Sawdust
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Topic: Sawdust
Posted By: Sfoget
Subject: Sawdust
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2021 at 8:56pm
| We have a new R-Pod 202. We kept seeing sawdust all along the floor under the fuse box. Anyone experience this issue. Thought it may be ants. However, have not seen any inside the RV. |
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2021 at 9:18pm
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Manufacturing lack of cleaning during assembly. We all have it.
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Posted By: Sfoget
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2021 at 5:59am
| Thanks. |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2021 at 10:03am
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You will continue to see it from time to time for several years ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2021 at 10:37am
For some strange reason, ours did not have any sawdust. Not even under the ottomans. ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:01pm
Maybe the shop vac at the Ore factory still works but the one in Indiana is broken.  ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2021 at 4:14pm
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For some strange reason, ours did not have any sawdust. Not even under the ottomans.[/QUOTE] We were fortunate as well, maybe the dealer went the extra mile to clean it properly. That was a long time ago . . . March 2011. ------------- 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: AugiePal
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2021 at 12:31pm
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I liked the response, "Manufacturing lack of cleaning during assembly. We all have it." Yep we all do. When I was installing a bug screen on my outside refrigerator vent, I was surprised at how much sawdust was in the back of the refrigerator.
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Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2021 at 11:35am
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Yep, sawdust coming out for quite awhile is sooo...correct.
I thoroughly vacuumed behind every panel, nook and cranny, as I had read here about it (and it is amazing indeed how much still comes out from behind the fridge!). We just got home from a whirlwind month of traveling over 10,500 kms (about 6500 miles) with our new 192 (and love it, especially with the new memory foam mattress). I think we shook out most of what is left. Had to see our 1 month old grand daughter, children and various friends (old and new, Boondocker Hosts are awesome!). If you do go in and start shop vac'ing your trailer, get some spray foam for the massive holes they cut in the floor for the water lines, etc...so much cold/hot air blows in through them and it could be a highway access for various unwanted guests/critters into your trailer. It is completely unnecessary to make them as large as they do, but not surprising. Andy ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: SC for Huskers
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2021 at 12:10pm
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I'm still finding it. Worst was under the shower stall found when I removed the vent and added blocking under shower floor. Any hole in the floor has had sawdust. ------------- Happy Traveling, Tom 2017 172pod 2011 F150 STX |
Posted By: Rpod-Couple
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2021 at 6:23pm
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Had the same experience with our 2021 171. This must be why Forest River provides a built in vacuum as standard equipment. 😉 ------------- Steve & Elaine 2021 R-pod 2023 VW Atlas Cross Sport |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2021 at 9:35pm
Unless if course you have termites or carpenter ants in which case you will continue to see sawdust indefintely. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2021 at 8:16am
And in about three years (depending on the severity of the termintes) you will be the proud owner of a T (termite) Pod, which will consist of 2 wheels, an axle, and a metal frame. ------------- 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." |