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lsrens
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Topic: walking space Posted: 20 May 2013 at 12:54pm |
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love our new 171, but if u could make one improvement it would be remove bathroom because it is quite useless, too small, you could put another door next to the one under the bed and just use a portapoty, or better yet put a reg toilot right where it is and plumb it into black water tank and make a box aroung the toilot with a double hinged lid on top and front of toilot, put a cushion on it to sit on when looking in fridge, for more privacy install shower curtain around area, qhen not using the toilot, open curtain and have walking room by sink and stove, and you wont be spending your vacation waiting for someone to move so you can get to another area of camper
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 1:45pm | ||
Welcome. I partly agree with this, I made a similar suggestion a few years ago based on the wet bath we had in our Coleman popup. I wouldn't want to get rid of the bathroom, but the space could be greatly openend up if the hard walls of the bathroom only extended up to just above the toilet seat height. Above that a wrap-around shower curtain would work for showers and for "privacy" (certainly no less privacy than the existing door). The soft curtain on 3 sides would allow for much more elbow room than the 4 hard walls. All 4 sides were shower curtain in our popup and I really liked it. Roll the curtain up to the ceiling (what we did in our popup) and the space opens up between uses. You could put a hard top over the hard walls, this was standard in our popup but I eventually ripped that lid off because it got in the way. You couldn't use it as a shelf because then you had to move the stuff each time you wanted to use the bathroom. Maybe a roll-top would work, like a roll-top writing desk.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 6:13pm | ||
should of bought a 177, very spacious and roomy; I rarely run into my wife!!!!
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 6:32pm | ||
Have to agree.. the slide in the 177 makes ALL the difference.
But.. honestly.. if that is what you want the interior to be like.. "make it so". I do like Doug's idea of "soft walls".. don't think it would really be that hard to do. |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1049 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 7:10pm | ||
honestly i like the 177 or 178, slide definately opens it up a couple of feet; as far as potentials issues with the slide that I here about, I'll deal with that; maintenance is the key; and the shower, more than roomy!!!; Pam loves the bathroom
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Jon & Pam
2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 7:53pm | ||
As said make it yours. Personally I have become accustomed to the small head and wouldn't want it different. I am full sized (6', 275) and can do anything in the little head that it was made for. I did have to leave the door open the first couple of times, but now that is fine. And I want both the toilet and the shower because at times we camp where there are neither available. To each their own.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 9:03pm | ||
It wouldn't be too hard - not easy, but not hard. Move the shower plumbing to the level of the toilet seat, move the wall switch for the porch light lower, move the light switch for the bathroom light and thermostat. Then cut all three walls just above the toilet seat and pull everything out above the line. Some finish work on the raw edges, run a shower curtain track all the way around and mount a hook from the ceiling for the shower head. Easy. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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rpodcamper.com
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 10:31pm | ||
Techntrek- We want to see the pictures!!! |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 9:47am | ||
They announced the slide-out models the week after we picked up our 171. The fate of being an early adopter.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 9:49am | ||
Considering it! Add it to "the list". Might come after we get our kitchen done in the house - which hasn't started yet.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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