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Poll Question: How many have axle risers on your Pods?
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    Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 9:31pm
I think you guys may have convinced me to get the risers.  If I am correct in your assessments, they will help me level out the Pod to where the hitch hooks up.  Right now, I have a 3 1/4 inch drop on my hitch and the Pod is nose up... enough that it is not level when I am hanging out in the Pod while still hooked up to the Trailblazer.  I was doing some measuring and even after getting the risers, I may still have to get a different hitch or a 5 1/4 inch drop hitch in order for the Pod to be more level when hitched.  Why the hell is my Trailblazer so high?  Anyone else have or have had a Trailblazer in the past encounter this conundrum?  As I mentioned before, when my Pod is hitched the Pod is a bit low on the back which does bother me some and I did scrape the back stabilizers a couple of times on the drive down the bumpy backroads in VA last year.  I know I mentioned before about the increase in height, but I guess I will have to deal with the increase in 4 inches and avoid those bridge underpasses that are lower.  

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Am I to believe that the height will increase 4 inches?  How high will the whole Pod be with the risers (with the A/C)?  

I am not crazy about installing my risers myself, but the nearest Pod service center is quite a distance away from me.  I figure that if I can grease my own bearings, I should be able to do the axle risers.  What is the torque pounds one has to have on the bolts that hold the risers in place?  I have a torque driver that will go as high as 180 pounds of torque.  Another reason I am considering the axle risers is that there are a few places (namely a Duncan Donuts in Marshalls Creek, PA) where the dip in the parking lot entrance is so deep that I can see scrape marks in the macadam that were made by many other vehicles passing over that spot.  I just know that I would bottom out there and in a few other spots.  Thanks again to those on this forum who have posted information on this and are willing to answer my questions.  I love you guys.  Broken Heart  
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 8:09am
Originally posted by Rabbit

What are axle risers and what are they used for?
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Does Forest River sell covers for the different R Pods?


Axle risers are spacers that go between the axle and the frame, lifting the BODY of the camper about 4" higher. If you search for pictures of a "Hood River Edition", they all have them.. I think in the west, any place with Pods will have HRE's , or heck maybe that is all you have out there...?

Forest River does sell covers, most think them a bit expensive and get one from Northern Tool or Cabela's, among other places that carry them. If you get or have an 18 series.. right now the only source is F.R.

 
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Does Forest River sell full covers for the different R Pods?
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What are axle risers and what are they used for?
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This sewer solution works well and will pump uphill.  Sold by Camping World.
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I had risers installed before we picked ours up over a year ago.  As to dumping, with the risers I have never had a problem at any of the locations where we have camped.  I think I would have without risers.  (Sorry to disagree with you Lee).  As for the dome, I use bungee cords to connect the closest 2 connection points and wrap them around the foot of the stabilizer.  Then use a long tent spike for the next ones.  I have found this to be a very good solution. 
In short I would get them again.
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I've run into that multiple times, even with my risers.  I see now why so many campers have 6" less headroom but 6" more ground clearance than the pod.  I've considered getting a macerator which should solve this problem, but then I'm trading a big hose for a little hose and a pump, and I couldn't leave my gray tank open all the time unless I also took the big hose.  So lots more fiddle factor.

 
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Sep 2011 at 7:32pm
I was concerned that the jacks would scrape but that hasn't been a problem.  I had planned on having them installed when I had the spring maintenance done, but until I scrape I don't see the need. 

I had to lift the hose last time I dumped, but a couple of inches wouldn't have done it.  The park was made for the whales, and a guppy like an r-pod was just undersized.  The dumps were plumbed 8 inches above the ground!
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Originally posted by Bridge707

We picked up Goofy today with the risers installed. We simply flipped the 2 inch drop giving it a 2 inch rise and it all worked out perfectly. My only regret on the risers is that I waited this long to put them on.
 
 
We flipped ours also.
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We picked up Goofy today with the risers installed. We simply flipped the 2 inch drop giving it a 2 inch rise and it all worked out perfectly. My only regret on the risers is that I waited this long to put them on.
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