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IrishPod
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Location: Fairfax, VA
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Topic: Ground Clearance?? Posted: 12 Jul 2011 at 10:07am |
Hi All! This is my first post! I had a problem with ground clearance driving my- new to me- R Pod 175, 2010 and am grateful I found this forum and learned of the riser solution! Thank you to all! I just received risers from Forest River and thought pictures of them might help others as they seek to make modifications. Hopefully, I'll soon be camping!
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"You have to make your own fun in this world"
R-Pod 175 2010
Chevy Suburban
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Tri-Pod
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Location: Liberty Hill
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Posted: 08 Jul 2011 at 3:55pm |
How cool is that. I will have to get one so I can take Tri-Pod for a walk. Clark
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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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Bridge707
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Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 7:44pm |
We got the same dolly from Tractor Supply and I think it was around $70.00 plus tax.
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Greg Bridgeman
Honesty is telling the truth
Integrity is telling the thruth when it hurts
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Podsible Dream
podders Helping podders - pHp
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Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 2:34pm |
Clark,
Here are a couple of pictures. This one is from Overton's, www.overtons.com. Heavy-Duty Trailer Dolly #74902. Cost was 119.99 plus $15. for shipping. Assembled easily with about 6 bolts.
I can put my shoulder into the pod and one of the girls (DW) steers it into position. Walt
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Chris and Walt
'10 RP-171 'Free Spirit'
'13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8
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Tri-Pod
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Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 11:25am |
Chris and Walter, can you post a picture of the dolly. I would love to see how that looks. I haven't had any problem so far with the low clearance, but am thinking that I will add the risers, better safe than sorry. Clark
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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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Caverkim
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 9:33pm |
We have had the same issue in our driveway, we have been pulling through our yard at this one precise spot! We just recently (this past week) got the axle risers and so I hope this solves the problem! For some reason it always makes me nervous pulling in and out through the yard.
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caver*pod 175/Louisville KY
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2Peas-n-Rpod
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:00pm |
Originally posted by kymooses
Our 2011 came with risers, but our dealer installs them standard on the Pods they sell. They remarked to me that so often before their customers came back in later wanting them that it was more cost efficient to have the riserts installed before the sell them. Perhaps other dealers are doing this standard now. |
Every one of the R-Pods on our dealer's lot had the risers on them. All were Hood River Editions.
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2011 R-Pod 182G Hood River Edition
"Ribbitt" Pod (now sold)
2000 Ford F150 5.4L V8 TV
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ToddsPod
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 5:20pm |
Originally posted by Chuck
I've had to resort to building homemade wood ramps out of 1X8 boards since I can't get in or out of my driveway without scraping the stabilizers. I just talked to my dealer about installing risers and wow, $326 parts and labor. I love my dealer and have no doubt it's a fair price for them to do it but it ain't gonna happen. (Besides I'd rather spend the $ on the R-Dome I plan on picking up from them this week.) It sounds like there are other alternatives according to prior posts. It that the case and where/how do I go about it? |
Look no further than our own forum:
was just posted by FISHTAIL and gives instructions on installation of the risers. From what I've heard it's not a difficult job, and I plan on doing it myself, as well. Like you I scrape my stabilizers when backing into the slightly sloped driveway. I sure was grateful for that slope when Ike dumped buckets on us, but we haven't had that problem in the last 10 months (the rain, that is).
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'07 Dodge RAM 1500 ST Longbed QuadCab 4.7L V8 --- '10 Forest River R-Pod 172
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Chuck
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 12:38pm |
I've had to resort to building homemade wood ramps out of 1X8 boards since I can't get in or out of my driveway without scraping the stabilizers. I just talked to my dealer about installing risers and wow, $326 parts and labor. I love my dealer and have no doubt it's a fair price for them to do it but it ain't gonna happen. (Besides I'd rather spend the $ on the R-Dome I plan on picking up from them this week.) It sounds like there are other alternatives according to prior posts. It that the case and where/how do I go about it?
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Z-pod
Chuck Janet & Bogie the dog
'12 RP 177
1972 Shasta 1400
2005 Ford F-150 5.3L V8
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kymooses
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Location: Louisville, Ky
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Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 10:31am |
Our 2011 came with risers, but our dealer installs them standard on the Pods they sell. They remarked to me that so often before their customers came back in later wanting them that it was more cost efficient to have the riserts installed before the sell them. Perhaps other dealers are doing this standard now.
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