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Has Anyone Redesigned the Seating for a R-pod 179?

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Topic: Has Anyone Redesigned the Seating for a R-pod 179?

Posted By: mrem
Subject: Has Anyone Redesigned the Seating for a R-pod 179?
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:14pm

Recently purchased a 2017 R-pod 179, my wife loves the kitchen, I hate the seating. Has anyone come up with a better system?

Thanks

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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:45pm

Welcome and congratulations! May you have many great adventures and make many wonderful memories in the process!

Yes, I also did not like the seating. Check out my mods (link in signature for my solution to the table mechanism and dinette seating. There are also a number of other mods that may interest you. We have enjoyed our 179 and recently completed a trip of almost 6500 miles.

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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

Posted By: john in idaho
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:46pm

The best thing I did was take the table out and put it in the barn. I made a table out of a 2ft square of formica covered 3/4 plywood and a slightly smaller piece for the floor. Then got a pedestal post and two mounting plates. Now the table can scoot around or even take outside. We got rid of the curved back cushions and had some straight ones made. Much better now. The table pieces ride on the bed when underway.

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 2:31pm

IKEA futon (jackknife sofa) in place of the cushions. We also got rid of our table and bought a 20"x40" folding table from Walmart that can be easily tucked away between the bed and the slide when not in use.

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 3:40pm

A bunch of folks (including us) removed the "ottoman" closest to the bed. Makes a huge difference in floor space, and with the two of us, it was more in the way than not.

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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 4:20pm

I use that ottoman as a table for my CPAP. Because of the futon, we have a cloth cover over it instead of the cushion on top of it.

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 4:34pm

I wanted to remove it but that idea got vetoed by my wife. She likes it for shoe storage.

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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

Posted By: fonseca179
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 7:58am

Originally posted by TheBum

IKEA futon (jackknife sofa) in place of the cushions. We also got rid of our table and bought a 20"x40" folding table from Walmart that can be easily tucked away between the bed and the slide when not in use.

Do you have any pictures of the sofa?

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 11:51am

Originally posted by fonseca179

Do you have any pictures of the sofa?

Not handy. I'll try to remember to post one or two when I'm home.

There were two options when we bought ours: one that would span the entire width and one that was a little shorter. We initially picked the shorter one because it was more comfortable when made into a bed, lighter, and easier to get into our 179.

We realized one other benefit to the shorter length when our kittens started camping with us: a gap on each end gave them an easily accessible tunnel behind the sofa where they could hide or chase each other.

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: mrem
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 2:19pm

Thanks for all the ideas.

I wish R-pod would have given more thought when they designed the sofa. What I hate is when I slide from the sofa to the ottoman and sink in all the foam. What where they thinking??

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 11:43pm

Here are a couple of early photos of the dinette area after we put in the futon.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfes4dpxltuxhbz/IMG_0036.jpg - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfes4dpxltuxhbz/IMG_0036.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y97x7s7q69ary0f/IMG_0038.jpg - https://www.dropbox.com/s/y97x7s7q69ary0f/IMG_0038.jpg

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: fonseca179
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2018 at 7:34am

Thanks for the pictures. How did you attach the futon? I assume it has a wood frame.

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2018 at 10:26am

It does have a wood frame. It just sit there without permanent attachment. We did add straps to keep it from moving around as much in transit. I have thought about adding rails to the bottom of the futon and top of the slide bottom to restrain its movement, but we don't really have an issue with it once we're parked.

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: Cottage-pod
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2018 at 1:19pm

Hi - we have a 179 and I love the idea of the futon. Our Ikea only has the "Balkarp" sofa sleeper/futon. It's the exact size of the dinette bench so we like that idea best. Do you have photos of the futon and how it sits on the bench? I looked at the pics you posted but it doesn't show the whole futon in place. We are heading out this weekend for 16 days so would love to have this for our daughter before we go.

Thanks so very much!

Posted By: Marchhall
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2018 at 2:19pm

We always put dinette table outside with tablecloth along with another 4' folding table. All our living is done outside under rDome. This frees up interior space when inside immensely.

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Outdoorsy Marc
2016 Rpod 179
2017 Kia Sorento SXL

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2018 at 2:34pm

It just sits on the bench. The legs that come with it are not used. We did add 2x4s under the front edge to support it on the ottomans (without cushions), especially when laid flat. This was another reason we kept both ottomans.

With the longer sofa, you'll need to extend the slide to get it in the door. We were barely able to get our shorter one in with the slide in.

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats

Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2018 at 2:57pm

There were actually two Balkarp sofas when we got ours. I think this is actually the shorter one that we ended up with, except with blue upholstery:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00376932/

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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats