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    Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 2:39pm
Originally posted by David and Danette

    With the square back I don't think the roof will be fiberglass, it may be like the NO- Boundries having a PVC material for the roof. 
  Looks like from the outside picture I am wrong, the roof does look like it will be fiberglass, just not a continues one piece from from front to back.
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I guess the FB group gets more info than us? 
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Posts: 302 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Mar 2019 at 1:41pm
According to his FB post, it is 7.5' wide, almost 23' long and 3500 pounds and with a square back.
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Wardrobe/Pantry and a side glance at the fridge/freezer unit today.
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Thanks. I did not see the photo initially, but then went back to the first topic post and found you had added it there. I am excited to see these photos and look forward to seeing more. Given the changes, is the frame wider making the axle mounting points closer to the wheels (which will make for a stronger axle if it is)? The best I can tell from the photo you posted today, it looks like it likely is. I don't know if that is information you can share right now or not though.

Hopefully, the black and gray tank drain hangers have been changed to make them less likely to fail as well. I certainly hope so.
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New photo will be added every day this week leading up to next Sunday when the 195 shows up at the RVX show.
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    With the square back I don't think the roof will be fiberglass, it may be like the NO- Boundries having a PVC material for the roof. 
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The refrigerator vent could possibly be roof mounted. That would make more sense if indeed the back is more squared off. As for the battery operation, I never use that anyway so I would not miss it in the least.
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Lots of things I am seeing. First, the photo is of the back wall, which appears flat with no curve (more No-Bo like than a Pod). The larger fridge is nice, but will be only two-way power, so you lose the battery option when traveling. Next, I am pretty sure that is the heater underneath the convection/microwave, so the exhaust would likely be out of the back of the Pod. Not sure you could then put a spare on the back if the heater exhaust is in the same general vicinity, not to mention bikes. The back of the Pod is also going to have the hood vent along with fridge vents. There's a bunch going on out the back. Curious where the spare will go. Can't see a hitch for bikes on the back with all this going on. We'll see. 
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Originally posted by StephenH

I like what I see so far. I would hope that there is some more counter space than what is visible in the picture. I suspect so since it looks like the slide-out is in which would be blocking the view. The overhead cabinets and vent hood will really be welcome additions.

Stephen, thats all the counter space you get. The floor plan is on the forest river site. The sink cooktop are the rear wall. The right wall (from inside standing in front looking back to the sink) is the bump out dinette, 179 style. The left side is the dry bath. and the front is a 60 x 74 queen bed, with room on each side to get in and out without the climb over. I really can't wait to see it. I'll probably wait out the first few builds before thinking about whether i really want to buy. this will probably add an extra 800 - 1000 pounds over my 172. So it will probably weigh around 3000 - 3200.  I think the frontier will handle it with ease though. I think it could pull up to 4800 before it starts to get iffy. 
btw, i hope theres storage under the bed and dinette. 
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