R-pod Owners Forum : R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Reviews and General Information : R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 28 May 2026 14:54:46 +0000 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15871 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Originally posted by ppinerPods... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=155152#155152 Author: poston
Subject: 15871
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 at 3:00pm

Originally posted by ppine

rPods are not as tough as some people think. 
Be careful about beating them up on dirt roads. 

Even long-term use on our poorly-maintained freeways can result in damage.

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:35 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=155152#155152 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : rPods are not as tough as some... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=155150#155150 Author: ppine
Subject: 15871
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 at 1:27pm

rPods are not as tough as some people think. 
Be careful about beating them up on dirt roads. 
]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:27:41 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=155150#155150 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Let's stick to the OP's... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152948#152948 Author: poohbill
Subject: 15871
Posted: 16 Oct 2023 at 5:07pm

Let's stick to the OP's question and take this discussion to PM or a new thread.]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:07:24 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152948#152948 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : I think what is bending is the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152947#152947 Author: CAPTKIDD
Subject: 15871
Posted: 16 Oct 2023 at 1:58pm

I think what is bending is the spindle part of the axel.]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:58:55 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152947#152947 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : CAPTKIDD: How much and where is... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152946#152946 Author: seafans
Subject: 15871
Posted: 16 Oct 2023 at 11:47am

CAPTKIDD: How much and where is the axlebending?  Axles are manufactured with a slight camber (arch). Axlemust be positioned with the arch at the top of the axle.  I have not measured the ark in the axle on my 192.  It's cold and rainy here, don't want to crawl under it in the rain.
]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:47:29 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152946#152946 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Originally posted by poohbill Our... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152940#152940 Author: gpokluda
Subject: 15871
Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 5:23pm

Originally posted by poohbill

Our trailer has gone down gravel (and worse!) roads with the standard axle for years, so this announcement interested me and I read it closely. I don't have any experience towing trailers with it, but am of the opinion that their marketing will only encourage buyers to take an R-Pod where the model is not intended to go, i.e., where we go, which causes all sorts of damage costing us thousand of dollars over the last eight years. Only a beefier structure should go off-pavement, matched by an appropriately sized axle, preferably two. In a way, Beast Mode Suspension is much like the Hood River Edition.

This didn't answer your question but offered up as help.

Agree with poohbill. To take advantage of the Best Mode Suspension, the Rpod itself would have to undergo some serious strengthening. That said, like poohbill, we had taken our 2016 Rpod down some questionable roads with no serious issues and never bent the original axle in 50+k miles. We did take certain precautions: go slow and air down the trailer tires. Of course you should always have a quality tire inflator if you are going to do that.
]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:23:26 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152940#152940 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Our trailer has gone down gravel... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152934#152934 Author: poohbill
Subject: 15871
Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 2:24pm

Our trailer has gone down gravel (and worse!) roads with the standard axle for years, so this announcement interested me and I read it closely. I don't have any experience towing trailers with it, but am of the opinion that their marketing will only encourage buyers to take an R-Pod where the model is not intended to go, i.e., where we go, which causes all sorts of damage costing us thousand of dollars over the last eight years. Only a beefier structure should go off-pavement, matched by an appropriately sized axle, preferably two. In a way, Beast Mode Suspension is much like the Hood River Edition.

This didn't answer your question but offered up as help.
]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 14:24:59 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152934#152934 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : I'm waiting to get my 4th... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152933#152933 Author: CAPTKIDD
Subject: 15871
Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 12:02pm

I'm waiting to get my 4th bent axel replaced with a Dexter.  My 3rd was a Lippert and didn't last 600 miles and lippert would do nothing about it.]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:02:50 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152933#152933 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Even with beast mode, are the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152932#152932 Author: mjlrpod
Subject: 15871
Posted: 15 Oct 2023 at 10:04am

Even with beast mode, are the attachment points still located a foot or more from the end of the axle?? If so, the axle would still bend. Wouldn't be much of a beast if so. 

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:04:29 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152932#152932 R-Pod Beast Mode Suspension : Forest River added the "Beast... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15871&PID=152930#152930 Author: HuskyDome-ain
Subject: 15871
Posted: 14 Oct 2023 at 11:36am

Forest River added the "Beast Mode" suspension to the 2023 R-Pod models (at least the 180 I was looking at). Does anyone have experience with this suspension? 

Any reviews would be appreciated. Thanks!
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