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    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 at 5:33pm
Just bought a 2019 Rpod 180.. with a bent axle. Getting upgraded 5200lb axle installed as we speak, on leaf springs. Towing with an 08 VW Touareg. looking forward to fun times.
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Have you done any camping around Payson , AZ?
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Been through there but never camped there.
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Originally posted by Desert Wanderer

Just bought a 2019 Rpod 180.. with a bent axle. Getting upgraded 5200lb axle installed as we speak, on leaf springs. Towing with an 08 VW Touareg. looking forward to fun times.


Welcome. Very interesting on the leaf spring axle install. Can you post some photos when it’s completed?
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Two years ago x-mas we purchased a R-pod-180.  I would be concerned with the stiffer axle items will shake and rattle more.  The cabinet underneath the fridge find it's way to the middle of the floor (all the screws shook loose) and all the items mostly dishes rattle and bounce in the cabinets.  Would highly recommend  balancing the tires, one was way out of balance.
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Originally posted by Desert Wanderer

Just bought a 2019 Rpod 180.. with a bent axle. Getting upgraded 5200lb axle installed as we speak, on leaf springs. Towing with an 08 VW Touareg. looking forward to fun times.


Congrats, and welcome!  How did the axle get bent?  What made you decide to convert to leaf springs? 
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Congratulations and welcome from Eastern OR. Curious about your change and how it works for you. Keep us posted as time moves alongThumbs Up
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The PO bent a spindle when the trailer was new carrying a full tank of water and hit a pot hole. he had a Timbren axle set up installed and that axle bent as well. On the recommendation of the repair facility I'm installing a leaf axle to get the mounts outboard closer to the wheel. I think the leverage of the inboard mounts is causing the axles to bend. It seemed like a good time to upgrade the axle capacity. The stock axle looks to be maxed out when fully loaded.  I understand the concern of the hard ride but hope fully loaded it will be ok. I'll post pictures when its done.
Thanks for the tire balancing recommendation, I'll get that done.
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Ahh!  Bet it was overloaded both times.  Gotta weigh your rig.  I love my 180, and for what I do with it, it could hardly be better.  My Brittany and I work disasters from it.  But I don't see much heavy duty about it.  It feels like a Cessna, just enough, no more, flexes with a touch.  And, that's what I need, right now.  Gonna have to caution my GF about it.  She's a bit of a bull in a china shop.  Big smile 

Be cautious.  Increasing the axle, and using it, could make the frame bend.
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Originally posted by Colt

Be cautious.  Increasing the axle, and using it, could make the frame bend.

Agreed, not looking for more weight carrying capacity. Just looking for more margin when loaded.
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