Ok I'm ready now.....
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Topic: Ok I'm ready now.....
Posted By: blimey
Subject: Ok I'm ready now.....
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 11:43am
Ordered our 180 from couchs in September and knew it would take a bit to get it( we were told end of October ) this is worse than the last 2 weeks before Christmas when I was a kid We have bought tons of supplies and acccesories, I rewired the truck for the 7 way plug. Electrician is coming next week to put in the 30amp service for drive way camping...... To top it off the weather has been unseasonably nice......ugggggghhhhhhh Ok I'm better now that I got to vent
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Posted By: M&M
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 12:19pm
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Congratulations blimey! I know. After we ordered our 179 (it took three months to get) we were at Camping World twice a month picking up stuff to fill 'er up! Once you finally take delivery you're gonna' have a blast! Happy Camping! ------------- 2017 179 "Big Sexy" 2012 Honda Pilot |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 4:21pm
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Hang in there it will happen! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 5:14pm
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Exciting! Congrats and happy trails! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Mojave1
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 6:16pm
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Awesome! By the way, 15 amp (converter plug) camping ain't so bad.
------------- 2017 179 R-pod |
Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 11:45am
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We are in EXACTLY the same boat. - RP180 ordered from Couch (our first RV/Camper). - Loading up on RV stuff. - Watching fantastic weather fade away. Killing us too!  ------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 12:19pm
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Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 12:31pm
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That would be so cool. We plan to drive up and stay at motel first night. Next day go to Couch to inspect, walk-thru, etc. That night want to stay in local campground to uncover any issues/questions. Then next day will either go back to Couch with issues or head on back. So if they (ever) do arrive at same time we may indeed cross paths ------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: layne
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:21pm
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Me too!!!! Our RP-179 will be delivered Nov 3rd!! The truck is ready and I'm bouncing off the walls. I will follow your example and go shopping for camping gear. But I know that will only make me more impatient. |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:29pm
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Bama pod let me know when you get an arrival date and I will do the same. |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:30pm
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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:31pm
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Get to know it well as you will be expected to give tours of your 180. Cannot tell you how many tours we have given with our 177 since we picked it up in March 2011 ! Isn't it great to be excited about "the wait?" Even though ours is already 'winterized' we may take it out in November or December for a weekend for something fun to do. Of course we will be boondocking as all the campgrounds in Northern Michigan will be closed for the season. ------------- 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: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:32pm
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Congratulations Bama POD and wishing you many fun adventures! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 4:36pm
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Layne, congratulations! November 3 isn't too far off! We love our 179! Happy trails! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: layne
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2016 at 9:09pm
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[/QUOTE]i was told they ran the 179 first. So sorry, I misspoke. We will be able to Pick it Up on Nov 3rd. It's in Iowa and we are in NM. Actually, it was the r-pod forum that got us from mulling to doing. We got a price locally and we were just mulling when I saw on the Forum someone mentioned looking at Ebay for a better price. That Ebay dealer offered (almost) the same R-pod for $3,000 less. We signed and now November can not get here fast enough. I have planned our first two trips and I am currently internet shopping. |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2016 at 9:10pm
Electrician installed my 30 amp rv service in the garage tonight.....ready for our first drive way camp when the Pod shows up 
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Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 1:23pm
Ok...start the party....picking up our 180 Friday . Dealer said it would be on the lot tomorrow but we are going to make a long week end out of picking it up!!!! 
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Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 1:38pm
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Question: You had an electrician install 30 AMP? Did not think of that. Can't you just use a 30AMP adapter if not using AC, Fridge, etc (like for cleaning, etc)? ------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: CharlieM
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 2:16pm
The answer is yes as long as you don't use more than 15A. That means no AC. The microwave, electric water heater, or plugin electric space heater are usually OK if used by themselves. Converter, lights, fridge, radio, vacuum cleaner are all fine even in combination on a 15A circuit. The dedicated 30A circuit is just so much handier. ------------- Charlie Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 2:34pm
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Thanks for the info. Camping in my driveway would like be frowned upon by my HOA. But connecting to 15AMP to get fridge cooling down and for cleaning is needed. If I find I need the A/C (for prepping, cleaning, etc), then guess I'll need the 30AMP as well. Congrats to Blimey - we've both been waiting for seemingly forever. ------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 6:28pm
| Installing 30 amp service really wasn't expensive and we had another project scheduled also. I figured since we will own this camper or others for years it would be useful to have. |
Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2016 at 4:08pm
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Learned today our Pod180 has been born!
