Fun Time Camping
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Topic: Fun Time Camping
Posted By: TerryM
Subject: Fun Time Camping
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2013 at 9:54am
I spent last weekend camping in north Georgia in the foothills. The guy in the office said to go up the hill, past the laundry and I would see site 17 where I was the go. Well, it was the back side of the laundry and it wasn't marked. It also was the back side of the site so it wasn't marked either. So I kept going. I came to a fork in the road and ended up taking a road that was a dead end with no turn around! I tried to turn it around and backed into a bank. What I couldn't see was a low boulder. It hit the stabilizer on the passenger side and bent it up real bad. But I still had to get out of there! I had to back up for about 50 yards, up hill and with an "S" curve to it! Oh, and it was loose gravel. Thank God I had 4 wheel drive. I just ordered two 2 1/4 ton trailer screw jacks from Harbor Freight. $30.00 + change each. I already have them on the front. But I did have a good time! Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
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Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2013 at 2:07pm
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Not so sure I would have still had a good time after all of that! ------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2013 at 4:03pm
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Not a good start that is for sure. 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: techntrek
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2013 at 10:30pm
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Ultimate test of your backing skills. Glad to hear you made it out without calling in backup. Pun intended.
------------- 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: Paige
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2013 at 8:31am
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When camping out in New Mexico (with another camper), we backed into a boulder and twisted a stabilizer. Since we didn't want to pay for another one (they were charging a lot) we took it off and used that same boulder as an anvil and pounded that sucker back into shape. Needless to say, we were not the popular new neighbors with all that noise. ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2013 at 10:13am
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My very first time out with our Pod I backed into a tree and poked a hole in the skin on the curved part of the back. I sealed it with calking and had it repaired over winter. I guess if we use them we run the risk of damage.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2013 at 10:15am
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My stabilizer didn't come off. I'll have both of the rear ones cut off and my new jacks welded on. 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: RPodWeGo
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2013 at 11:46pm
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Keith-N-Dar: I agree with your statement that if we use them we run the risk of damage. My neighbors who have had trailers for years told me when I brought the new RPod home, "first thing to be damaged will be your rear stabilizers" ... They were right. ------------- RPodWeGo RPod 177 04 v8 Toyota 4Runner |