R pod on order
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Topic: R pod on order
Posted By: DH1009
Subject: R pod on order
Date Posted: 04 May 2021 at 9:19pm
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We have an R pod 196 on order and can't wait to get it and start using it! Can someone tell me if there is a TV antenna already installed on the new models or just wiring? I can't seem to find the info. Thank you!
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Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 04 May 2021 at 9:54pm
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Normally yes. ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 04 May 2021 at 11:19pm
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I have never seen one without unless the owner has removed it. We special ordered our 177 without the entertainment system, A/C, or microwave/convection oven yet it came delivered with the antenna on top, the plug in the ceiling to hook up A/C in the future in case we change our mind and the same for the oven, came with a hot plug ready to install one in case I wanted to. ------------- God's pod '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." |
Posted By: Colonel Podder
Date Posted: 05 May 2021 at 6:42am
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We received our 196 in February, and yes it does have a powered antenna for the TV. Congrats on your new pod! ------------- 2021 R-pod 196 |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 05 May 2021 at 9:30am
| Thanks! |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 05 May 2021 at 9:32am
| Thanks so much. That is helpful. We ordered Feb 1 and still waiting. The fire at the factory didn't help! Hopefully we will have it in the next few weeks. |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 05 May 2021 at 9:34am
Thank you! We are getting anxious for it to arrive now. I have so much stuff that I have ordered for it in my basement!
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 06 May 2021 at 8:31pm
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Fire notwithstanding, what is the lead time to have a 'pod delivered? ------------- John '16 R-Pod 180 |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 06 May 2021 at 9:48pm
| They told us 10-15 weeks at end of January. Order was placed with Forest River February 1. This is week 14. It's supposedly coming off line around May 12. Dealer said he hoped we could take delivery by the end of the month. |
Posted By: Colonel Podder
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 1:04pm
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That's not too bad, took much longer for ours. Maybe the market is settling down some? Like you, we had our dining room full of stuff we ordered for the pod. At least it gave us time to do plenty of research, and time to get just about all of it correct the first time. This forum helped greatly with that. You may want to consider some of the Pod rallies, good people and good fun. There is one in Gettysburg in October.
------------- 2021 R-pod 196 |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 1:27pm
| This is our first trailer. We always camped with tents in the past with the kids but too old for that!😂 Would love to know what kinds of things you or others added as I am sure we are missing something. Our son in law has helped us with picking out hoses, electrical stuff, etc based on their experience. They have a huge camper! Where can I find info on the rally in Gettysburg? That sounds like fun! |
Posted By: Colonel Podder
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 1:53pm
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Our first camper as well. I camped as a kid, my wife had never camped. We had discussed getting a camper off an on for about three years. Then decided, during the middle of COVID no less, to move forward. It's good that you have your son-in-law to help with what to get, and not get. The R-pod rally in Gettysburg is on the R-Pod owners facebook page, under events. It's the Pod-toberfest rally. Hopefully that helps. I'm not on facebook, but my wife is, and this is what she has told me. Hopefully you can find it? ------------- 2021 R-pod 196 |
Posted By: Pete Brayton
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 5:38pm
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You will want to add something underneath to support the bathroom pocket door when driving down the road. The roller brackets are screwed into particle board and will come out with any kind of bouncing. Expect to find lots of sawdust and small bits of construction debris on the floor after driving down the road too! I love our trailer and have several trips planned already. ------------- 2021 Rpod 196 2013 Ford 150 V8 |
Posted By: DH1009
Date Posted: 07 May 2021 at 9:33pm
| Thanks! Will have to look at that! |
Posted By: Pod_Geek
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 11:04am
Finally! Someone else who had that problem with the pocket door. We had to have it rejiggered this off season, and will now travel with towels (or some such thing) stuffed between the floor and the bottom of the door to support it. ------------- 2020.5 R-Pod 195 Hood River 2018 RAM 2500 6.4L |
Posted By: campman
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 11:16am
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+1 Pete. There is a lot of chatter online regarding the pocket door needing extra support while on the road. The idea we like the best is a colourful pool noodle trimmed to fit. So we are bringing home an old one we have at our cottage as it is at the end of its useful life. Bright colour means less chance of me forgetting it. May have to install a "Install PRIOR to flight" flag on it! Then it goes onto the permanent pre-departure checklist.
;-) ------------- Andy and Laurie '16 F150 5.0 4X4 w/factory tow pkg '21 RP192 "If the women don't find you handsome...at least let them find you handy!" Red-Green |
Posted By: Pod_Geek
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 11:36am
Love that idea. We have pool noodles left over from a six-pack we ordered so as to protect my head from the awning supports. ------------- 2020.5 R-Pod 195 Hood River 2018 RAM 2500 6.4L |
Posted By: EchoGale
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 11:46am
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Might someone post the details of the Gettysburg rally on here for those of us not on FB? I'd sure appreciate it. ------------- Julie |
Posted By: Colonel Podder
Date Posted: 08 May 2021 at 8:08pm
 
------------- 2021 R-pod 196 |