R-pod Owners Forum : Proud New R-Podders! http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Introduce Yourself : Proud New R-Podders! Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 11:10:35 +0000 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:50:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9716 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Proud New R-Podders! : Thank you guys. I am going to... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91383#91383 Author: SEW83
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Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 9:50pm

Thank you guys. I am going to get the WDH and have them install it... this time next week I will hopefully have my 179 sitting in my backyard!!!!  Woohoo!!]]> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:50:50 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91383#91383 Proud New R-Podders! : Welcome back to camping! And I... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91352#91352 Author: Live2Camp
Subject: 9716
Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 5:03pm

Welcome back to camping! And I echo the advice to get the weight distribution hitch, including having it professionally installed (NOT that you couldn't figure it out, but because they do them all the time and are really good at it). Enjoy your 179 and Camp On! (and Sew On too it appears? I sew in our 179 with a couple of my smaller machines :-) ]]> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:03:25 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91352#91352 Proud New R-Podders! : I would certainly recommend a... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91337#91337 Author: derilict
Subject: 9716
Posted: 17 Apr 2017 at 1:33pm

I would certainly recommend a WDH (properly set-up as well) and a sway bar.  They made towing down I-81 with semis and cross-winds easy.  ]]> Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:33:40 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91337#91337 Proud New R-Podders! : I know of a Jeep owner who tows... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91311#91311 Author: jato
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:27pm

I know of a Jeep owner who tows a similar trailer who uses a WDH, a good idea since it has a shorter wheelbase, gives better stablity,  added safety and peace of mind while driving.]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:27:06 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91311#91311 Proud New R-Podders! : I have been camping for 40 yrs.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91308#91308 Author: SEW83
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 7:58pm

I have been camping for 40 yrs. I have gone from a tent, to a pop-up, to a 26' Cameo, to a 31' Sunnybrook Titan..... long story short, my husband decided that I was too old for him so he left 5 years ago. I had to sell the Sunnybrook because I didn't have anything to tow it with. I just sold my 17'6" Bass Tracker boat because I wanted to get back to camping. I have a 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara. I love it and didn't want to get rid of it. After looking for something I could pull I fell in love with the R-Pod 179. I go to Texas next week to pick it up. I can't wait. I hope my Jeep doesn't have problems with towing it. I've never towed anything this "big". My husband always did the driving. Any tips from other Jeep owners that tow would be greatly appreciated. Also do I need to get the weight distribution hitch? Thanks guys....]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:58:04 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91308#91308 Proud New R-Podders! : Originally posted by jatoWoo,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91307#91307 Author: derilict
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 7:41pm

Originally posted by jato

Woo, hoo, congratulations on your 177.  We have enjoyed ours for 6 years and are excited to bring it out of hibernation for year #7.  There were less floorplans available when we purchased our 177 back in January 2011 but we would still go with this one today' it works for us.  What year is your 177 and where are you from?


2013 177 and we're in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley/Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91307#91307 Proud New R-Podders! : Congratulations on the 177,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91269#91269 Author: Old & out-to-play
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 9:15am

Congratulations on the 177, that was our choice to.  We had no intentions of purchasing a travel trailer until we were at a Blue Grass festival at Lake Havasu, AZ.  Reta saw one and asked "what's that" to which I responded "I don't know", to which she said, "it's soooo cute".  You all can figure out the "rest of the story".  We use it to go to the festivals and go camping up in Arizona's backwoods "high country" where Zane Gray use to hang out and where the people, places and events became the genesis of his western novels.

No doubt you're going to love your new "home away from home".

Bert
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Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:25am

Welcome to the group! Congrats on your 177!]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:25:19 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91266#91266 Proud New R-Podders! : Woo, hoo, congratulations on your... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91265#91265 Author: jato
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:21am

Woo, hoo, congratulations on your 177.  We have enjoyed ours for 6 years and are excited to bring it out of hibernation for year #7.  There were less floorplans available when we purchased our 177 back in January 2011 but we would still go with this one today' it works for us.  What year is your 177 and where are you from?]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:21:22 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91265#91265 Proud New R-Podders! : Congrats! http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91264#91264 Author: bigbearcraig
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 8:13am

Congrats!]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:13:55 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91264#91264 Proud New R-Podders! : It all started last April with... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9716&PID=91263#91263 Author: derilict
Subject: 9716
Posted: 16 Apr 2017 at 7:43am

It all started last April with a camping trip to Lake Powhatan, just outside of Asheville, NC.  After getting bombarded with rain while setting up our tent, we later went for a walk around the campsite for the sole purpose of checking out other people's campers.  We fell in love with a Palo-Mini, did some research, and found out the small one didn't have a bathroom.  So the search began.  Long story short, I discovered the R-Pod, and the search promptly ended.  We knew we wanted an R-Pod, queen bed, slide out. 

Fast forward one year and lots of drooling over R-Pods later, I joined this forum to start doing research on them, ask questions, see what I was getting myself in to.  And wouldn't you know it, a fellow member just posted a 177 for sale only 2 hours away with lots of extra goodies. 

Just dragged our new-to-us R-Pod home yesterday.  Thanks Rich!  We're super excited to go camping next weekend. 

*I tried linking an image with the image insert feature with no luck.  Wah-waaahhhhhhhhhhh.
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