Something not to do getting ready for summer
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Topic: Something not to do getting ready for summer
Posted By: john in idaho
Subject: Something not to do getting ready for summer
Date Posted: 21 May 2017 at 2:39pm
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Time to take the 179 pod out of the barn. I took the spare and mount out and slid them under the rear of the trailer in the fall for more walking room behind. Moving stuff out of the way, I look at the spare, and think - I will just move ahead about 6 feet and then put the stinger on the tire mount into the socket and drive out the door. Then I won't have to carry the spare and mount outside. Good plan. Except I had to raise the front of the trailer quite a bit to slide over the ball on the truck because of the incline in front of the barn door. Which resulted in the stinger poking a 1 1/2" hole in the floor. of the pod. Looking behind the bottom drawer, the inner surface of the floor was just dimpled slightly. Nothing that a can of foam filler won't fix. If I didn't keep getting in my own way, I would never get anything accomplished.
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 21 May 2017 at 2:43pm
Ouch!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171
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Posted By: yakinator
Date Posted: 21 May 2017 at 2:57pm
Murphy's law takes the lead in the winner take all contest of world domination.
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2017 RPOD 180 named VentuRpod
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 21 May 2017 at 8:00pm
I lost the sewer hose carier when I wanted to take the R-Pod out of the driveway without the Equal-i-zer bars hooked up to test the Hayes No-Sway I had purchased. Between the driveway's slope and the curb gutter, it bottomed out just enough to break the mounting brackets. I now know that I need to put something down to eliminate that dip at the end of th edriveway before I try something like that again. The fix for mine was not too bad. I just had to order new doors and brackets, and do a little cementing of them on the tube which I had to repair since it got cracked also, but only at one end and not bad enough to buy a whole new tube.
Your puncture is worse. I hope you can patch it up sufficiently so there wll be no additional damage.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods
Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS
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