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Larry-D 
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Joined: 12 Oct 2017 Location: Middle TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 116 |
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 Topic: Moving past your first trailerPosted: Today at 11:15am |
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I wish my 2017 172 was nickel and diming me. Mine's more like Ben Franklin me.
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ppine
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Joined: 15 Nov 2025 Location: nevada Online Status: Offline Posts: 27 |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2025 at 10:58am |
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slide in camper, 23 foot travel trailer, pop up trailer, hybrid trailer, 24 foot trailer, 29 foot Nash trailer.
The Nash is a deluxe unit and very comfortable. My diesel pulls it with no problems. But it does not fit in some of the old USFS campgrounds where I like to go. I bought a 10 yo rpod for cheap for trips with just me and the dog. I plan to take it out next week, second week of December for a first trip.
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2022 Ram diesel 2019 Nash 26N 2015 rpod 177 |
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poohbill
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Joined: 22 Aug 2019 Location: Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 129 |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2024 at 11:13am |
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We spent time and money repairing our Gastropod last year, yet decided after a friend showed up with a new/used trailer at our last rendezvous in 2023 one more year enjoying it, then upgrade. Let someone else learn on it.
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2016 179 Gastropod
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poohbill
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Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 10:36am |
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We too use Command Strips in a number of locations throughout the trailer.
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2016 179 Gastropod
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gpokluda
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Joined: 11 Nov 2018 Location: East Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 432 |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2024 at 3:39pm |
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We had the same issues. Our desire to tour longer distances for longer periods of time pushed our 2016 179 to it's limits. After any trip longer than a couple hundred miles, the repair list would easily consume a legal page. We sold the 179 to a weekend camper and purchased an Escape, fiberglass trailer. The difference in quality, durability and ease of use was next level. Of course the price was as well, but you get what you pay for.
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Gpokluda
2017 Rpod 179(sold 2023) 2022 Escape 5.0TA 2022 Ford F150 4X4 3.5EB Honda SCL500 |
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JR
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 394 |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024 at 7:52am |
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EG they make command strips to make "Happy Campers" with no holes. You can even get velcro ones. Hope this helps.
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Jay
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EchoGale
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024 at 3:10pm |
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Hi Poohbill,
I did exactly as you say. I bought a 2016 172 in about 2018. I couldn't have loved it more. The floor plan with the twin bunks was perfect for me. I upgraded the dinette cushions and dumped the table and put a cute little bistro table in my "living room." I learned SO MUCH especially from this forum. I spent a lot of time in it over 4 years (including a 15 month full-time stint). I drove on forest service roads and worse, and parked in precarious spots getting really good at maneuvering but bumping things here and there. Since I travel everywhere, mostly by myself, it just seemed safer to buy a better built newer camper. I went with a 1475 Lance which is beautiful and similar in size. There's a lot I like about the fancy set-up. The lithium with the rooftop solar all set up to be self sufficient is really something (I spent many days with my volt meter on the batteries shifting around my portable Renogy panels.) But I still really miss the pod. The new floor plan is good but it doesn't give me the view from inside the camper that the pod did. There are places I don't go now so as to "not mess up the camper" (not many but more than I'd like). If something isn't working I'm less inclined to dive in and learn as I go because the new one is expensive and a I can make costly mistakes. It also feels less customizable. I had really made the pod mine but there just not to mess with in the Lance. There isn't even anywhere to hang a damn kitschy "Happy Camper" sign and I'm afraid to put a hole in the wall to do it anyway. Still, when I'm on some highway in Wyoming in the middle of nowhere I do feel less worried about a breakdown. Oh and the "four season" thing with the ducted is nice and toasty. :)
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mjlrpod
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024 at 1:04pm |
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I went from R-pod to Surveyor 19rble. 24 feet long and just about anything you could want in a couples camper. Quality is your basic forest river. All aluminum framing and floor, same composite as the pod outside. Overall, I like it better than the pod. I think the rear bath layout is the best layout.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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lostagain
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Posted: 22 Jan 2024 at 4:59pm |
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The Sonoma has a GVW of 4,400 lbs. [1,271 for stuff over the "dry weight"]. I weighed the trailer loaded for our normal camping and we were well within the cargo limit. When we moved from Dayton, NV to Quaker Hill, CT, we loaded the truck and trailer to the nearly the max GCVW. We took I-80 across the country. The truck crossed the Rockies like they were flat. The ecoboost engine has more than enough power to easily pull the trailer up the steepest climbs. Several times we crossed Ebbetts Pass (8,800 ft. el.) and the only thing that slowed us down were the hair pin curves. On the other hand the engine compression breaking is very poor and one must really keep the speed under control to avoid braking excessively.
The truck is well balanced for the trailer and rides smoothly and comfortably, almost as though there is no trailer attached. This is true even in some nasty winds we have experienced. We use a Fastway e2 WDH. The truck has had one warranty repair that involved replacing the dashboard due to a "bubble" that formed on it. The dealer in Carson City made the repair and it's been fine since. We got much better mileage in NV, I think because they don't put so much ethanol in the gas there as in CT. Typically I got 24 mpg driving back and forth from Dayton to a Habitat build site in Reno. Towing was typically 14 to 15 in that area. Now everything has dropped by 2 or 3 mpg. I am very happy with the truck. I've probably told you a lot more than you really wanted to know. But if I didn't answer something you were wondering, give me a shout.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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jato
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Posted: 22 Jan 2024 at 3:12pm |
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LA, what is the loaded weight of your Sonoma 167RB? Also, have you had any issues with the turbo on your 2.7 Ecoboost? Thanks |
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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