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StephenH 
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
 Topic: Introduce yourselfPosted: 22 Jun 2020 at 9:24am |
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Be careful. The new axle is not "off road" either. Taking the RPod over rough roads would really stress things on the roof due to the abrupt and hard rocking and jerking that off-road would have. The RPod's are really only for relatively smooth roads, paved or unpaved, not off-road or overlanding.
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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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Dannoxp
Newbie 
Joined: 23 Jun 2020 Location: Pennsylvania Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: 23 Jun 2020 at 10:18pm |
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Hi R Pod Owners,
We just bought our first pod, New 2019 leftover model 179. We are excited to get back into camping again for the first time in 10 years. We’re empty nesters and look forward to this new adventure season together. We’ve been interested in T Pods for a couple years now and just found the right deal. We’ll be towing with our 2014 Lincoln MKX. The deal is so new, we haven’t even taken delivery yet... but have been sifting thru our old camping gear. Looking forward to relaxing times the second half of this camping season. Happy Camping, Dan & Glo 
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offgrid
Senior Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 5:48am |
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Welcome.
I’m sorry to have to mention it but the Lincoln doesn’t appear to be up to the task of towing a 179. The max tow rating I saw was 3500 lbs if properly equipped. The 179 has a gross trailer weight of 3800. Forget the dry weight, that number has nothing to do with real world actual trailer weights. Also, the 3500 lb tow capacity is for a tow vehicle with nothing in it except the driver. As soon as you load the Lincoln with gear and people you will be over. I highly recommend that you look at getting a tow vehicle with a rating of at least 5000 lbs. That’s what mine is and I wouldn’t tow my 179 with anything lighter. Better to be safe and have a little margin built into your rig than to be overloaded and stressed out while in the road. |
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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Chris and Aura
Newbie
Joined: 21 Jun 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 10:31am |
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Hi,
What do you mean "your rig"? Do you mean each component: the RPod and the towing separate and together and full? Thanks, Aura
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Chris and Aura
Newbie
Joined: 21 Jun 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:42am |
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Hi,
I so much feel your pain in estimating all these numbers. We also got a used 178 Rpod, 2013. We purchased the Honda Passport with the same towing limits as the Pilot and Ridgeline. The more I read, the more confused I get. It should be simple as the math used is simple arithmetic.
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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 12:25pm |
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Simple........ is the last word that is used when figuring tow capacity. There is dry weight, curb weight, gross vehicle axle weight, etc., etc.. And it's virtually impossible to get an accurate number on any of them. Generally people figure on not passing 80 % of the tow vehicles capacity. The ridgline has a 5000 pound tow capacity, so if you have the same capacity as the ridgeline, your all set with your 178. You can even afford to be less careful about packing.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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offgrid
Senior Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 4:36pm |
The rig means both the trailer and the tow vehicle, plus the load and passengers in the TV and the load in the trailer. One thing you can check is the max combined gross vehicle weight rating (MCGVWR) of the tow vehicle, that should be on the driver's door jamb, along with max axle weights and other useful information. The other number to check is the trailer tongue weight rating. That should be in your TV owner's manual and is typically 10% of max tow rating, or in your case 350 lbs. The 300 lb number that FR provides is really the minimum tow rating, your actual tow rating is almost always higher, and depending on how you load, much higher. In fact, it needs to be,higher, you don't want your tongue weight to be below 10% of actual trailer weight. Sway might occur if its too light. Everyone should weight their rig and each axle so you know what you actually have. Generally folks are surprised at how heavy their TV and trailer really are. You can get the weight at a public scale, and you can get the weight on each axle by adding an axle at a time to the scale, then subtracting the measured weights. To get the tongue weight disconnect the trailer and go back through the scale with just the TV. Tongue weight = TV weight with trailer - TV weight without trailer. If you have a weight distribution hitch don't have that tensioned when you go through the scale. If you don't have a WDH you'll probably want to get one, but it won't make and overloaded tow vehicle OK, it will improve your stability and handling though. If all this seems complicated that's because it is, but its critical for safety to understand and manage all this. In your case I can say with high confidence that your tow vehicle will be overloaded or close to it when everything and everybody is on board.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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