way of getting one though. Before we got the Thule awning, I had made an awning that slid into the track and used plastic poles for support along with concrete filled coffee cans with eye bolts for hold-down ropes. There are pictures in my mods of how I did that one. The hardest part was figuring out how to make brackets to hold the lower edge of the supports and then welding and bending them followed by some grinding the back so they would clear the screws in the lower track.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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podrunner
Senior Member
Joined: 30 May 2013 Location: Draper, UT Online Status: Offline Posts: 106 |
Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 1:19am |
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martisawnings.com
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2010 R Pod 151
2017 4runner 2006 Honda Metropolitan |
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schleygo
Newbie
Joined: 09 Aug 2018 Location: Ft Worth TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 4:30am |
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I didn't mean to start a rant. I just found a 180 at a price we can afford but it is prepped for an Rdome. Thank you all for the info. Everyone here is great. Thank you
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Happy Tripping
Senior Member
Joined: 27 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 473 |
Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 6:44am |
??? If you have questions re r-pods, this is the place for them. Just the usual helpful submissions, no rants present. |
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"There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation" - W.C. Fields
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 7:23am |
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I didn't see any ranting. The dome isn't for everybody.. (I say that, in the moderator spirit, because everyone knows in their heart, the DOME is HOME!! )
The whole point of this group is discussion and help. If you ask a question, needing help.. you will get discussion. Many owners have gone to a slide in, home made or purchased awning. You have to do what works for you. Many owners now have the CLAM, which, in some situations, is a better choice then a dome OR an awning, because it doesn't attach to the Pod.. |
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