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    Posted: 26 Aug 2012 at 10:46pm
We have a 172T, and we camp in it quite a bit with the tent closed!  During the day the dinette works just fine!  If the weather is nice, having the tent set up is a joy, and if the weather turns sour, you can button it up tight and be nice and snug!  We love our "T"!!!
Jerry, Julie, Kaiti, & Abbi ~ Phoenix, AZ ~ 2010 172T ~ 2004 Acura MDX
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Posts: 216 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Aug 2012 at 8:46am
Hi,
 Wish I could help you. This same model has been on Craigslist up in our area for almost three months. Here is the link: http://plattsburgh.craigslist.org/rvs/3165740383.html.     Perhaps you could contact the owners of this RPod to find out the answer to your question.
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Posts: 20 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 12:37pm
Hey guys

I have the RP176T, and you can infact sleep in without dropping the tent out, We use futton mattress's in ours and when the back is all closed up we can still lay the mattress across the dinette and sleep comfortably

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Originally posted by loudog

The other (far more extreme) option is to get a 182G and rip out the back kitchen.  This gives you enough room to put in a queen size bed that's always available, and have an opening when you want it.  I ended up going this route given that 176T's are not easy to get on the west coast (although you can order them), and I wanted to inspect the unit before I bought it.  I now have a pod that can field 2 queen size beds when you use the dining area, and can convert to a dinette and a couch area.  It's pretty nifty.

One of these days I'll have to post the pictures :-)

-- Lou
 
would love to see that!
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 May 2012 at 10:45am
You definitely need to post pictures of that mod!  (in the mod forum)
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The other (far more extreme) option is to get a 182G and rip out the back kitchen.  This gives you enough room to put in a queen size bed that's always available, and have an opening when you want it.  I ended up going this route given that 176T's are not easy to get on the west coast (although you can order them), and I wanted to inspect the unit before I bought it.  I now have a pod that can field 2 queen size beds when you use the dining area, and can convert to a dinette and a couch area.  It's pretty nifty.

One of these days I'll have to post the pictures :-)

-- Lou
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Spongediver,   I purchased a used 176T late last year and I decidied there were TWO ways I would use it. First as a permanent spot camper (tent deployed) and second as an over-nighter (tent NOT deployed) when I run long distances as a quick over-nighter(e.g. Ga to CA, Ga to Me). It's only my wife and I travelling.

I was annoyed by the tent "puffing" onto the queen bed with the tent closed so I got some thin peg-board and cut a 3'x5' sheet and put in some screw eyes on the bottom seat and used two 36" bungee cords to keep the tent back. I will store the board in the tent when it's down. I've only done a local week-ender with the tent down so far so it will be several weeks before I head out on a long haul.

However, I learned on my 1st time out that the tent is REALLY easy to deploy and put back so I may just use it (e.g. on a 6PM arrival) unless it is teaming down with rain. I have a pushout which really make the space bigger and I plan to use that just about always.
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spongediver - I just checked your signature and I don't see anything that would cause the constant HTML/CSS code to appear in your posts.  Are you trying to manually add something?
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I'm in the process with purchasing a R-pod 176T.  Here is the answer with photo that I found,  Good Luck and have fun!

If anyone still has questions I started a topic "inside a 176T and arrangements"  where I focus on arranging the rpod with the tent part closed. 
 
 
Hope this clears things up. The bed is a RV Queen size bed, and fits two very well.

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Posts: 6 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2012 at 7:51pm
I'm in the process with purchasing a R-pod 176T.  Here is the answer with photo that I found,  Good Luck and have fun!

If anyone still has questions I started a topic "inside a 176T and arrangements"  where I focus on arranging the rpod with the tent part closed. 
 
 
Hope this clears things up. The bed is a RV Queen size bed, and fits two very well.
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