R-pod Owners Forum Homepage

This site is free to use.
Donations benefit a non-profit Girls Softball organization

Forum Home Forum Home > R-pod Discussion Forums > Introduce Yourself
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: hello from ABQ...
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Calendar   Register Register  Login Login

Topic Closedhello from ABQ... - Event Date: 15 Aug 2018
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
hermslx View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie


Joined: 15 Aug 2018
Location: Albuquerque
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3 		Direct Link To This Post Calendar Event: hello from ABQ...
    Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 6:02pm
was a class c owner hauling my jeep around but now an rpod178 owner being hauled around by my jeep.
Herm
Back to Top
mcarter View Drop Down
podders Helping podders - pHp
podders Helping podders - pHp
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2016
Location: Greenbrier, TN
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 6:16pm
Cool, I went from Class C Coachman to 178 also, very happy I did.
Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
Back to Top
wooleeman View Drop Down
Groupie
Groupie
Avatar

Joined: 01 Sep 2017
Location: Southeastern PA
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 80 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 7:43pm
Originally posted by hermslx

was a class c owner hauling my jeep around but now an rpod178 owner being hauled around by my jeep.

Could both you and McCarter tell me why you made the switch?  I have been thinking about switching the opposite way.
2022 RP-202
2016 RP-179 (Sold 9/2020)
2014 Silverado Crew Cab. 6-1/2' Bed
Golden Retriever (DOB 6/16/2020)
English Bulldog (RIP 6/15/2020)
Back to Top
Leo B View Drop Down
podders Helping podders - pHp
podders Helping podders - pHp
Avatar

Joined: 13 Jan 2012
Location: Lyndonville, VT
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 8:11pm
Welcome to the group! Congrats on your 178!!
Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171
Back to Top
jato View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 23 Feb 2012
Location: Kewadin, MI
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3216 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 9:12pm
Welcome, hope you make many great memories as you travel this glorious land.  If the 178 had been available back in 2011 that would have been the model we would have picked, great floor plan.  However, 7+ years and 25,000 + miles later, we still enjoy our 177.
God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."
Back to Top
mcarter View Drop Down
podders Helping podders - pHp
podders Helping podders - pHp
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2016
Location: Greenbrier, TN
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 8:43am
wooleeman,

Two reasons - first mine was a 2000 Coachman, rear kitchen, nice but it got caught in a Nor'easter and was beginning to have lamination issues, I was repairing but got tired of the effort.

Second, if I didn't tow a vehicle I was always having to pack up and disconnect to even go to the store or a small errand. I like the idea of putting the trailer on site and being mobile. If I towed a car, then I had all the logistics of towing a vehicle, added length, etc.

Much happier with trailer.
Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
Back to Top
hermslx View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie


Joined: 15 Aug 2018
Location: Albuquerque
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 2:44pm
We had a Fleetwood Searcher on a ford f-350 chassis. 460ci FI, 10mpg on a good day. We initially bought it when the kids were young as we traveled, fished and hunted on a regular basis. Hunting in most cases was an issue as getting a class-c deep in n out of the back woods during the winter was unpredictable. Kids are grown and on their own so for the YL and I, it wasn't worth the cost of registration, insurance, emissions, storage, tires (6), routine maintenance of the engine/transmission/drive train and exterior. So we sold it and are enjoying the simplicity of our '17 rpod178. 
Herm
Back to Top
crw8sr View Drop Down
Senior Member
Senior Member


Joined: 12 Oct 2017
Location: Omaha Nebraska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 328 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 4:46pm
Welcome Hermsix
Chuck & Lyn
Izzy, Morkie. RIP
Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie
2018 R Pod 190   
2019 Traverse

In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.64
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz