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    Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:58am
I have them on my Jeep but not the Pod!  I never thought about doing that but it is a good idea.  I have taken my camper off road so really I should have thought of doing that.  Thanks for coming up with the idea!

Terry
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Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:23am
I have not heard/read where anyone has done this.  Can you describe what happened?
It sounds like a custom welding/metal work job is in order.
 
I am toying with the idea of upsizing my water tank from 27 gallons to a 40 or 50 gallon size.  There are several web sites where these can be purchased.  If/when I do so, I intend to take the camper to a local
welding shop and have them fabricate 1 or 2 cross braces of 1" steel square tubing for center support.
Or, being ever thrifty, I may just bolt something together here at home.
 
If you were to do something like this, I would think that putting a metal or diamond plate "skin" fastened
to the supports would be fairly straight forward.
 
My Pod had no center support for the water tank and bulged downward quite a bit when full of water. My
neighbor did something like this to his 5th wheel and is pleased/more comfortable.  My Coleman does have one center support, but it is
very flimsy and bent downward after the first use. 
 
Sorry to hear about the problem.  I wish I could be of more help. Ouch
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 4:43pm
Has anybody installed skid plates or belly armor?  I have to replace my fresh water tank and would like to avoid doing that in the future.
Kathy
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