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Leon Patat 
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Joined: 03 Jul 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
 Calendar Event: New 2017 R-Pod 171Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 7:36am |
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Purchased a 2017 171 and brought it home (3 hour drive) to Charleston, SC. The owner said they were the original tires. Just replaced them and one of the tires had a big bubble on the tread. Disaster avoided. |
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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 7:49am |
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THAT was a close call. whew!! You should be good for awhile now. Is it the green version?? or the grey/blue? I hope you enjoy your pod.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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Leon Patat
Newbie
Joined: 03 Jul 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 8:03am |
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It's green. Going on the road Monday to Richard Russell State Park in GA for three days.
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Leon
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 8:24am |
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All three?
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r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:33am |
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Congratulations and welcome! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RP171. That was a really smart move to replace the tires.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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offgrid
Senior Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:45am |
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Welcome.
If the previous owner didn't maintain things it might be a good idea to also do a brake inspection/bearing repack before any long trip.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 11:06am |
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If it was a green one, then it was manufactured in 2016. That would imply the tires were at least 4 years old, and possibly 5, depending on the luck of the draw.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Leon Patat
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Joined: 03 Jul 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 1:10pm |
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No just the two. I figured the spare has never been used and has been under the cover so I figured it would be OK to get me where I could get the main tire repaired.
 Replaced the originals with Carlisle's and jumped up to a Load Range D.
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Leon
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Leon Patat
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Joined: 03 Jul 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
Posted: 22 Jul 2020 at 1:15pm |
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Yes, The owner was kind enough to have the wheel bearing serviced and the brakes checked. They just missed the bubble on the tread? My mechanic said the steel belt shifted.
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Leon
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New 2017 R-Pod 171 - Event Date: 22 Jul 2020