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R-pod Owners Forum : R-Domes http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Wish List : R-Domes Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 05:21:56 +0000 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:07:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10063 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ R-Domes : As soon as this arrives, you can... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95391#95391 Author: fwunder
Subject: 10063
Posted: 21 Jun 2017 at 10:07pm

As soon as this arrives, you can have my 178 RDome! Big enough for billiard table, lap pool and wet bar! Yeah, we're camping now! Big smile

]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95391#95391 R-Domes : I'm taking the rPod, rDome,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95324#95324 Author: edistolady
Subject: 10063
Posted: 20 Jun 2017 at 10:54am

I'm taking the rPod, rDome, & my sister & 2 dogs(small) on our first trip 6-29 to 7-3...wish us loads of luck....

]]> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:54:08 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95324#95324 R-Domes : Found a used RDome. Yea. Now to... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95304#95304 Author: 3Peas
Subject: 10063
Posted: 20 Jun 2017 at 7:06am

Found a used RDome. Yea. Now to use it for the first time. These tips are so useful. Thx all.]]> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:06:41 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95304#95304 R-Domes : I had the same issue. Very difficult... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95241#95241 Author: ozon8r
Subject: 10063
Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 2:36pm

I had the same issue. Very difficult to pull through, hanging on the screws holding the track to the rpod and then coming completely out of the track as if the open of the track was too wide. While I didn't replace the screws with flat head screws(GREAT IDEA), I pinched the track about every 12" and applied silicon to the inside of the track. Now it is sooo simple to install the R-Dome. I do occasionally hang on the track screws, but outward force at the point of the screw solves that problem.

I have noticed each time I install the R-Dome, that the track scrapes off slivers of the plastic from the piece that goes into the track. So, yesterday, I took a file to both ends of the rack and smoothed so it wasn't so rough.]]> Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:36:21 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=95241#95241 R-Domes : An update on the rDome..I went... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94473#94473 Author: edistolady
Subject: 10063
Posted: 04 Jun 2017 at 2:09pm

An update on the rDome..I went hunting around this forum and found a smart guy that actually did what I thought of doing...da..change out the screws in the rail..flathead stainless..I did so as well and everything is going on smooth as silk..

]]> Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:09:29 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94473#94473 R-Domes : Here is what I did, I used 2 battery... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94314#94314 Author: Craneman
Subject: 10063
Posted: 01 Jun 2017 at 6:45pm

Here is what I did, I used 2 battery operated drills and put a Phillips bit in one and a drill bit to enlarge the tapered hole. First removed the screw with the phillips then used to other drill with a small bit to enlarge the tapered hole until the screw goes in almost flush, goes fast

Moe

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:45:05 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94314#94314 R-Domes : Have only been here 3 months.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94304#94304 Author: 3Peas
Subject: 10063
Posted: 01 Jun 2017 at 4:43pm

Have only been here 3 months. Lived in NC for 30 years before coming to K'ville to be with family and retire. I don' t like I-40 running right through everything. And no downtown out here in Farragut/suburbia on the West side of Knoxville. But I have barely begun to have time to get out and about. Especially with finding a tow car and then the Pod. There seems to be a lot of things to do, though, and quite a bit of outdoor related activity. Housing is inexpensive, but sales taxes for cars, campers, etc. are out of site. Car insurance is high too. No state income taxes. No freezing cold or, to me worse, no constant dreary/cloudiness that MI seems to have. Loved the people and the scenery and the water in western MI. Glad I got to go to high school there. Go GH Buccaneers. ]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:43:39 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94304#94304 R-Domes : Computerfixitguy, could you please... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94288#94288 Author: edistolady
Subject: 10063
Posted: 01 Jun 2017 at 10:14am

Computerfixitguy, could you please tell me the exact size of the screws so I can fetch some on my way home today,,

Thanks

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:14:19 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94288#94288 R-Domes : So it was not that hard to switch... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94282#94282 Author: edistolady
Subject: 10063
Posted: 01 Jun 2017 at 8:50am

So it was not that hard to switch out the screws....