Delivery on Friday with shake-down camp-night in Winton Woods that night. So the adventures soon begin.... ------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2016 at 5:45pm
| BamaPod and us are picking up our pods at the same time Friday. Going to be a lot of fun sharing the experience!!!! |
Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2016 at 7:09pm
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Time to POD party! Have fun to you both! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: M&M
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2016 at 7:47pm
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Send Pictures!!
------------- 2017 179 "Big Sexy" 2012 Honda Pilot |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2016 at 5:58pm
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Well, my new pod finally came in, yippee!!!. i bought a 172, and will be taking ownership of it saturday the 5th. Of course it will not go out till spring, but now i can feel like its mine. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: Bama Pod
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2016 at 6:03pm
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WooHoo! Another Pod birth!
------------- Bama Pod Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2016 at 11:15pm
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Congratulations and happy trails! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 5:47am
| Looks like our pod DID NOT come in yet. Not sure why the salesman would tell me it would be here Tuesday. Heres hoping it shows up today. Really not getting the warm fuzzies about Couch RV........so far the communication has been poor at best. |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 4:07pm
| Boom....just like that it appeared ......picking it up tomorrow morning. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 6:58pm
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podrise ------------- 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: blimey
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 8:50pm
LOL....
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Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 6:57pm
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We got it and its all set up in the driveway.Doing our first driveway camp tonight. Got to meet Bamapod and see their POD too!!!! We were sitting next to each other during the walk through! Photobucket is down so I can't post pics. Towed great behind the Dakota.
Only issue so far is the hot water in the kitchen sink and the outside shower is hooked up to the cold side and vice versa with the cold....I just swapped the handle indicators(bathroom sink and shower were correct)Took me a few minutes to figure out why I wasn't getting hot water  |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 7:36pm
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If it isn't too difficult to get to the fittings, you can simply unscrew them from the kitchen sink faucet and from the shower and reverse them. For the outside shower, I added 90 degree elbows for the shower as the lines were just taken up and bent to connect. When I removed the panel to look, I saw evidence of leakage. Since I was going to take it apart anyway, I thought I would fix it right.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: CharlieM
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 8:05pm
Normally the cold faucet should be on the right. "Let no two Pods be built the same" - - FR ------------- Charlie Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 7:27am
In mine the hot is on the right
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Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 8:06am
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Ours is on the right BamaPod is on the left... http://smg.photobucket.com/user/HalJ57/media/rpod%20pick%20up%20one_zpsuzgxkz3j.jpg.html">
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Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 8:11am
Hooked up and ready for the road...I think it was kinda funny that our pods were right next to each other when we got there. I believe there were 6 set up for delivery Friday morning....We were told they had about 28 camper deliveries this weekend  http://smg.photobucket.com/user/HalJ57/media/rpod%20pick%20up%20two_zpsycjvrplh.jpg.html">
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 9:24am
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They look nice. I like the new spoiler. I'm not so sure about the awning since it does not look like it would keep much rain away from the door. Here's a tip: Take some rubber door edging and put it along the bottom of the door. A piece about 2 or 3 inches long will suffice. Use some silicone to glue it in place. Place it so that it will protect the door edge and fender if the door is opened too wide. It looks like there is still no stop to prevent the door from hitting the fender. This will address that so the fender does not get scratched up by the metal door edge. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 4:13pm
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I signed on my 172 this morning, woo hoo. Was cool seeing all the new pods at the dealer, they got in a dozen new units. I'm garaging mine at the dealer this winter and they are gonna go thru the whole thing and make sure everything works properly. I will pick it up in the spring. Cant wait for may. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: blimey
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 5:30pm
There is a rubber bumper on the bottom of the door that hits the fender if it opens to far.I would have put it a bit lower but it seems to work ok. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/HalJ57/media/door%20bumper_zpsdjxyn7wf.jpg.html">
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 5:51pm
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Congrats on all the new deliveries. We'll have to open a maternity ward around here. One positive on the built-in awning, it should be much easier to open it up on a rainy day so the side window can be opened up all the way for ventilation. ------------- 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: Neserk
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 6:30pm
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Loving the new blue. I want to see photos of the inside, too!
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Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 6:46pm
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Congratulations on your 172! Hope May gets here asap for you! ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2016 at 6:55pm
Great! I could not see that in the picture. It was one thing I suggested to my dealer. Forest River sent a replacement fender which was installed on mine because the original one was scratched from people opening the door too wide, presumably while it was being shown at the dealer's. I am glad Forest River saw that a stop was needed. My suggested fix has been rendered moot. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |