New 2015 r-pod 179
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Topic: New 2015 r-pod 179
Posted By: kylekai
Subject: New 2015 r-pod 179
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 6:35pm
Originally wanted a 177, but wife like all the extra storage room in the 179. Hope to take it camping to the local mountains by the end of the month. Previously had a truck camper, so this is a switch. |
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 7:12pm
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Nice looking set up!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 9:54am
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congratulations ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: broncolar@yahoo.com
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2014 at 10:43am
| Congratulations on the 179 purchase...we are strongly considering buying one...please let us know how your first outing in the mountains went. Any concerns about "no space" in the bathroom? |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2014 at 1:30pm
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If the weather holds we're going next weekend. As for the bathroom, I'm 6'2" and my head touches the fan screen in the shower, but that's no big deal for me. We tend to stay in established campgrounds and always use campground bathrooms so we don't have much of a concern about the size of the pod's bathroom. ------------- |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2014 at 8:24pm
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Just got back from a weekend camping at Lake Morena in San Diego county:
http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/parks/Camping/lake_morena.html - http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/parks/Camping/lake_morena.html Weather in the lower 80's, electricity and water hookups, good biking trails, and not too crowded. I expected to find some problems with the r-pod, but found none. That was a pleasant surprise, as I usually find some problems with any new RV purchase. So far so good! Oh yeah, got 16 MPG towing the pod with my Silverado 2500 HD diesel (which I know is overkill for this trailer).  ------------- |
Posted By: JStrube
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:43pm
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I tow with an F250. Love having extra power, gets way better mileage too. ------------- 2012 181G |
Posted By: Newsguy12
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2014 at 2:24pm
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Congratulations! We bought our 179 in May and absolutely love it! ------------- Ram 1500 5.7L V-8 Hemi 2015 R-Pod 179 |
Posted By: Grayotter
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 3:03pm
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We recently bought a 179 also. Some lessons... You might want to put one twist on your tow chains. This will shorten them up a little. (I'm always worried about snagging something.) if your turn signal, light, brake, etc., cord is long enough to snag you can tighten it up by wrapping it to the pod frame with electricians tape. Be sure to check it on a very tight turn to be sure you will have slack in it. Also, if you go to the desert (Anza-Borrego Desert State Park) where we go a couple times a year, you'll want to put a couple layers of stick-on weather stripping on your door where it contacts the right fender taillight to prevent the inevitable from happening. The door is good for winds up to 15-20 mph, but not good for our careless opening or probable 40-50 mph desert dust devils... Gar ------------- Love2 1der |
Posted By: Grayotter
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 3:09pm
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Oops, forgot to mention we're looking into the spaghetti foam noodle tubing you find in swimming pools or on the slide outs of motor homes, also found in dollar stores. May work better than my weather stripping idea. ------------- Love2 1der |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 3:09pm
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Hi Gar, Thanks for the advice. Since I have a large truck (3/4 ton) I don't seem to need to twist the tow chains, but it's good to keep that in mind. I use a locking plastic tie for the tow wire; less messy than electrical tape. And I did put the weather strip on the door as I've seen that mentioned elsewhere. We go to Anza Borrego often so I'm trying to be prepared! ------------- |
Posted By: jbr549
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 3:53pm
| Nice picture and glad you had a good trip, I will keep the 179 in mind when I get mine. |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2014 at 4:36pm
I originally wanted the 177, but after my wife saw all the extra storage space in the 179, we got the 179. Glad we did. ------------- |
Posted By: Tbslants
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2014 at 1:00pm
| Got our 179 in June and love it...Enjoy |
Posted By: Lindie
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 6:43pm
Congratulations on your r pod 179. We currently have a tent trailer and are looking to upgrade to a hard sided trailer. We did see the 179 and also found it having alot of storage inside. We really like the shape and floor plan and recently found out the later 2015's of the 179's now offer the outside shower box. Since you have had it a while, I'm hoping you can help answer a few questions.1. Normally you see the grey and black water lines connected together, which is easier to dump waste water. The 179 has 2 separate hook up points, so how easy/difficult is it to dump waste water. 2. Do you and your wife feel you have enough room/space to get in and out of the bed? 3. Is your wife happy with the size of the refrigerator? 4. Do you have any problems/issues with the toilet shower room? Thank you in helping us decide if this is the trailer for us. ------------- Lindie |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 8:01pm
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Hi Lindie, We too had a tent trailer in the past. It worked well until one day it snowed while we were camping at Sequoia National Park, and the snow collected on top of the tent material. The resulting condensation almost made it feel like it was raining in the camper. So we switched to a truck camper for the next 6 years, and have now switched to the pod. I have a 2015 179 and it does not have an outside shower. I looked at a lot of them, and never saw any with an outside shower. Replies to your questions below. 1. You might be asking the wrong person about this, as we tend to use the campground restrooms, thus only filling the gray water tank. So far that's all we've had to empty, but it seems as if it wouldn't be a problem. Empty the black, pull forward a bit, empty the gray. 2. Yes, even tho I'm in my early 60s and 6' 2", no problem whatsoever room-wise or getting in or out of the bed. 3. Mostly happy. It seemed big when we first looked at it, but it's mostly tall and not very deep. We could use a bigger refrigerator, but we'll do fine with what there is. Not a deal-breaker. 4. When in the shower my head touches the fan screen, but I just lower my head a bit and it's fine. I don't think there's ever going to be a perfect RV, but this one seems to mostly have what we want and need, so we're quite happy with it so far. Hope that helps! -Bill ------------- |
Posted By: kylekai
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 8:10pm
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Lindie, I did a Google search for 2015 r-pod and outside shower, and I did find some had them. It seems as if the 179 models with the newer graphics have them. I had one on my truck camper, and probably used it once or twice each year, so it wasn't a big issue for us. -Bill ------------- |
Posted By: Lindie
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 8:57pm
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Hi Bill, Thank you for answering our questions on the rpod 179. You are correct regarding no external shower boxes on the earlier 2015 rpods. This past September we went to an rv show in Sacramento and were told by an rpod dealer the outside color of the trailer has changed and they have installed the external outdoor shower box. Since we are not yet ready to buy, we will keep an eye out for this so called newer model. Must say once we looked at the 179, we really liked it. We wish you the best in your rpod and thanks again for your information. Linda ------------- Lindie |
Posted By: lucky2
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 9:16pm
| We have had several campers since the late 70's all but the first one we had have had an outside shower.They are nice to have when you need them,the problem in todays campgrounds is that you can NOT dump gray water on the ground.Therefore it can be hard to use one very much. I think we use ours maybe once a year.I still like the idea of having one and am glad they put it on the 179 now |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 9:47pm
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In most jurisdictions the water from an outdoor shower isn't considered gray water since it didn't run through a pipe. In some it is gray if you use soap (so theoretically washing your car in your driveway is illegal), it isn't if you are just rinsing off sand and mud with plain water. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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