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    Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 12:06pm
Add training for the caulkers.....mine is quite messy in places.  And don't forget a better spoiler (that doesn't have the potential for leaking).  

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 12:01pm
    Skilled labor seems to be the main issue and the speed that camping trailers are built. If one could do the labor them selves at their time to make sure things are constructed properly and one could have more freedom to make changes to the floor plan. Maybe in doing this a factory could do a extra good job in building the walls and putting that part together on a trailer frame. Does anyone know if a company has tried this?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:52am
  Sorry if I am getting off the subject but when I was younger I bought a Hunter 25 foot sailboat kit. It was a fiberglass haul that included the majority of the parts that you installed yourself. Perhaps a r-pod body and one would complete the interior like a r-pod kit. That way everything could be completed to ones standards and have fun at the same time. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:37am
Exactly!!  Well said!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:21am
My 2 cents and top 10:
1. sustained pressure checks to insure no leaks
2. Quality mattresses (they all get replaced or just don’t include so buyers can get what they want or dealer can provide low med and best choices)$100-$300
3.  Pay a guy for 15 minutes extra to vacuum as they are assembled.  Ill pay for that for sure.$15
4. Better sewer suspension for sure. $15
5. Quality tires.  Adds maybe $100 to purchase price
6. Engineer the valances much better. $20
7. No more 182gs?  My favorite!
8. Bath floor support.  Spend $50 please
9. Electronic cooktop ignition.  $15
10. Factory installed inverter, say 300 watt.  $100

So I have added around $500 in cost and say labor of $500.  $1000 add and 20% g/m adds $1200 to the price but a much better product and much happier campers.Hug
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:15am
Originally posted by GlueGuy

Well, if you're looking for "quality", you can always get a Bowlus Road Chief On the Road 26' Edition for $185,000 (that's the base price folks).

Of course, there are a couple of negative issues, like the triangular-shaped twin-bed bedroom, the 19 gallon fresh water tank, the 21 gallon gray water tank, and the 4.5 gallon black water tank.

You could buy an Rpod every year for 10 years and spend less money.


We did in fact look at ordering one of those.. we are still looking at them, but I personally have become enamored with the Neutron.. Partly because, years ago, while doing some repairs on a friends vintage Scotty, that had been "restored".. (for a fair amount of money I might add..) It occurred to me that a person or persons could do an off the shelf, all modern construction methods and materials, REAL retro camper. And Flyte Camp was the first one I saw actually done that way. The Bowlus is a copy, very very nicely done, of an original, so they had to stick with what was originally there. BTW, the few remaining original Bowlus Road Chiefs out there, are all valued at over a million dollars each.. Last time I was at the Airstream factory, they had one in for restoration.

At the time we were discussing "skinning" furpod in aluminum, or giving it a shiny "wrap"... 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 8:54am
During the recent Mini Mini I had a brief, but interesting conversation a representative from Forest River.  The jest of the conversation was that "quality" and the strength of your opinions about it were related to your expectations, but also your financial investment in your unit.  Specifically, if your income was a the lower end of the spectrum and the purchase price was a significant part of your net worth your expectations might be greater than one who bought their unit with pocket change.  

I thought this was an interesting thought.  I would add to that your ability to deal with simple home repairs and improvements might impact your opinion also.  

I know very little about survey design but unless you factor in where the person answering is coming from your information may have little validity.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 4:45am

We are getting some good stuff here!

A couple have mentioned having a vote/poll. Any/all of you should have the ability to create a poll. If you don't let us know and furpod, Techntrek or myself can remedy that. It is not much different than opening a new thread and is an option at the top of that page. I can see perhaps more than one poll as, I see more than one "theme" in reading the posts above. Be fair and craft your poll in such a way as to allow for opinions that may differ from your own.

PS- If memory serves, polls will allow only one response to the poll question however, allow for many possible "answers"/potential responses.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:26pm
Well, if you're looking for "quality", you can always get a Bowlus Road Chief On the Road 26' Edition for $185,000 (that's the base price folks).

Of course, there are a couple of negative issues, like the triangular-shaped twin-bed bedroom, the 19 gallon fresh water tank, the 21 gallon gray water tank, and the 4.5 gallon black water tank.

You could buy an Rpod every year for 10 years and spend less money.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 9:15pm
We are currently on our second pod. We bought the first one(173) just after we retired. We wanted to travel and had always been tent campers.  We fell in love with the pod and the overall rv travel concept. We did a lot of mods, travelled across the country several times, putting about 25,000 miles on it.  After  6 Years, we moved up to a 179 and still love the rpod, the rv life and the whle idea behind rving.

Both of our pods were purchased used and were about 2 years old when we purchased them.  Neither of them had been used extensively or modded.

We have never had any serious problems with either pod and felt that both of them were good values.  We have put about 3500 miles on our 179 and our 173 continues to be used by our friends that purchased it. 

I think the pods fit a very wide range of needs and desires.  Their appeal comes from simplicity, uniqueness and the ability to modify it to your own needs.  I don’t remember who it was, but one of our members said that the pod has good bones to work with.  I agree.  It is sold in design and better than average in execution. As others have said, imitation is tthe truest form of flattery.

We love our pod, would buy another and suggest one for anyone that needs a quality trailer like the pod.
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