Thanks soooooo much will try tomorrow to accomplish same...

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 08:50:20 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94282#94282 R-Domes : I not only put silicone spray... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94269#94269 Author: computerfixitguy
Subject: 10063
Posted: 31 May 2017 at 11:16pm

I not only put silicone spray in the track I replaced the screws with flatter ones that don't catch. RDome goes right in by myself. Love my R-Dome.]]> Wed, 31 May 2017 23:16:03 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94269#94269 R-Domes : I have a problem with my rDome..I... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94250#94250 Author: edistolady
Subject: 10063
Posted: 31 May 2017 at 8:05pm

I have a problem with my rDome..I can't get it into to the awning rail w/o quite a bit of pulling & prodding, then it comes out at the end ...I started at the front where there isn't a screw and shot some synthetic spray as I went up and over to the back. If the rDome takes this long to put up I might as well not try to use it on my first trip out 6-29 to 7-3.

I have thought of changing out all the screws holding the awning rail but figured it would not be profitable and I might make things worse..

I noticed in the instruction manual that this model is being put on a 'pop-up' camper not the rPod..is that my problem??

Someone PLEASE help!!!!

]]> Wed, 31 May 2017 20:05:13 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94250#94250 R-Domes : 3 Peas,We do have a couple favorites... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94248#94248 Author: jato
Subject: 10063
Posted: 31 May 2017 at 7:26pm

3 Peas,
We do have a couple favorites if you are asking about western Michigan in the lower peninsula. Barnes Park is a county park in Antrim County, about 35 miles north of Traverse City at the intersection of US-31 and M-88 in Eastport. A spectacular park on Lake Michigan with a few nice sized lots on the lake and wooded but are usually full all summer long. If you don't mind walking 300' to the lake there are many large wooded lots along the back side of the park. Cost is 30.00/night. Another is Fisherman's Island SP just south of Charlevoix on Lake Michigan. A few are quite large and wooded on the lake but if you want to get them you will have to reserve them 6 months out. Inland there are quite a few large and wooded lots. Cost is only 13.00/night BUT there is no electricity which is fine for us since we boondock quite a bit. If you want to know about the UP, let me know, we go there quite a bit. How do you like Knoxville?
]]> Wed, 31 May 2017 19:26:21 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94248#94248 R-Domes : Originally posted by 3PeasA... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94170#94170 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 10063
Posted: 30 May 2017 at 10:58am

Originally posted by 3Peas

A couple of the listings were out-of-date, I believe. I don't know if I'd go for the one with a bent pole that went through a storm? (Even though the price was right.)

A bent pole is NBD; probably easy to replace. As long as the fabric is intact, I would consider it if the price is right.

OTOH, we've never been big fans of the R-dome for the very reason that it's such a hassle in big wind.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2017 10:58:40 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94170#94170 R-Domes : Thanks for the info.!A couple... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94163#94163 Author: 3Peas
Subject: 10063
Posted: 30 May 2017 at 8:59am

Thanks for the info.!

A couple of the listings were out-of-date, I believe. I don't know if I'd go for the one with a bent pole that went through a storm? (Even though the price was right.)

As a former fellow Michigander, do you have a good suggestion on Rpoding in western Michigan? Wooded, larger lots? Originally from Grand Haven and would like to go back and visit.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2017 08:59:21 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94163#94163 R-Domes : 3 Peas,Go to the General Camping... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94144#94144 Author: jato
Subject: 10063
Posted: 29 May 2017 at 7:49pm

3 Peas,
Go to the General Camping tab and then go to the bottom of that and you will find the campers flea market. Right now there are at least of couple R-domes for sale.
]]> Mon, 29 May 2017 19:49:12 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94144#94144 R-Domes : Does anyone have a gently used... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94131#94131 Author: 3Peas
Subject: 10063
Posted: 29 May 2017 at 5:02pm

Does anyone have a gently used R-Dome for a 178 for sale?]]> Mon, 29 May 2017 17:02:56 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10063&PID=94131#94131