Looking for the right pod for my truck. - Event Date: 15 Jul 2014 - 15 Jan 2015 |
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camby
Newbie Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Location: van island bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Calendar Event: Looking for the right pod for my truck. Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 10:33am |
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I went and looked at 2015 172 and liked it but it felt a bit camped probably do to bunk beds and no pop out. Im gonna try to go look at a 2012 177 used this weekend. The only other one near me for sale is a new 177 2014 but cant see it for a few weeks. Im in no hurry to buy one and might even wait till the winter in hopes of getting a better deal. Would like to see a 176 as well but none for sale in my area at the moment.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 11:44am | ||
I love those little Toyota "Class C" truck/camper things.. maybe C-, but I do like them. See one around here every once and a while. I think you will find your ranger will pull OK, won't be fast or quick, but should get there fine. A 171 and a 177 are the same floor plan with/without a slide.. If you don't need bunks, I sure wouldn't buy them. Unless you are handy and want to convert that area in some manner. |
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camby
Newbie Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Location: van island bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 12:52pm | ||
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Old Dingo&Mrs.Dingo
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2012 Location: Tarentum, PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 138 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 7:26pm | ||
Camby, I had a 1991 Toyota class C, it had a great coach, but the chassis left something to be desired. We bought a V6, thinking it would be much more powerful than the 4 cylinder, one trip through West Texas proved us wrong! Thirty five mph on a hill wasn't bad, our's would only do about sixty in top gear, (on the level) and only saw ten mpg doing it. It would keep up with traffic in third gear, (four speed auto) but the mileage dropped like a rock! You'll love a 'pod no mater what you pull it with.
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Old Dingo and/or Mrs. Dingo
181G 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee |
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Tri-Pod
Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2011 Location: Liberty Hill Online Status: Offline Posts: 112 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 10:17pm | ||
Check out the Lil Snoozy saw one on vacation and they are a neat camper. Can pull with almost anything.
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2010 PR 176 sold 2012 replaced with
2013 SP 240 w outside kitchen 2012 Toyota Tundra Crew Max 4x2 5.7L V8 Me, My Honey, and Max our GSP |
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camby
Newbie Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Location: van island bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 16 Jul 2014 at 11:20pm | ||
That is a cute unit but I think I can tow the lighter pods fairly easily especially since most my trips will be weekenders. My first choice is 171/177 but im flexible and might wait till fall for more used ones to pop up.
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camby
Newbie Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Location: van island bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2015 at 10:03am | ||
So its a year later and I decided in the winter my ford ranger wasn't gonna cut to haul my family so I decided to upgrade my vehicle before getting a rpod. I now have a 2014 supércrew f-150 which will tow any r-pod without breaking a sweat. I now have to wait longer to get the rpod though which sucks but I didn't like the new 2015 f-150 so I made the decision.
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Buying a Pod by 2015 season so my son can have the great memories of camping my wife and I have.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2015 at 10:40am | ||
You'll be hauling a 25-footer now!
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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camby
Newbie Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Location: van island bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2015 at 11:56am | ||
I have the ability to for sure I have a tongue weight if 1550 and a max pull of 9800lbs. I just don't know if I wanna pull a big rig. I'm renting a pioneer 24bh for a week to see how that goes.
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Buying a Pod by 2015 season so my son can have the great memories of camping my wife and I have.
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2015 at 4:45pm | ||
I currently tow a 178 with a Ranger. It's moot now, but last year the posted tow rating is for the hitch, not the vehicle.
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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