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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Topic: pros and cons of risers. Posted: 11 Jun 2013 at 1:23pm |
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You can get them for forest river direct. I paid $100 for mine at a dealer and I put them on myself. It is not a difficult job if you have a hydraulic jack and an 1/2" impact wrench.
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 11 Jun 2013 at 8:02pm | |
My dealer sold me the risers for $68, and charged me $220 to install the risers, pack the wheel bearings, check the brakes, clean and test heater, fridge, and water heater, and fill the LP tank.
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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: 11 Jun 2013 at 10:11pm | |
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2747&title=misc-forest-river-contacts-and-other-info |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Anthony Valenzano
Groupie Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: Archbald Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
Posted: 11 Jun 2013 at 10:17pm | |
CON: I lost about 1 MPG (or about 10%) by installing the risers. Now the height is a little too high over the tow vehicle. I considered taking them back off for this reason, but I like not having to worry about scraping. I also really needed the risers it to level up the trailer with my TV.
If you are worried about scraping only they make some heavy duty 6" casters that can bolt to the frame to catch it. That seems to work pretty well with small/light campers. http://www.rvpartscenter.com/RV_Parts/rv_skid_wheels.htm |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 at 9:26am | |
So at the back where the dome touches the Pod it the rain flaps are 100% on the ground and you can stake them down? |
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P&M
Senior Member Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Spokane, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 454 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 at 12:41pm | |
I did notice that in some older R-dome pics it looks like the sides of the dome were completely removable, along with the front. The sides on mine cannot be removed out completely ... the front can, the front side of the dome has a separate zipper opening so it can be opened up but not removed, and the back side can be zipped open and rolled up but again not removed.
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P & M ... and Comet too!
2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
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TerryM
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 at 1:37pm | |
You can order it from Forest River. Then have a RV dealer put them on. The only part of my R-Dome that doesn't "fit" is the skirt. It doesn't reach the ground.
Terry |
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RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4
Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 16 Jun 2013 at 9:20pm | |
I've just always hated that I can't stake my dome down in the back. On one side it's fine cause the cooler sits on the flap, but the other I never have anyway to do anything with it.
Annoys the crap out of us.
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Bill-GA
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Cumming, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 214 |
Posted: 16 Jun 2013 at 9:32pm | |
I got some small bungee cords (6-10") and I use them with tent stakes (looks like large nail with plastic head). I think there's a tab on inside corner of Dome which I use with bungee and stake. Did this last year ... seemed to work well as I remember.
I may have also used small bungee from Dome to bottom of stabilizer. Experiment and see what you can do. I was 3 weeks in one location and it held up well.
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Bill & Bev
13 yr old dachshund 'Elsa' 2010 RP-176T (tent & slide-out) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2WD TV |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 at 11:30am | |
Adding a new set of stakes to our list for next shopping trip. Currently I have the exact number I need but no spares so I never thought to just stake one at that corner and then small bungee cord it!
That should work nicely!
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