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Subzilla
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Location: Concord, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 302 |
Topic: Your thoughts? 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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Mark
Concord, NC 2017 RP 179 "Podzilla" 2011 Silverado 1500 4X4 |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
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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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
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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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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Woodmiester
Senior Member Joined: 03 Aug 2018 Location: Greenwood IN Online Status: Offline Posts: 142 |
Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:37am |
Exactly!! Well said!!
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Swampfox
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texman
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jul 2014 Location: TeXas Online Status: Offline Posts: 446 |
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.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:15am |
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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MoPod
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2013 Location: Pittsville, MO Online Status: Offline Posts: 105 |
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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Bill & Nancy
2015 RPod 179 Previously 2010 RPod 176 2014 Explorer Sport |
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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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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
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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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067 |
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. Vann
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