New homemade TV is done:
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Topic: New homemade TV is done:
Posted By: marwayne
Subject: New homemade TV is done:
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2012 at 6:07pm
    I can either use the jackpipe or the ballhitch. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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Posted By: Snowbound
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2012 at 7:04pm
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What a professional looking job! Let us know if you go into business. ------------- Tom and Bette in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
Posted By: Camper Bob
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
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Very nice. Guess this is why you get the big money.
Camper Bob ------------- Camper Bob and Camper Sue Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 12:04pm
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Camper Bob: Can you explain the money bit to me. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 4:56pm
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Does it work as good as it looks? Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 5:14pm
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Goose: I have a 3 to 5% slope on my driveway, no problem. When my wife needs the car, I just hook up push the pod down the driveway, she drives out her car and I pull the pod back up. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 8:08pm
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Very sweet. If I had an extra couple of grand I would build an electric pusher for my car, partly just for the fun of building it. I figure it would increase my MPGs by 50%. Did you salvage the motor from something? ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2012 at 10:18pm
Doug: I bought a trailer dolly from princess auto on sale for 300$. It is a very poor design and very insufficient for my purpose. It would not even push the trailer down the driveway over a 1/2" lip, because the weight was distributed over 3 wheels. I used the parts from the dolly, made and bought others and by trail and error came up with this design. Total cost about 550$, consider this thow with this dolly I can manoeuvre the pod through a gate behind the garage with 4" of clearense and save 80$ a month on rent for storage. From this to This I also geared down the speed from 24 to 14' per minute for more torque.
------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 12:12am
Nice JOB on the remanufacture.  Goose------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 12:17am
This is what Doug needs.  Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Posted By: Markpod
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 8:12am
This is what Doug needs.  Goose
Been lurking for a while, but couldn't let this go, tooooo funny !  Bought my 182g Thanksgiving week, my walk thru last weekend, more than ready to give it a go! This site is Podtastic(sic)! A big THANK YOU to all you 'know-it-all's and almost 'know-it-all's, all have been a great help. ------------- 2012 182 G 2006 silverado 1500 5.3 v8 |
Posted By: tpierce220
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 8:50am
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Welcome, Mark! ------------- Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys. |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 11:17am
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Thank you and Welcome Mark. We are all here for fun. ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 7:00pm
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Goose, I love the hover round pulling the mini R-pod, I figure at my age that will be the next purchase right before the nursing home, I can hear me now, " I've fallen and cant get back into my mini pod" ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 8:26pm
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Goose, LOL! Welcome, Markpod. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Uncle Billy
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 4:08pm
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an electric dolly that DOESN'T require a PhD to make functional? |