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Wood River Pod
Senior Member Joined: 30 Sep 2016 Location: Wood River, ID Online Status: Offline Posts: 153 |
Topic: I wrecked our escaPod Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:05pm |
Wow Stephen! It looks great. Far cry from pics of the plywood band-aid. Enjoy your "bionic" pod. A little jealous of your awning, but we still love our Pahaque shade awning. Just have to store it when not in use. Oh well.
Have a great trip. You and the wife deserve it. Happy Father's Day. |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 9:44pm |
https://goo.gl/photos/qcVSdxL2Qa7M4Nms7
Here are three more photos. If you go back and see the original damage, you will see that the factory did an excellent job on the repairs. I did figure out how to mount our wind deflector on the Frontier. I had to build a custom cross-bar for mounting. I'm not sure how much it helped. The front of the 'Pod was much cleaner than it could have been. There were some bugs on the sides, but the center was clear of bugs. That tells me that the deflector does seem to be helping. Our average towing mileage for the return trip was 12.306 mpg. That includes mountains as well as relatively flat land. Our mileage for non-towing was around 18 mpg. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 9:27pm |
Well, here is a link. I am trying to paste it directly in the body instead of going through the photo tool.
https://goo.gl/photos/gdoVzD8xi2sd9kFi7 Since we got home, I have reinstalled our double steps, the battery locking system, the Stromberg-Carlson Trailer Tray (for our generator), the mattress, the shelf above the bed, the curtains, and the kitchen and wardrobe lights. I decided to move the mounts for the SC Trailer Tray which means I need to relocate the sewer hose holder. It is removed and I am trying to figure out where to put it or whether to go with something different so I can fit a longer hose. I will work on reinstalling our nice kitchen faucet, shower head, and the rest of the cushions tomorrow. Then it will be time to clean everything up and start loading it up for our upcoming trip. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Richand Cindy
Senior Member Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 328 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 2:12pm |
Google does not work for me either. So I just added onto to this site and it worked
https://postimg.org/image/qlmx0ljgx/ef23d839/ |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 12:25pm |
If using a direct link, I just post it in the body of the message...
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 9:45pm |
Okay, I am trying to post a photo, but even though I get the link from Google photos and put it in the URL of the dialog box for pictures, all I get is a broken link. I'll try again tomorrow.
Edit: I am trying again after a good night's sleep. Okay, what am I doing wrong? I paste the link from Google Photos in the URL box but then I get an error message. Are photos from Google blocked on the forum? |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 5:01pm |
I was a little unclear in my description above. The end plates are wider, but the steps are a little narrower, meaning the end plates are a little closer together. That is why I needed the shims. When I reinstalled them, I reworked the notch so they now sit better than they did before. I needed to deepen my notch about a 1/4 inch. Now they are level whereas they were slightly tipped up before.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Dave & Donna
Groupie Joined: 18 Apr 2017 Location: Nebraska Online Status: Offline Posts: 55 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 3:33pm |
Thank you for the information on the steps!
D. |
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D&D plus Rusty
2017.5 R-pod 179 |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 6:42am |
Yes. Since they had to replace both the door side and re-do the roof, they reinforced it so it could support the awning. I would not recommend having an accident in order to get an awning installed. However, in our case, it happened to work out.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 12:11am |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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