Introduce Yourself: New R-Pod owner (2012 177)

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New R-Pod owner (2012 177)

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Topic: New R-Pod owner (2012 177)

Posted By: Yedi
Subject: New R-Pod owner (2012 177)
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 2:58pm

Recently purchased a 2012 R-Pod 177 Hood River Edition (HRE). Looked at newer and bigger models, but decided this is best for my wife and I right now. We've been on one local voyage and plan to take it on a little road trip soon. So far, we have just been trying to figure out how we want to store things and what all we need. We had a pop-up so many things we already had.

As many of you know, the Hood River Edition (HRE) has LT235/75r15 mud/snow tires. We will probably never take it off-road and are looking for other tire alternatives for better highway mileage, etc.. So, any suggestions here would be welcomed. I especially would like to know if a 225/75r15 trailer tire will fit the nice HRE wheels.

Thanks for this forum. I have used it many times over the past several weeks!

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Posted By: EchoGale
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 3:34pm

I can't answer your tire question but congrats on the pod-purchase and welcome to the forum. I'm new too (2016 172) and have found these folks invaluable.

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Julie

Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 4:28pm

Yes, a 225/75R15 trailer tire should fit those wheels fine. If you get a load range D tire its a nice upgrade in load capacity and should reduce your rolling resistance as well.

Welcome!

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 4:35pm

The tires on your 2012 are most likely past their use-by date, so you're looking for new tires anyway. Our HRE has ST235/75R15 (ST = trailer, LT = truck). Those are one-off tires, and you would have a really hard time to find the same size anywhere. The closest match size-wise would be ST225/75R15. The only thing you might want to do is upgrade from load range C to load range D. LRD will take a higher pressure and a higher load. Will probably be a rougher ride, but should be less prone to blow out.

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

Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 9:38pm

+ 1 to what offgrid and GlueGuy say on the tires. And welcome to the board.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 7:47am

Welcome. 177 is the best floor plan ever. And those guys above have you covered. Get new tires, go camping.

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Posted By: Yedi
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 8:22am

Okay, we're getting new 225/75-15 Load D trailer tires put on today. Thanks for the "welcomes"!