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Do you bring a ladder to install the Rdome with? If so where do you store it? I can fit our four foot ladder in the front storage bin but it takes up a fair amount of that space. I like your storage totes and will see if I can get any to fit.

Thanks

I have enlarged my lower storage in the 179 by moving the walls.

ALICE

Great ideas! Tote boxes are one of my favorites things in life. I'll add too, consider using stuff sacks in addition to boxes. In my (now retired) cargo van that I drove for almost 300K miles I used both in under-bed storage and it worked great. My relatives went on a 2-year road trip in their RV that went so well it turned into 6 years. They used tote boxes and a couple of large stuff sacks that I made for them. Theirs and my stuff sacks were different colors for different uses and allow you to, um, stuff flexible items into smaller spaces and/or in or around totes. Some of my uses were separate sacks for tools, jumper cables, misc vehicle parts and laundry. We're still figuring out storage totes & sacks for our 179 so I haven't made any yet.

If you don't sew you can buy stuff sacks. If you think you might sew them, get good nylon packcloth (at least 430 denier), #14 needle, heavy duty thread. Use a longer stitch and stitch more slowly. You can stick a piece of duct tape on them and write the contents with a sharpie if you don't use a color code method that you have memorized. Also, consider keeping the stuff sacks from folding chairs you no longer have - the stuff sacks last longer than most of the chairs that come in them, and are completely reusable. I have my Roll-A-Table in a folding chair stuff sack from the 1990s and it shows no signs of wearing out. And ... in the "two uses & a backup" department, you can use them as throw-bags if you're trying to throw a tarp-line over your Pod for example Smile

2017 R-Pod 179 HRE (the green one)
His:Ford F150 double cab 4WD; Hers/mine:Tacoma V6 double cab 4WD
Still love rugged, diggin' comfy too

On a 179 your heater is located under your bed. Any storage blocking the exhaust could be a big problem. We put items under the bed then when we setup we remove them if we are going to use the heater.

2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler
2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab
2 Weiner dogs
Great wife puts up with my BS
❤️ Thoroughbred Racing.

In our 179 we have a storage bin with drawers for all the small things, a tool bag and two totes. One tote for our water hookup (hose, elbow, regulator, filter), and the other tote for our electric hookup (power cord, surge protector, locking chain for surge protector).

When we get to the campsite it is easy to pull those two totes out and hand them over to hubby's side of the camper (hook-up's side) and I work on getting the chairs, Rdome and dog playpen set up. Behind the totes we store our outdoor rug, and a small tarp that we use under our dogs pen. Works for us.

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→ 2015 Chevy Silverado
→ 2016 {new to us} 179

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RoyToy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Apr 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Topic: 179 front storage containers Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 6:36pm
	Do you bring a ladder to install the Rdome with? If so where do you store it? I can fit our four foot ladder in the front storage bin but it takes up a fair amount of that space. I like your storage totes and will see if I can get any to fit. Thanks

backin15 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 Feb 2017 Location: Burnsville,MN Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 4:59pm
	One thing I liked better about the Winnie Drop, was they eliminated the cave under the bed and made the front storage area much larger. The also ducted the furnace to blow out into the living area which makes a lot of sense. I may have to give this a try...
	2015 179 2013 Xterra Pro 4X

Johncmarshjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 May 2017 Location: Maine Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 7:34am
	I have enlarged my lower storage in the 179 by moving the walls.
	ALICE

Whoababe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2017 Location: Alabama Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 30 Jun 2017 at 12:10pm
	Thanks StephenH and Leo B! You won't regret adding the drawers StephenH!
	Josh + Jen • Whoa Babe Mods Blog → 2015 Chevy Silverado → 2016 {new to us} 179

Live2Camp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2017 Location: No. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 240	Posted: 30 Jun 2017 at 11:28am
	Great ideas! Tote boxes are one of my favorites things in life. I'll add too, consider using stuff sacks in addition to boxes. In my (now retired) cargo van that I drove for almost 300K miles I used both in under-bed storage and it worked great. My relatives went on a 2-year road trip in their RV that went so well it turned into 6 years. They used tote boxes and a couple of large stuff sacks that I made for them. Theirs and my stuff sacks were different colors for different uses and allow you to, um, stuff flexible items into smaller spaces and/or in or around totes. Some of my uses were separate sacks for tools, jumper cables, misc vehicle parts and laundry. We're still figuring out storage totes & sacks for our 179 so I haven't made any yet. If you don't sew you can buy stuff sacks. If you think you might sew them, get good nylon packcloth (at least 430 denier), #14 needle, heavy duty thread. Use a longer stitch and stitch more slowly. You can stick a piece of duct tape on them and write the contents with a sharpie if you don't use a color code method that you have memorized. Also, consider keeping the stuff sacks from folding chairs you no longer have - the stuff sacks last longer than most of the chairs that come in them, and are completely reusable. I have my Roll-A-Table in a folding chair stuff sack from the 1990s and it shows no signs of wearing out. And ... in the "two uses & a backup" department, you can use them as throw-bags if you're trying to throw a tarp-line over your Pod for example
	2017 R-Pod 179 HRE (the green one) His:Ford F150 double cab 4WD; Hers/mine:Tacoma V6 double cab 4WD Still love rugged, diggin' comfy too

Leo B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517	Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 1:28pm
	Whoababe nice work!!
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rawest50 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440	Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 12:00pm
	On a 179 your heater is located under your bed. Any storage blocking the exhaust could be a big problem. We put items under the bed then when we setup we remove them if we are going to use the heater.
	2017.5 RPod 179 2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing.

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326	Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 11:43am
	I like the drawer unit. I may end up doing something like that also. Thanks.
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Whoababe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2017 Location: Alabama Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:50am
	In our 179 we have a storage bin with drawers for all the small things, a tool bag and two totes. One tote for our water hookup (hose, elbow, regulator, filter), and the other tote for our electric hookup (power cord, surge protector, locking chain for surge protector). When we get to the campsite it is easy to pull those two totes out and hand them over to hubby's side of the camper (hook-up's side) and I work on getting the chairs, Rdome and dog playpen set up. Behind the totes we store our outdoor rug, and a small tarp that we use under our dogs pen. Works for us.
	Josh + Jen • Whoa Babe Mods Blog → 2015 Chevy Silverado → 2016 {new to us} 179

patrick_dube Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2016 Location: Québec Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Posted: 11 Jun 2017 at 8:36pm
	I did shorten the interior hole under the bed to make more room in the storage... Night and day. Now everything is easily accessible in the storage.
	Patrick Dubé, 2017 RP-179 owner towed by a 2015 Cadillac SRX Premium