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Lookout1950 
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Joined: 20 Feb 2021 Location: Ashe County NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
 Topic: Finally got our R-pod 196Posted: 23 Feb 2021 at 9:08pm |
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Thanks, I will check this out.
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Colonel Podder
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Joined: 25 Sep 2020 Location: Lexington, SC Online Status: Offline Posts: 68 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2021 at 12:45pm |
Here are the ones I put on our 196. Works great, but there was some trial and error involved in order to get the install with the correct amount of tension. Instructions will walk you through this. https://www.amazon.com/Hatchlift-BLK-SM-Bedlift-Kit-Small/dp/B00KPR2DBC?ref_=ast_sto_dp |
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2021 R-pod 196
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Lookout1950
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Joined: 20 Feb 2021 Location: Ashe County NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 21 Feb 2021 at 9:35pm |
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Hey, I just bought a 196 and would appreciate any advice and pictures of the lift you put under the foot of your bed. Are the lifts available on Amazon ? Thanks!
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 2:06pm |
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+3 You nailed it StephenH. Definitely a combination of the two!
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 9:12am |
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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JR
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 343 |
Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 7:17am |
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+1 SH
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Jay
179/2019 |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 9:54pm |
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Some bean counter said it was good enough. I brought this to the FR staff that was at the KY Mini-Mini. I'm tired of hearing something is "industry standard" when the thing is obviously a product of either poor design or poor execution or a combination of the two.
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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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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 11:39am |
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I find the biggest problem is the strap material is to thin. The second problem is the strap is bent at 90 degrees at the point where the most force will be put on it. Metal fatigues and fractures at 90 degree bend, some worse than others. The black tank hanger they use is a timebomb at best. If they made it double thick, and made a corner radius instead of a sharp 90 degree bend, it would last the lifetime of the camper.
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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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JR
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 343 |
Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:06am |
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I think that would work also but the suspenders as they now are assembled don't work and need a belt. The suspenders are not the problem it's the assemble. I have called customer service at Forest River and mentioned my concerns about this matter about 18 months ago but I guess it has fallen on deaf ears.
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Jay
179/2019 |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 9:27am |
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I was thinking. What if they just had inverted the round bracket going around the pipe, turned the end of the "L" bracket 90 degrees, eliminated the foot of the "L" and just bolted the clamping part of the round bracket through the strap? Then the pressure would not have been on the nut, loosening it over time, but it would likely have been just hanging on the bolt.
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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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