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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Topic: Opened the Pod today!! Posted: 29 Mar 2013 at 7:03pm |
For the first time since before Christmas I was able to get to and open up the Pod today. The snow is going down, and I dug a path to the Pod. All is fine I am very pleased to see. We had no rodentia of any kind moving in for the winter. It looks and smells just like it did in the fall.
I ordered my risers earler in the week, and I hope within a few weeks to have them on and the Pod de-winterized and ready to camp. I can hardly wait! I suppose I will spend some time over the weekend in the Pod... |
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2013 at 8:02pm |
Keith/Dar, I almost took the cover off of our 176 today, the sky was blue full of puffy white clouds, 53 degrees, birds singing. After watching the news and weather and they are talking about rain Sunday, snow flurries Tuesday and maybe Wednesday, 29 Tuesday morning. I left the cover on.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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francoisfrogpod
Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Location: Missouri Online Status: Offline Posts: 109 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2013 at 8:21pm |
We're getting closer to getting the Pods back on the road. It was 60 degrees here today, breezy, but nice. Really hoping to take out the Pod next weekend. We'll see...
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Denny and Linda
2013 Pod 177 '08 Santa Fe |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3252 |
Posted: 06 Apr 2013 at 2:42pm |
Must be nice! Got to take a peek inside our barn at the 177 and hope for warmer temps. Still wading through 1.5 foot of snow and right now we have snow coming down at a pretty nasty clip at 35 degrees. Rats, this global warming!
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 06 Apr 2013 at 9:01pm |
Cover came off yesterday. Moved her to the summer (easier to park) position. She is clean and shinny and raring to go. I did some simple walk around checks. I have not yet de winterized as I will wait until closer to taking off as we have some tricky weather in April. I did notice one disturbing thing. I upgraded from a group 24 battery to a group 27. I had to change the battery cases as the 27 won't fit in the 24 case. Apparently the lid did not seal correctly and the battery box was 2/3 full of water due to no drain holes in the bottom. I can't believe I didn't check it when I changed the battery box. Check your battery box and add some drain holes.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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Footslogger03
Senior Member Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Location: Laramie, WY Online Status: Offline Posts: 362 |
Posted: 07 Apr 2013 at 11:22am |
Cover came off yesterday here too (Laramie,WY) after which the temp dropped fast and it started drizzle
Good news is that everything inside looks like it weathered the Winter well. Battery is at full charge and all lights (converted them to LED) work. Opened ceiling vent and ran the fan up to full speed. The dryer sheets I had laying around and inside all cabinets really kept things smelling fresh. Nice to have daylight coming through the windows. No plans to move the Pod quite yet as we still often have some pretty nasty snaps of weather here until the end of May. 'Slogger |
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Livin' the Dream ...'Slogger
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Racer|X|
Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 237 |
Posted: 07 Apr 2013 at 7:56pm |
I had to move this week...btw...does anything suck more? So I had to take off the cover and tow her to the new house. Opened her up, all was good after a very long winter. I have the FR factory cover, did its job nicely. Can't wait to camp.
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TIDALWAVE
Senior Member Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: MINNESOTA Online Status: Offline Posts: 315 |
Posted: 08 Apr 2013 at 7:00pm |
This last weekend I went out and checked on the Pod. No mice, yay! Decided to wait a couple of more weeks before flushing out the RV pink. However, I just listened to the weather forecast for this week (Central MN). Another 4 inches of snow expected...the yard was nearly snow free. Anyone know how to mount snow skis on a Pod? Probably the only way we are going to be able to use it this year
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 08 Apr 2013 at 8:36pm |
So RacerX, did you move to bigger and better?
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Racer|X|
Senior Member Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 237 |
Posted: 08 Apr 2013 at 9:13pm |
Yeah...found a good deal on a nice custom house. Rented my old one, hopefully long-term it will pay off.
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