New Member - a 173er in Maine
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Topic: New Member - a 173er in Maine
Posted By: movemaine
Subject: New Member - a 173er in Maine
Date Posted: 31 May 2015 at 10:58pm
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Hi All, I just purchased a 2010 173. Really excited to dig into it. The interior is mint; the prior owners did nothing to it and rarely ever used it (and by rarely, I mean 3 or 4 times). Great find for me. So now I have a couple of immediate questions. Living in Maine, our weather varies greatly. Additionally, my property has a lot of pine trees and the pine needles get in everything. I was thinking about buying a cover and covering the r-pod anytime it's not in use. Is this wise, or should I only cover it through the winter months? Should I cover it at all? (cover for reference: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Accessories-80-199-151001-00-Overdrive-Teardrop/dp/B00GZLR6XC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433127240&sr=8-1&keywords=r-pod+cover) Secondly, the graphics are peeling and I'd like to take them all off and replace them with something interesting. Anyone have recommendations where they found large vinyl graphics for their pod?
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2015 at 7:00am
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Welcome to the group! We are on our second pod, we do not cover ours at all, and we leave the vent open year round. Have never had a problem with mildew or anything. We had problems with the decals peeling on our 171 and got replacement decals through our dealership ( Mekkelsen's in East Montpelier,VT) Happy podding. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2015 at 11:11am
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The decals on my 2010 peeled twice (front and back, the sides were fine). I gave up the 2nd time and left it blank. ------------- 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: movemaine
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2015 at 9:20pm
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My worry is the pine pollen and pine needles staining the finish. We have a pool, and I spend all summer "degunking" pine needles out of the equipment.
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2015 at 9:24pm
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I give mine a rinse now and then and use the same cleaner/polish that I use for my Harley. Works great on the decals. They did have a lot of trouble with the decals on the 2010's. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 9:02pm
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Hello MoveMaine, Welcome to the group-you will find a lot of nice people here with a huge amount of knowledge. We also have a 173-there weren't many made as far as I can tell. we've had ours(2009 model) for about 3 years and love it. We have used it primarily for long distance, multi-week travels throughout the US. We have done a lot of mods to make it better and easier. We think the 173 is a great design for just 2 people. We took the rear jack knife sofa out and replaced it with a queen bed that folded in half. That gave us a lot of storage under the bed and also gave us the opportunity to extend the kitchen counter top. Now, we don't have to tear down the table/dinette each night to sleep. The outside storage bay can be rearranged so that part is available from the inside and part from the outside-helps in keeping our stuff organized. There are a lot of mods in a page noted below in our signature. I hope you will come to love your 173 as much as we do. I think the older models "may" have been a little better constructed, as we have had no problems with ours so far. Safe travels Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: movemaine
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 10:56pm
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Hi Vann, thanks for the tips. I'll go through your mods and see what might work for us. I like the idea of switching the gaucho to another queen. It will be 4 of us in the camper - my wife and I, our 9 yr old and our dog. Having 'another' queen would be helpful.
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Posted By: Pod4Two
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2015 at 6:28pm
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Hello and welcome ------------- Ina & Philip Kennedy 2011 -177 2014 GMC Z71 4x4 |
Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2015 at 1:42pm
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We have found that the "new queen" in the back is much better for a lot of reasons-mainly it doesn't require changing the dinette each night, it provided more kitchen counter top space, the new foam mattresses are much better and it offers a lot of storage underneath. we use plastic boxes(Tucker totes) with labels for different meals(breakfast, lunch, dinner) or different things(clothes, sleeping bags, etc). I would think that a 9 year old could sleep on the front dinette bench without having to set it up totally-just collapse the table and move the corner p[illows. I nap there frequently as it is easy to use. If you want to explore the removal of the futon and building a bed, let me know and I can tell you more about how we did it. there are several pictures in our mod page that show the results. Safe travels Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9">
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