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Leo B
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Topic: Service tanks plastic? Posted: 26 May 2015 at 8:10am |
Great video!! That is quite a rig!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 26 May 2015 at 7:50am |
My Airstream has plastic tanks. They ARE in an enclosed underbelly, but that is because it is built as a 4 season camper, and the underbelly is heated.
Agreed that "off road" is subjective.. but if you are going anywhere with the pod that needing skid plates or axle clearance is a real concern, you have the wrong camper. They do make some popups that are designed for that, and at least one company makes an expandable in Australia that is designed for severe duty. It's about 3/4 the size of a pod and costs $70k. Fun Linky Not as fun a Linky, but an option. |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 26 May 2015 at 3:42am |
"Off road" means different things to different people. The trailer isn't constructed to take the bouncing and twisting of much real off-roading, at least as defined by most 4WD folks. Just the ball hitch would be a problem, and it doesn't take a huge bump to launch the microwave oven from its spot. Even with the axle risers, it's low. You are right, you'd pretty much have to lose the stabilizer jacks. It's too heavy, too top heavy, and it's too tall, too wide and too long to deal with many off road situations. But, as I say, it all depends on how you define "off-road". There are some places you could take a pod that aren't paved. TT |
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Appocalexx
Groupie Joined: 01 May 2015 Location: AK Online Status: Offline Posts: 77 |
Posted: 25 May 2015 at 10:57pm |
roger that thanks for the info,but why couldnt this thing be an off road TT its single axle and not too top heavy, obviously no give with the axle set up but still should able to do some small trailing?
the stabilizers is another issue i find to be replaced and prolly sooner than later. When I pulling this off the ferry I was inches away from taking those things off the trailer, if it didnt have the 4" blocks on the axle i would have for sure taken them out the first 10 min of having the trailer on the TV lol. I was looking at replacing them with some that the Jaycos come with
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 25 May 2015 at 10:05pm |
Yup, normal on all campers - the plastic and the slight bowing of the water tank.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 25 May 2015 at 9:53pm |
I don't think flimsy is an issue, but I don't know what the standards are. What did you expect them to be made of? As for being able to push up on the bottom of the tank, there is only a few inches of water in a tank when it's full. The depth of the water is all you're pushing against, not the volume.
I don't recall anyone reporting problems with strength. RPods are not off road trailers and at least statistically, your are highly unlikely to need skid plates to protect the tanks. You're more likely to scrape off the stabilizer jacks before you damage the tanks. TT |
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Appocalexx
Groupie Joined: 01 May 2015 Location: AK Online Status: Offline Posts: 77 |
Posted: 25 May 2015 at 9:22pm |
So after looking underneath the 179er I was kinda taken back that the 3 tanks for fresh, gray, and black water are all plastic. New to the TT world, it seems that these are kinda flimsy and weak, is this a norm for TT or is it bc these TTs are on the low end side of manufacturing.
To add to this, I noticed that from the dealer my tank is about 3/4 full and when I inspected underneath I am able to push up on the water tank just to see if could and it moved quite a bit. maybe just me but I would think that these tanks would need to be a lil more heavy duty and especially covered with the kind of enviroments that these TTs see around the nation. I was thinking of adding some metal bracing or even a skid plate type madofication to the underbelly of the RPod eventually. Has anyone else had these thoughts or is it just me?
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