R-pod Owners Forum : Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:10:32 +0000 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:51:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2403 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : Great advice Cane2, Father time... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22665#22665 Author: dsmiths
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Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 7:51pm

Great advice Cane2, Father time and health issues may be able to slow us down and or stop us, but they Can't take away our memories, well except in the case of alzhimers, and what the heck I guess we wont even know it. Donna and I are going to keep running until father time catches up with us.]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:51:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22665#22665 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : Originally posted by cane2We... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22664#22664 Author: secretbard
Subject: 2403
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 7:50pm

Originally posted by cane2

We are not selling our 177 for fuel reasons. We are selling because of health reasons i would pay $5.00 a gallon to camp gladly if my health would permit us to camp as I have been camping for 60 years with my parents and my wife, family. Please if you can make ends meet go camping as it is time that you never will regret as it is the most quality time you can spend with your loved ones. You will have great memories as well leave great memories. Children and grandkids grow up over nite so enjoy them and take them camping. As David says hope to see you out there.

Very good points.  I'm going to keep that in mind as I plan my trips.  You are right, the memories are priceless.  
]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:50:03 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22664#22664 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : We've been planning our trips... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22658#22658 Author: tpierce220
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Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 4:36pm

We've been planning our trips for the year, and we're keeping to the northern half of Illinois.  We have found a lot of places where we can go and truly have an enjoyable weekend.  We were also fortunate that when we went to the Chicago RV show a couple of weeks ago that a few places had half price camping trips available, so we booked 3 of those to help keep the cost down.


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Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 1:10pm

I'm watching Gas Pricing but have not stopped my planning yet.  I have confirmed a trip out to West Virgina in July that will be about 250 miles one way and then i will put on about 300 miles while we are there.  The other trip we are planning right now is Maine at 630 miles one way.  That trip is not totally on the books yet as something else may have come up.  I still plan to be out there relaxing in the parks as If i'm at home i'm working.  ]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:10:27 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22657#22657 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : We are not selling our 177 for... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22655#22655 Author: cane2
Subject: 2403
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 12:03pm

We are not selling our 177 for fuel reasons. We are selling because of health reasons i would pay $5.00 a gallon to camp gladly if my health would permit us to camp as I have been camping for 60 years with my parents and my wife, family. Please if you can make ends meet go camping as it is time that you never will regret as it is the most quality time you can spend with your loved ones. You will have great memories as well leave great memories. Children and grandkids grow up over nite so enjoy them and take them camping. As David says hope to see you out there.]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:03:05 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22655#22655 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : Yeah, I've been dreading... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22646#22646 Author: secretbard
Subject: 2403
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 at 12:57am

Yeah, I've been dreading gas prices.  I hope to god that it doesn't get as high as $5 per gallon.  Last year, I literally got only 9.5 miles to the gallon traveling to VA with my Pod and truck fully loaded with a full tank of water and all.  This year I plan on lightening the load on both ends and see if that helps the gas milage.  I'm also considering some shorter trips as well.  I'm going to keep it at two long trips and a bunch of smaller trips to save on the gas.  Of course, if the gas gets too crazy, I can always camp out in the backyard.  Clap  ]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:57:11 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22646#22646 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : Go get em kickstart, Donna and... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22643#22643 Author: dsmiths
Subject: 2403
Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 8:21pm

Go get em kickstart, Donna and I have 41 years pulling the plow, we got our RP-172 last fall, and with the gas prices we have discussed it and have decided to make as many trips but closer to home, we are lucky enough to have about 6 or 7 within 1 hour or less from home, one spot Hoosier National forest has 3500 acres and 4 lakes, I think if we put our thinking caps on we can find neat places close to home and keep the fuel burn down. anyway you can't keep a good American down, we will find a way, congrats on the new truck.]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22643#22643 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : I got a card, you got a truck.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22640#22640 Author: techntrek
Subject: 2403
Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 5:17pm

I got a card, you got a truck.  I want your wife!  Broken Heart]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:17:52 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22640#22640 Celebrating Rising Gas Prices! : Valentine's Day my wife... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2403&PID=22638#22638 Author: Kickstart
Subject: 2403
Posted: 29 Feb 2012 at 2:29pm

Valentine's Day my wife and I started celebrating the rising gas prices. I bought her flowers, and she got me a new truck. Pretty fair trade, I'd say. Forty seven years of marriage and we're still camping. Although a little more comfortably than our original  set up--Honda 90 trailbike and pup tent.
We traded in our Toyota Tacoma for a 2012 Toyota Tundra. It's a double cab with an 8000 lb. tow capacity and a small v/8. The Tacoma towed our RP 175 nicely, but I'm pretty sure this truck will smoke all of our local climbs. I've transfered the WDH, brake control, and ScanGauge to the Tundra. One nice thing is that Tundras come with sway control built in, so I shouldn't have to worry about sway bars anymore.
 
 We're looking forward to clearing weather, so we can try the new combo out. According to my hand figuring and the ScanGauge we're getting a little worse in town mileage (16) and about the same highway mpg (20) as the Tacoma. Towing mpg will be interesting. Hope we don't do too good a job of supporting the oil industry.  
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