http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Introduce Yourself : Howdy Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 02 May 2026 14:52:07 +0000 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:19:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11454 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=108029#108029 Author: Mesa Verde
Subject: 11454
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 7:19pm

Thanks for the tips!  I did a double take at your name because my brother is also a Stephen H.  ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:19:47 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=108029#108029 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107985#107985 Author: lostagain
Subject: 11454
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 8:27am

Welcome, M.V.  We hope you enjoy your new pod.  Happy travels.]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:27:09 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107985#107985 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107984#107984 Author: Pod People
Subject: 11454
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 8:18am

Welcome.
I hope you like your 179 as much as you think you will.  We will certainly enjoy traveling with ours.
You will find a lot of very nice and knowledgeable people on this forum.  someone has usually encountered almost any situation that comes up and can give an honest, insightful answer.
Travel safe
Vann
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Subject: 11454
Posted: 23 Apr 2018 at 7:02am

Greetings!

I went with a 189, but it won't be here till june.
This is all brand new to me and my wife. Who just left for her last week at work.

Exciting stuff! I think creative packing is only going to be a part of it. I know I am intending to build the "shelf over the bed" plus another at the other end where the roof has a similar curve. Over the sofa.

Will be storage for light weight things. At least that is the intention. The build I saw that I liked simply used 2 shower rods, a section of steel shelving with the lip, and zip ties. But I ordered a couple of extra shower rods so I can make mine deeper if I want.

Wife found a closet organizer that hangs. Has 8 compartments open on the front suspended vertically. Each about the size of a small shoebox. I can see socks, underwear, t-shirts, etc neatly stacked in there. 
]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:02:38 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107979#107979 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107965#107965 Author: StephenH
Subject: 11454
Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 9:54pm

Welcome and congratulations! We bought our RP179 in December, 2015 and about a week later set out on a cross-country trip to visit our daughters and grandchildren. That was a learning experience!
Since then, I have made a number of mods (see link in signature), been in an accident that required the 'Pod to go to the factory for repair, and subsequently made even more mods.

One suggestion for packing: Go to a craft store and buy some wooden crates and other assorted plastic and/or cloth and wire baskets. Pack things in them. It makes it easier to load things into the pantry and to slide the crates into the kitchen storage. It also keeps things confined when you are bouncing down the road. Ultimately, you will figure out what works best for you. I offer this idea as a starting point.
]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:54:01 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107965#107965 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107964#107964 Author: Leo B
Subject: 11454
Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 9:40pm

Welcome to the group!! Congrats on your 179! We really like ours!!  ]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:40:53 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107964#107964 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11454&PID=107963#107963 Author: Mesa Verde
Subject: 11454
Posted: 22 Apr 2018 at 9:16pm

We've just switched from our first travel trailer, an MPG, to an rPod 179.  From the outside an MPG looks a lot like an rPod.  In fact, when it was first manufactured it looked so similar that Forst River sued Heartland for copy catting and won, so MPGs aren't made anymore.  We got tired of switching the dinette to our bed and back again every day, so now we have a fixed bed, more kitchen space and a closet.  Like most compromises, we had to give up something in the bargain, and that is storage space inside and out.  From 3 large outside bins to 1, a smaller fridge, pantry and kitchen drawer space.  Lift off for our first trip in the new Pod is May 10, so it's going to be a scramble to get some key mods made and to figure out how to use the different storage space as needed.  No doubt we'll come home with a list as long as the one we're working on now.

Home is Marietta, GA.
 
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