As needs change, Mod the Pod! |
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Jawn
Newbie Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: Traffic jam GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Topic: As needs change, Mod the Pod! Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 4:59pm |
Wife and I bought a 2012 R-pod 177 back in 2016 and life has gotten in the way (plus some bad luck with leaks and tree damage) and we have only managed to use it a couple times. Not at all this year. Now we have a toddler and another baby on the way so I am trying to come up with ways to make it fit our family better for an upcoming trip to FL and other future uses.
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Jawn
Newbie Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: Traffic jam GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 5:18pm |
Install a bigger TV: See the following for where I want to put it. This is the edge of the slide towards the rear of the trailer (near the corner of the queen bed). Was thinking of installing it at point "A" using an Ergotron type arm. Not sure what kind of material is behind this padding and if it's capable of supporting an arm mounted TV. I would expect it to be reasonably structural in nature given it's part of the slide. If that won't work, above the side window near point "B" would be the alternative. This could be with the same mount, or a normal semi-fixed wall mount. Either way, getting power and signal to it is a different matter tho. Currently they come out of the wall in the cabinet above the bed. Not sure I could move it so I'd just have to use surface mounting cord duct to neatly carry coax and a power cable over to the monitor, or else make a whole new run to a separate exterior feedpoint.
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Jawn
Newbie Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: Traffic jam GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Posted: 24 Dec 2018 at 5:32pm |
Make room for babies: The following shows approximate headroom near the current dinette area. As designed, the table folds down, cushions move around and it becomes a slightly wider than twin size bed. Last time we used it, our baby was about 6 months old. She's now a whopping toddler who will be almost 2 at our next trip, and she'll have a baby sibling soon after that. What worked then won't work now or in the future. Ideally I'd like to turn this into bunk beds, with the lower having the option of being gated off. Not sure bunk beds are going to fit without lowering the height of the bottom bunk. This may be tricky... while the right dinette seat storage cabinet looks like it can just be unscrewed and removed, the left side contains the electrical panel for the whole camper. I'll have to open up that side to see if it's something that can be contained in a smaller enclosure or if I will have to stick to the 15" base height of the dinette for the bottom bunk (or even scrap the bunk idea altogether). For the top bunk, I was considering welding up a metal support to hold top and bottom bunks in the form of a free-standing bunk bed to be installed inside, but with some sort of attachment to the walls just to keep it from moving in transit. Given the shape of the front wall, I suspect anything wider than a narrow twin for the top would be pointless. The windows would likely be addressed by removing all window coverings and just applying an opaque vinyl "wrap" over the outside so it becomes not-a-window (to allow for daytime baby naps).
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