Slide open or closed?
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Topic: Slide open or closed?
Posted By: Planetwister
Subject: Slide open or closed?
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 10:30pm
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Does it matter while storing the pod if the slide is out or in? ------------- GLORY TO GOD 2016 178 Hood River 2004 F150 |
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Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 6:35am
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i store mine closed. this reduces breaches under the slide to allow critters, bugs, dirt, etc to get in. hogone
------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 7:14am
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We store ours closed also ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 9:38am
| We don't have a choice. Ours is in a fully enclosed storage compartment and there's no room to extend the slide-out and still get in the door. |
Posted By: Capt Kidd
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 12:40pm
| I have mine under a Costco carport and leave the slide open. No problems so far with doing this. |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 1:07pm
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Our slide stays out..
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 1:31pm
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Posted By: Planetwister
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 3:08pm
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I don't think there will be a problem leaving it out. Thanks guys! ------------- GLORY TO GOD 2016 178 Hood River 2004 F150 |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 5:30pm
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We keep ours in as well, snakes, bees, flies, mosquitoes can find their way inside via the slide underneath, at in our neck of the woods. Don't like those surprises, especially the snakes, even though they aren't poisonous, they can still scare you. ------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: Planetwister
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 9:50pm
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How can bugs and stuff get in through the slide? ------------- GLORY TO GOD 2016 178 Hood River 2004 F150 |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 9:58pm
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Look underneath your slide and you will see a rail that supports the slide out portion. Around the rail there are open areas that cannot be totally closed off or the slide won't work. At least that is the way it is on my 177. When we have camped in some mosquito infested areas I have taken a t-shirt and stuffed it in that area to close up that open area and the skeeters can't get in. Also have used duct tape in the past but that is a waste, use it once and throw it away. With a t-shirt you can use it multiple times, just don't forget to take it out before bringing your slide in otherwise you will have a big time mess on your hands.
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: Planetwister
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2016 at 10:08pm
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Gotcha, thanks Jato ------------- GLORY TO GOD 2016 178 Hood River 2004 F150 |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 6:24am
hey rebel(furpod!!!): just curious why, just for ease for going in/out; a last minute notice pod party!!  actually my more serious question. do you stick anything under the slide for the breach (i know its not much, but its there). someone mentioned before of using some foam (like air conditioning gasket type stuff(sorry, just woke up, not thinking clearly!!). I actually would like to leave mine open, just thought it was better to store closed. bottom line is it all is just pref, right?, no harm either way. oh, and for all you basketball fans; GO BADGERS!! hogone
------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 9:13am
Our pod is in the driveway, with full hook ups. We go in and out of it a couple times a week, pretty much year 'round. That is a lot of in and out for the slide, and just time wasted listening to the wirrrr-click-click-click IMHO, that isn't needed. We have used it as a guest room, a study space, and have driveway camped several times. We have a slide topper, so even though we are in the woods, no issue keeping the top of the slide clear/clean. I have never bothered to do any closing or plugging of the area under the slide, it has a flapper seal that seams to do fine. We get more critters in thru the door going in and out and in and out and in and out with the dogs.. I am going to go with, "yes, it's personal preference".. 99% of "slide failures" are motor or drive issues.. can happen anytime. I don't remember anyone having a slide "sag issue" or whatever some think will happen if they leave the slide out. ------------- |
Posted By: JohnBG
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 3:46pm
171 owner asks "What's this slide thing you are referring to"?  ------------- 2010 R-Pod RP-171 2010 Honda Ridgeline TV |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 3:57pm
It's the thing that makes life with two adults, and two dogs, livable. We have camped with slideless pods before.. Barbaric way to live. It truly is amazing, when camping with 171's next door, and you go in and out of each others pods, how much difference that 8sqft makes. (for those who don't know, the 171 and 177 are nearly identical floorplans, minus the slide. Or with a slide, if you are a 171 owner) ------------- |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 5:43pm
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Hogonit, Badgers? You must like cheese or maybe you are originally from Wisconsin? Now let's take a serious look at the GREEN and WHITE coached by Tom IZZO, "THE" university of Michigan. GO SPARTAN'S !
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2016 at 5:55pm
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Another Pod that almost gives me the willies is when I am in the 152, a 15' long pod, actually only 12' inside subtracting the 3 foot for the tongue. Don't think it has been made for quite some time. Saw one in Copper Harbor, Michigan years ago and went in one when we were at Lakeshore State Park, in the thumb of MI. If you are by yourself it may be ok, but for 2, kind of reminds me of a lot of the teardrops like T&B and others that are really, really small inside. ------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |