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Topic: Lurker

Posted By: pjanits
Subject: Lurker
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 12:42pm

Hi Everyone,
We are long time Burro owners, 13 ft and now 17 ft. Wife has become interested in Rpod 179 for more space and bathroom. So we will be lurking here for a while to see what Problems there are with the Rpod ( All trailers have something wrong) .
Probably won't jump until next spring or so. Not impressed about leaks so I am really interested in leaks and how they got fixed.

Pete and Karen

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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 1:25pm

Welcome to the group!! We started off with a 171 and had it for 5 years and loved it,. We towed it up and down the east coast from northern Vermont to as far south as Key West.

We then swung by our dealership one day and saw the 179, within three months we had a 179! The room and storage is great. We have stayed in it for as many as 36 days straight with no problems. We ( knock on wood) have not had problems with leak in either of our pods.

We tow our 179 with our Dodge Grand Caravan an average 13.5 mpg in Vermont and 14.5-16 once we hit flat lands from Massachusetts south.

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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171

Posted By: pjanits
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 4:49pm

Good to hear. We have a 2014 Kia Sedona and prior to that a 2011 Sedona. Both pulled our 17' burro with no problems. We may go look at a 179 and take a thousand photos tomorrow. We got about the same mileage.

Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 7:09pm

Happy Hunting!

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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171