Introduce Yourself: hello from ABQ...

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Topic: hello from ABQ...

Posted By: hermslx
Subject: hello from ABQ...
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 6:02pm

was a class c owner hauling my jeep around but now an rpod178 owner being hauled around by my jeep.

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Herm

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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 6:16pm

Cool, I went from Class C Coachman to 178 also, very happy I did.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: wooleeman
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 7:43pm

Originally posted by hermslx

was a class c owner hauling my jeep around but now an rpod178 owner being hauled around by my jeep.

Could both you and McCarter tell me why you made the switch? I have been thinking about switching the opposite way.

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2022 RP-202
2016 RP-179 (Sold 9/2020)
2014 Silverado Crew Cab. 6-1/2' Bed
Golden Retriever (DOB 6/16/2020)
English Bulldog (RIP 6/15/2020)

Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 8:11pm

Welcome to the group! Congrats on your 178!!

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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171

Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2018 at 9:12pm

Welcome, hope you make many great memories as you travel this glorious land. If the 178 had been available back in 2011 that would have been the model we would have picked, great floor plan. However, 7+ years and 25,000 + miles later, we still enjoy our 177.

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God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 8:43am

wooleeman,

Two reasons - first mine was a 2000 Coachman, rear kitchen, nice but it got caught in a Nor'easter and was beginning to have lamination issues, I was repairing but got tired of the effort.

Second, if I didn't tow a vehicle I was always having to pack up and disconnect to even go to the store or a small errand. I like the idea of putting the trailer on site and being mobile. If I towed a car, then I had all the logistics of towing a vehicle, added length, etc.

Much happier with trailer.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: hermslx
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 2:44pm

We had a Fleetwood Searcher on a ford f-350 chassis. 460ci FI, 10mpg on a good day. We initially bought it when the kids were young as we traveled, fished and hunted on a regular basis. Hunting in most cases was an issue as getting a class-c deep in n out of the back woods during the winter was unpredictable. Kids are grown and on their own so for the YL and I, it wasn't worth the cost of registration, insurance, emissions, storage, tires (6), routine maintenance of the engine/transmission/drive train and exterior. So we sold it and are enjoying the simplicity of our '17 rpod178.

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Herm

Posted By: crw8sr
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 4:46pm

Welcome Hermsix

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Chuck & Lyn
Izzy, Morkie. RIP
Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie
2018 R Pod 190
2019 Traverse

In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck.