RDome
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Topic: RDome
Posted By: Jpod
Subject: RDome
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 4:21pm
We are enjoying our new rpod with the rdome. :-) The set up instructions are terrible so I was wondering if anyone sets there up similar to this?  |
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Posted By: pugspod
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 4:59pm
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The Rdome looks good. How'd you get the sides so nice and tight? We didn't have any instructions so just snapped the material to the pod's snaps.
------------- Steve & Joy & Harley the pug |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 5:42pm
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We always set ours up with the rdome walls coming straight down the side of the pod rather than following the contour of the roof, but I saw several set up exactly like yours at the last roundup and I think it makes much more sense than the way we've been doing it.
------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: Jpod
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 5:38pm
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pugspod - I used the suction cups that came with it. I line them up the holes then pushed down on the suctions and locked then hooked to the eyelets. We just came off a week of camping and it rained for 2 days and I had to resuction only 2 the whole week. |
Posted By: Jpod
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 5:41pm
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Hey HuronSailor thanks for the info I was wondering if I was doing it okay it made sense to me but we just ran across another rpoder and he was running it straight down as well. We are on the west side of Michigan do they do roundups in our area? |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 8:07pm
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Yeah, we use ours all the time..... gives some great extra space. We use silicon spray of the track and the plastic glides in the groove. I stand on one side and just feed it all the way. Only takes a couple miuntes. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: burge16
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 11:33pm
| HuronSailor, can you post a pic of this? I do the same as Leo B with the silicone, and it slides through the track fairly well (unless it hits one of the screws the track is fastened with). The only other thing I did was remove the front fabric panel, so it's more like an awning. I'm able to put it up by myself now. And the suction cups pop off a lot, does anyone have any other ideas? I was thinking of trying some bungie cords or something along that lines. |
Posted By: burge16
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 11:35pm
| And Jpod, that's exactly how mine looks when I set it up too. Minus the front. |
Posted By: muncie
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 5:52am
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Hi Jpod. We are also located in west Michigan. Muskegon, to be precise. Anywhere near us??
------------- Greg & Loretta & Winston the boxer 2012 R-Pod 177 "sweetie pod" Tow Vehicle - 2007 GMC Envoy |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 9:10am
One coming up in the Porcupine Mountains at the end of this month. ------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 9:13am
 On the left is a picture of my pod with the rDome attached. We've been using suction cups to hold the dome to the front of the pod. On the right is the previous poster's photo, makes more sense to me than the way we've been doing it.
------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: curieuse
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 5:20pm
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We just got our new RPod and will be trying our new rDome. The snaps were not installed on our RPod by the dealer, were your's installed or did you do it yourself? Any suggestions? hate to drill holes ourselves in the new unit, could mark the spots where they need to be installed and ask the dealer to do it. ------------- Manon |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 6:23pm
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Most everyone uses suction cups rather than drill holes in the pod. We got these at Wal Mart. Put the metal hook through the hole in the dome and pinch it shut with some pliers, leave them attached to the dome when you take it down.  ------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: curieuse
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 7:57pm
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Thanks a million but do they really hold even when windy and does it keep the rain away? Do you put them on the face of the trailer or on the sides like for the snaps? ------------- Manon |
Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2012 at 8:36am
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They work fine. Just wipe the road film off the pod before attaching them. ------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: R&D-Adventures
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2012 at 7:47pm
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Hello all,
I am new to the forum, having just purchased our 2012 R-Pod HRE 177, but I can already tell I am going to like it here!
I have a question about the awnings. I bought a Dometic awning on EBay, not wanting to spend over 600 on a RDome, and the rail attachement is the wrong size. Where the awning attached to the R-Pod in the rail, it just falls out. The rail is too big for the awning part. Has anyone else had this happen? Did they change the rail size on the 177? The person that I bought the awning from advertised that it would work.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Rob and Denise
177 HRE
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2012 at 9:01pm
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Welcome. I think there are 2 "rope" sizes. One option might be to close the track slightly with pliers.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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