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Have You Done Any Mods?
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Poll Question: Have you done any mods to your R-Pod?
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    Posted: 08 Dec 2015 at 10:12am
Originally posted by Jobwabe

On our 177 pod I added-

LOL Added thin flexible fiber-plastic-white- (looks like the stuff you see mounted on some gas station or other public restroom stall walls) underneath trailer carriage frame to change all frame or water tank vertical 90 degree angles to approximately 35 degree angles and silicon-ed around all the fiber-board gaps.  Then boarded gap between water tanks and foam insulated both sides of that gap.  All this to created good aerodynamics under carriage. This gave me a minimum of 22 percent increase in documented gas mileage!
Using my 3.3 Litre (6 cylinder) '05 Toyota Highlander with 2 tranny coolers and 1 crankcase oil cooler  I originally documented getting 9.5-10.5 mpg pulling unloaded and dry trailer on flat land with no head winds at 55 mph.  Now with water tank 2/3 full stocked with all gear, including a generator, tools, I get 12.5 mpg -sometimes better, in same speed and conditions!!LOL


I would really like to see pictures. Also, where did you find the fiber-plastic? Anything that would help with mileage would be good as we just got our 179. We are towing with an Escape with factory tow package and 2.0L Ecoboost engine. While it tows well, and seems to have no trouble maintaining speeds, it definitely is a heavy hit on the gas mileage.
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Can, get the picture to post, keeps saying that there is an error . I made sure that all the measurements were right and it still says the same thing. Please help.
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Not sure why so many posts end up blank, please try again.
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Hit the Post Reply button at the lower-left of the last post, then look for the little button with the tree and the green arrow on it.
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Posts: 25 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Lazy Goose Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Nov 2015 at 9:20pm
Deb and I have the 2016 179 and we love it! We have been very busy with all kinds of mods.
1 added a long plastic fence post cover, about 7 feet long. It's a 5x5 piece and used the post tops at the ends. This WILL hold the sewer hoses (Rhino) with the ends on .

2 Added the Air MaxxII over the bathroom vent.

3 Used a 4" PVC tube for the poles that go to the R Dome tent.

4 Moved the battery over and added a 5 gal bucket to the hitch to store all of the sewer ends and connectors.

5. Made a chopping block cover for the stove for more counter space.

6 added a shelf in the top pantry closet to hold bags and foil.

7 added shelves in the wardrobe closet.

8 added a shoe rack under the fridge that hooks on the wooden cover that hides the wires.

9 added a shelf on the inside on the left dinette seat that covers the hoses.

10. added a tension curtain rod in front of the bed.

11.added black out curtains  ( bought one and cut it in half)

12. Changed out the TV bracket, so the TV could be tilted down to see while in the bed.

13. used a shoes holder for the wall near the bed to use for TV remote and chargers, keys.

14. Found a plastic like peg board thing that holds little cup like containers to hold our toilet items.

15.used a large gallon jug with the bottom cut out for the toilet paper and put a dowel through to hold the paper in, then hooked it up under the sink WON'T get wet!!

Of Corse we used command strips for ALL!!! WOULD LOVE TO ADD PICTURES IF I KNEW HOW!!LOL
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Posts: 25 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Lazy Goose Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Nov 2015 at 8:47pm
Had the same problem, BUT came up with a better idea. I went into the fence section at homedpot and bought a 5x5 white plastic fence post cover with two end caps. Used long bolts to hold the covers on and used zip strips to hold it on the back of our 179. Its SOOO much lighter and I think that we paid $28.00 for the post and $5.00 for each cap
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Was there any special bolting or drilling required to make this change? What model R-Pod do you have, anyone know if all R-Pods are equipped with the same single 24 inch stair design?
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Am currently podding 'cross country and am halfway back to Cali.  Will post pics upon return, if IU can remember to?!
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