Another R-Dome Question
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Topic: Another R-Dome Question
Posted By: Hansonz
Subject: Another R-Dome Question
Date Posted: 20 May 2011 at 10:46am
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I know, just what we need.....another R-Dome question. I think this one is a fairly simple one.
I am wondering if the sides and front zip off of the R-Dome. I really just want an awning and have no need for the screen sides and screen front. I really do need a little shelter from the Texas heat however. If they zip off, I could just leave them at home and have what looks to be a very nice awning.
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Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 20 May 2011 at 11:53am
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The front zips off and the sides roll-up. You can store the R-DOME like that too (no need to re-roll the sides on every trip). ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 20 May 2011 at 12:05pm
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You might want to consider that if it should happen to storm, your dome front could be zipped on and will keep driving rain from turning the space in front of your pod into a mud hole and will keep fire wood dry. Just a thought.
B ------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
Posted By: Hansonz
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 1:33pm
| Thanks for the info. I picked up an R-dome off Craigslist and will give it a shot. They wanted 650.00 at the dealer I bought the 175 from. Hope I like it, but I always have an EZ up if I don't |
Posted By: tdrace
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 8:56pm
I tried the ez-up and I just can't get it by myself. The dome I can have up in 15 minutes,its like another room. Luv it  ------------- tdrace's 2018 180 2010 FORD F150 V-8 equalizer e-2 hitch Sisters on the Fly #1569 |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 9:39pm
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If this helps the picture that I have is of the R-Dome with the sides off. Like you I just want an awning for shade. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 7:12am
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I always leave the front off. The side I leave on but usually rolled up. I also put the picnic table under it. That way the table is in the shade. Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: Hansonz
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 12:44pm
| I should be able to try it out in about 3 weeks. If it works well, I might even cut out the sides.....but then again, if I do that.....there is no going back. |
Posted By: tdrace
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 6:51pm
The sides can be zipped out or rolled up. Don,t cut it  ------------- tdrace's 2018 180 2010 FORD F150 V-8 equalizer e-2 hitch Sisters on the Fly #1569 |
Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 7:06pm
Well my last post was prophetic! It rained like crazy the last night of our Victoria Day camp out and we were really really happy to have our Dome. We are not complaining about the water because we need it but it was great to have that extra, dry area come morning when son, daughter-in-law and two grandkids piled in with us for breakfast. They were tenting so I got to watch the kids in the warm, dry Pod while the others broke camp.
B------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
Posted By: Gerald
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 9:38am
 ------------- 2010 R-Pod 177 / 2009 GMC Canyon 4X4 Gerald, Lydia and The Boys (2 Shelties)......Canuck Podders |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 10:43am
Oh my gosh! Heaven's to Murgatroid!  ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 12:52pm
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Holy smokes! Now that is water!
Never had any P. Park refund us anything. That's amazing too.
B ------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |