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    Posted: 19 May 2015 at 11:49am
We found the R-Dome poles don't fit in the under bed storage compartment. I saw a picture some where that showed there might be extra space to be had. After a quick check I found I could get enough room for the R-Dome and poles. An added bonus was that I recovered some paneling that matches the interior and could be used for repairs or to remove the bathroom sink


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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 May 2015 at 12:08pm
Looks good, the only side comment I might have, is, why not just store the poles in the bag, so the whole bunch goes in and out together? That's how we do it.
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I had the poles out before I did the mod. That way I could place them on an angle. Now that I have more space they can go back in the bag.
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Posts: 1067 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 May 2015 at 8:30pm
We made a special holder for our R dome poles from a piece of 4" pvc pipe with the screw-on end caps.  We mounted in on the trailer A frame between the battery channel and the pod body.  I used strapping metal and stainless steel screws to mount it. It's also large enough to hold a fishing rod if you remove the reel first.

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My 2015 179 HRE was configured a bit differently and had the water pump next to the water heater. I didn't want to totally open the area because of the pump but I did cutout part of the panel to allow the dome poles (and some fishing poles) to be put on top of the R-Dome bag and extend into the utility space.
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Posts: 77 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 May 2015 at 10:05pm
Originally posted by J-Cat

My 2015 179 HRE was configured a bit differently and had the water pump next to the water heater. I didn't want to totally open the area because of the pump but I did cutout part of the panel to allow the dome poles (and some fishing poles) to be put on top of the R-Dome bag and extend into the utility space.
J-cat looking at the same prolem, i will most likly still do somewhat of the same thing that prof_k did just a lil different i want to be able to mount some fishing poles holders of some sort to the bulkhead and possibly the Rdome poles not sure on how long they are yet and if they will fit after the mod but i should recieve my Rdome in a few wks time and will mess with it later.
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