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    Posted: 18 Aug 2018 at 7:03pm
Smile  We had initially owned a 2012 Honda Odyssey with a tow capacity of 3500lbs.  We went shopping for a light camper and we bought a 2018 Rpod 171 which had a dry weight of 2504lbs, with all of our gear and two adults it weighed 3000lbs which was close to our max tow weight.  The Oddy actually pulled it pretty good(you definitely knew it was back there). 
We camped in the Rpod 171 three times and decided we needed more room.  So we traded it in on a 2018 Rpod 180 with a slide, OMG!!! so much more room and we love the open floor plan, plus it has an actual bathroom with separate shower, vanity, and toilet.  
This camper weighed in at 2890lb dry and 3400lbs with gear and 2 adults.  This amount of weight was going to push our Oddy to its max tow capacityOuch, so we traded in our 2012 Oddy for a 2018 Toyota 4Runnner.  It is rated to tow 5000lb and it does a wonderful job!, we just completed a trip from Arkansas, thru Colorado, and to Wyoming.  We are more than pleased with the performance of our new 4Runner and cannot wait to go to the mountains of California to see the Redwoods.

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Posts: 305 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 2018 at 7:55pm
Congrats! Sounds like a good choice on the new TV. I had a 171 I pulled with a 4WD Honda Pilot and traded up to a 179 for the same reason. I did the Tundra and love it. 
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Awesome!! We bought a 2018 rPod 180 in late May and pull it with a 2011 V6 Tacoma. We love the 180 for the same reasons you have mentioned; open floor plan, large dry bath, slide out kitchen.

Yesterday it took 13 hours to get to Yreka up I5. We are heading to Cannon Beach for the NW rPod Rally!
The pod is SUCH an improvement from my old Coleman Sequoia tent trailer!!!!
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Congrats on your 180 and new tow rig!
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Congrats, My wife and I also just bought a 2018, R-Pod 180 last month. Happy camping...
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Posts: 204 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 2:50pm
Originally posted by tony rpod 180

Smile  So we traded it in on a 2018 Rpod 180 with a slide, OMG!!! so much more room and we love the open floor plan, plus it has an actual bathroom with separate shower, vanity, and toilet.  
This camper weighed in at 2890lb dry and 3400lbs with gear and 2 adults.   We are more than pleased with the performance of our new 4Runner and cannot wait to go to the mountains of California to see the Redwoods.

Happy Camping!!  Thumbs Up

Awesome! We love our new 180, because of the open floor plan and the large dry bath. It has good storage (compared to some of the other models from what I've heard), and I like the large windows on each side.

You'll love the redwoods. Which variety are you looking to see? The Coast Redwoods or the Giant Sequoias? (the coast redwoods are taller and the Sequoias are larger in circumference.)

My favorite campgrounds in the (coast) redwoods (State Parks) are Mill Creek campground in Del Norte State Park, just south of Crescent City, CA, and also Prairie Creek Redwoods, south of Del Norte by about 17 miles.(Mill Creek has a REALLY STEEP road going down to the campground with about a 2,000 ft elevation drop. My old 2002 four cylinder Tacoma would have never pulled my tent trailer out of there but my V6 Tacoma had no problems with the rPod.) 

Prairie Creek has some really great hikes; one through Fern Canyon to the ocean that is unbelievable! I shot a lot of b&w high speed infrared film at Prairie Creek in 2006, of trees, ferns, and clover. Really great place but my wife didn't like the dampness and the dim light, because of all the trees. (We had a tent trailer at the time and she said that her vegetables were molding!)
As a photographer I was in heaven! My macro lens got a lot of use there. If you're lucky in the mornings you can also see elk. 

As for the Giant Sequoias, Sequoia National Park is amazing!  So much to see there. When I was in high school in the early 80s my cross country coach used to take our team up for a week of high-altitude training on the trails.  The General Sherman Tree is really cool to see.

My folks have a cabin in the Sierras in Arnold, CA, on highway 4. Two miles east on Hwy 4 is Big Trees State Park with two groves of Giant Sequoias. North Grove is by the highway and more accessible but south grove is out of the way and a lot quieter. It's at the end of the state park road and you have to hike in a bit to see the grove. It's well worth it. There's a lot fewer people that go to south grove so it's great for solitude.

The Coast Redwoods are in a wetter climate and the Sequoias are up in the mountains where it's hotter and dryer, but both are really amazing to see. Have fun!!!!!  
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Posts: 75 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Sep 2018 at 4:38pm
We have seen the sequoia’s and the General Sherman, it was all quite amazing. This was a few years ago prior to having a camper. Appreciate all the info about the redwoods.
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