Shelley

How fun that someone else got their first RPod!  We kept seeing them running up and down I-5.  They were somehow going in age order past us...  Green, then blue, then white....  It was like an RPod parade.

You will have to tell us where your first trip is and we will live vicariously through you this summer!

Happiest of travels to you, and maybe you can use the excellent arrival tips from MJLRPOD who makes camping sound so very easy!

The spiders found a food source, probably flying insects in the trailer when it was parked. Could have been parked near a security light, or maybe close to a dumpster, who knows. Sometimes they seem to be attracted to the smell of propane. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe the propane smell attracting mud daubers or mosquitos is what brings in the spiders.

But, once you begin to use the trailer and make efforts (with sprays, flyswatters, etc) to keep flying insects out, and run off or kill the spiders, they will probably not bother you much in the future. 

Unless....well unless....they hatched a bunch of baby spiders!....lol....ooops....never mind.

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Yes, I fully agree with this. This is partly my fault for sure, because I only consider an EMS, and when I say surge protector, I guess that's misleading. I would never recommend an actual surge protector, because it's more or less a false sense of security. Hence forth, I will be sure to say "EMS" and not simply a surge protector. 

As for keys, we got replacement locks for the storage access door and the outside shower door. That way, one key opens them all.

I think the permanently mounted surge protector is a great idea.

Next up on Netflix: Danny DeVito and Herve Villechaize in:

"The Short Short R-POD"!

Please tell us more about yourself, like where you are, and what is going to be pulling your 190?

Welcome and congratulations! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RPod. We have a 2016 RP179 and have traveled many miles with it. I have made many modifications to it which you can see by going to the link in my signature. Some of them may be of use to you. In time, you will likely make modifications to make your 190 your own unique RPod and make it better suited to your use. The learning curve can be high. This forum has been very helpful to me and I think you will find it useful.

One thing that will help with your searching for answers is how to effectively use the search function. By default, the search only looks at topics six months old or newer. You will need to use the advanced search to be able to expand the date range for your searches. That will make it more likely that you will find answers to your questions.

It is the perfect trailer for two people and is an easy, easy tow and easy to modify.

I am thinking of replacing the dinette area with a jackknife couch mounted on top of the storage area.  I have already ditched the table that came with the unit and the replacement table I built will work nicely with a couch.  I havent completely sold the wife on it yet, but working on it.

Have fun and feel free to ask any questions you may have about your unit.  There are a lot of knowleable folks on here and together, they can come up with a solution to almost any problem.

One must be of a certain age to even know who Lucy and Desi are these days. I recall the scene where Desi throws out all the rocks that Lucy had secretly been collecting in the back of their trailer. 

To avoid that kind of situation, or worse, my first suggestion to you is to be sure you know your tow vehicle limitations and capacities are up to what they need to be for the trailer.  Best thing is to weigh your trailer and full rig as you want it loaded for travel. The empty weight specs are highly optimistic and misleading.  

All that other stuff you will figure out given time and the opportunity to ask questions. 

Have fun!

It's nice to be with a group of owners that really sound nice and helpful.  We can't wait to figure out how to turn this thing on and make it go so we can meet some of you out there.  We are in Oregon and if there are any groups out this way, let us know.  We would love to rub elbows with other owners.