My 19,000 mile, 87 day road trip

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   Since my wife doesn't drive, she never even notices stuff like that.  We did buy some walkie-talkies and she's getting the hang of telling me to stop before I back into a rock or a small child.

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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595	Post Options Post Reply Quote lostagain Report Post Quote Reply Topic: My 19,000 mile, 87 day road trip Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 5:53pm
	Since my wife doesn't drive, she never even notices stuff like that. We did buy some walkie-talkies and she's getting the hang of telling me to stop before I back into a rock or a small child.
	Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

gpokluda Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Nov 2018 Location: NM Online Status: Offline Posts: 392	Post Options Post Reply Quote gpokluda Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Aug 2022 at 7:53pm
	We've been fortunate to never get in a situation like that, although we have been boxed in by folks who fill up then go inside the convenience store do a weeks worth of shopping and use the restroom. We do carry an empty 5gallon gas container in the event we have to shuttle fuel to the TV but have never had to do that.
	Gpokluda 2017 Rpod 179(sold 2023) 2022 Escape 5.0TA 2022 Ford F150 4X4 3.5EB Kawasaki KLR650

GlueGuy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2702	Post Options Post Reply Quote GlueGuy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Aug 2022 at 11:49am
	The day we picked up our Rpod, I was immediately not happy with the trailer brake controller (TBC) that the RV dealer had installed. It was screwed to a bracket that bumped my right knee. We had let them install it, as they had promoted it as being "plug-n-play". We assumed (incorrectly) that it was the OEM TBC from Ford. It was not. As there was a Ford dealer just a few blocks from the Rpod dealer, we decided to pull into the Ford dealer parking lot and see if we could just pick up a TBC from them. What we had not anticipated was that the Ford dealer parking lot was JAMMED and NARROW! Oh my! I feel happy that we got out of that lot without banging anything up.
	bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Post Options Post Reply Quote offgrid Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Aug 2022 at 12:03pm
	What I get a kick out of when towing is the guy in the car who pulls up nose to nose with you while your filling up at a gas pump and then expects you to back up for him when he wants to leave.
	1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold

anniefranz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 Jul 2022 Location: Traverse CityMI Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote anniefranz Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2022 at 9:57am
	We recently bought our 180. I had a 16 Scamp that followed the TV perfectly. This is taking some getting used to with the necessary wide turns. But we can stand up staight and stretch out in the bed and bath! Totally worth it!
	Anne

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417	Post Options Post Reply Quote StephenH Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2022 at 2:16pm
	My worst experience was pulling into a narrow lot thinking that there would be a connecting road that would allow us to go out. It took many minutes of minutes of back and forth to be able to turn around in that lot without running into buildings, trees, other cars, etc. It was not quite miraculous that we got out of that unscathed, but it was close. Welcome and congratulations Annie! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RPod.
	StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS