FRESH WATER TANK HITS GROUND
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Topic: FRESH WATER TANK HITS GROUND
Posted By: rex
Subject: FRESH WATER TANK HITS GROUND
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2012 at 7:12pm
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THIS AFTERNOON my BOYS AND MYSELF WENT TO A BACK WOODS CAMPING AREA TO WATCH SOME FOOTBALL/EATS SOME RIBS/DRINK SOME BEER IN ALL HAVE A GOOD SAT IN THE WOODS.THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET WATER FROM A UNDER GROUND SPRING/WE HOOKED UP HAD A FEW COLD ONES NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WATER WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD THUD/WALKED AROUND THE POD A SAW THE WATER TANK ON THE GROUND TWICE THE SIZE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.AFTER CHECKING IT OUT WE FOUND THE OVER FLOW TUBE PLUGGED UP.LOOKS LIKE A MUDDOPPER WAS AT WORK.DRAINED TE TANK IT WENT BACK TO ORIG SIZE.IN THE MORNING WE WILL TRY TO GET BACK IN PLACE.AND HOOK ALL BACK UP.SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT .HAPPY TRAILS TO ALL rex pHp stuart fla ------------- jrr |
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Posted By: Seanl
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2012 at 11:26pm
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Wow I did not think it was posible to over fill like that. ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2012 at 6:52am
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It must have broken the straps that hold up the tank too. That IS something to keep in mind. Thanks for posting this. 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: rex
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2012 at 7:39pm
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TERRY,HAD NO STRAPS,ONLY A PC OF ANGLE FRONT AND REAR TO HOLD IT IN PLACE,WE GOT BACK IN PLACE TODAY .MY BOY IS GOING TO RIG SOMETHING UP TO HOLD IT SO THIS WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.WE DIDNT THINK WE COULD OVER FILL IT ALSO,HAD A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE SINK WHEN IT DID FALL THROUGH.AND PULLED THE DRAIN TUBE OFF. ------------- jrr |
Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 9:10am
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I wondered about my Pod's tank after filling it full and noticed that it bulged downward quite a bit toward the ground. If the tank is held only in place by angle clamps fore and aft and pulled out because of overfilling...I wonder what would happen if you were traveling with a full tank and hit a really large bump. The g-forces should be enough to pull the tank 'tabs' out from the clamps and drop it on the road way. I am going to go out to my Pod and see if there is any way to check on the tightness of the clamps. "Loose clamps-potential fallen tank!" ------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 10:59am
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Maybe going to add a strap of some sort...
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 11:49am
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On my Pod the fresh water tank is filled from a filler that I cant screw a hose on to. I was told by the dealer to put the end of the hose right into the filler and run the water until it started to come out. Are some pods equipped differently?
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 6:45pm
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Keith-N-Dar...my Pod's tank fill neck is the same. I bought a tank filling nozzle from Wal-Mart. It has a standard hose valve connected to a 9 inch clear poly tube. You insert the poly tube into the open fitting and give the valve a quarter-turn. If the tank fills completely water rushes out from around the poly tube. I believe this design is so that you can't over-pressurize the water tank.
------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 7:54pm
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Ditto on our 171.
------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 8:58pm
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Yup, that's how all campers have been since I started in '86.
------------- 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: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2012 at 9:35pm
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Thanks. I guess I still can't see how this could have happened. ------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: rex
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2012 at 4:06pm
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OK we fixed the water tank,and did a little mod to help hold it in.. what happened was the vent tube was plugged and when we filled the tank it expanded and "pushed" itself out of the channel iron that runs from frame rail to fram rail in the front and back of the tank.after we reinstalled the tank , i added galvanized plumbers strap that runs from the rear channel iron to the front channel in 3 places using self tapping screws , thus making a "cradle" to ad extra support when tank is full we have pictures but it says file size is to big and dont know how to make em smaller any help please
------------- jrr |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2012 at 6:49pm
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Windows usually comes with a program that you can use to open and then resize pictures. The older version of Windows, XP, has Paint. I'm not sure about the newer versions.
------------- 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: Seanl
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2012 at 6:10am
paint is still in windows 7 ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Posted By: this_is_nascar
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2012 at 7:39am
Yep, MSPaint.
------------- "Ray & Connie" - 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2012 at 7:54am
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There is also a right click utility available for Windows XP that allows the user to pick one of sveral sizes to compress a jpeg photo file. It works really well. It is free on the Microsoft site in the Windows download section. I believe it is called a photo resize program. It pops up when you right click and select it when you are in the Windows photo viewer. You then save the resized picture under a new name or replace the original. It does the job without losing resolution like a lot of other programs do - incuding Paint. It was eliminated from SP 3 apparently, and now must be separately downloaded. I don't know if it works with Vista, 7, or 8.
------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2012 at 3:20pm
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Making a picture larger will always result in a loss of resolution - can't add data where there was none. Making one smaller won't loose resolution. ------------- 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: rex
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2012 at 5:16pm
 i think here are the photos on how i reinforced dads water tank. what happened was i put a regular hose in the filler neck with city water and with his vent pluggedthe tank expanded up and down enough to "pop"it out of its channels. i used ss plumbers strap, ss self tapping screws and ran 3 "straps" from front to rear so the tank cant "expand" and pop itself out again i hope thes pics download ------------- jrr |