Have you checked out the Forest River NB19.5? Thx! Still waiting to see the R-Pod 195 before we start 179 mods...

I am interested in the dinette conversion that you mentioned. Could you post more information?

Thanks!

Greetings;

I was at a RV show on Friday and did a walk though on a R191.   I like the double beds and the floor level bathroom.  Also noticed that it's on 15 inch rims with good ground clearance.  I was impressed with the design.  The only thing I didn't like was the kitchen was in the slide out.  I just don't like the idea of all those hoses moving in and out.  That's just me I guess.  At my age, It's doubtful I will be buying another RV.  I like my 179 and don't know after I turn 80 whether I want to keep towing.  Time doesn't stop.  

Crankster78  R-179 F-150 

I would be concerned about the kitchen slide on the 191, where the kitchen is at the rear of the 195 layout.

The 191 has the water tank under the driver side twin, and given the weight of the 36 gallon tank, where does it go in the 195. The washroom in either has the Black tank under the toilet area, and the gray tank can be balanced, opposite the black. Does that free up storage under the walk around queen, and reduce tongue weight variances based on fill levels. Food for thought and comments ;)

A sofa wont work here because of the height of the slide. If you look at the outside you will see it. This is why there is no storage under the main part of the bench.

All in all, the RPod's still showed well.  We toured a lot of units like Airstreams, Alto's, NOBO, Rockwood's, etc and in the end we are still very happy we bought our RPod.  The functionality is still superb and for the space you get, the weight is unbeatable!

The Airstreams are beautiful TT's!  but when the price is 3-4x the RPod, it is difficult to get your mind wrapped around that.

It was a fun day, now we can't wait for spring to arrive... especially when you drive home in the snow and ice :-)

We'll see. 

Appreciate your patience  

There comes a time when a combination of creaky and increasingly stiff joints makes the climb-over more difficult. That is one of the reasons I did my dinette modification. If it came down to it, I wanted a more comfortable place to sleep if it came to the point of not being able to do the crawl-over. I would really like to see the 195. It is possible that if a full-sized bed were used instead of a queen (54" wide instead of 60) it would give enough foot room to maneuver(about 10-1/2" on each side), but then it would be not quite as nice as the queen.

To increase the width of the RPod would require a brand new frame as well. I don't see any way of increasing the width which would make the outboard part of the axle even larger and subject it to even more stress unless the frame rails were also repositioned. The other alternative would be to modify the body to allow the wheels to be recessed. That would mean somehow having a wheel well in the RPod. Given the placement of the dry bath, I don't think this is possible even if a wheel well under the dinette might be worked in somehow. Somehow, I don't really think that the width will be increased.

As it is, it looks like the dinette may be shrunk to allow room for the bed. That does not bother me as it is not likely that we would be having overnight guests if we were to go for the 195.

60+12+12=84+2x1.5 inches for 2 wall thicknesses = 87 inches. There are any number of TT's available with a 8' width (96 inches, only 9 inches wider) to choose from.