How critical is "tow ball height"? |
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Topic: How critical is "tow ball height"? Posted: 20 May 2013 at 7:28pm |
I filled the water tank today and took the pod for a test run, and I'm getting a little sway. I have the nose down and it drops the truck just at 2" . Guess for traveling I'll just put 5 or 10 gal in it? Moe
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 9:44pm |
Take a look at this, see if there is anything you are overlooking: http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723&PID=29812&title=creating-an-instruction-maintanence-manual#29812
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 11:17pm |
Techntrek,
I Think I have most of those covered, where can the riser blocks be purchased????? Moe
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Goose
Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Posted: 20 May 2013 at 11:29pm |
Different models have there water tanks in different positions on the trailer, the 171 has it's water tank in front of the axle lending some stability to the trailer when you carry any amount of water. The black and gray tanks are behind the axle which I keep empty, dumping the gray every day that we travel as it is the tank at the very back. Those models with the water tanks behind the axle can have more stability issues with the more water carried like what Kickstart described. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 9:50am |
Craneman, look for the contact numbers in a thread at the top of the podmod sub-forum. You can call FR directly to order them but have your VIN number handy since they'll need that to verify which axle you have.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 9:52am |
Sorry, that was at the top of Reviews and General Information. Here is a link: 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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Kickstart
Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 10:50pm |
I filled the water tank today and took the pod for a test run, and I'm getting a little sway. I have the nose down and it drops the truck just at 2" . Guess for traveling I'll just put 5 or 10 gal in it? Moe Way to be proactive rather than having to be reactive like me! If you're getting even a twitch with your rear tank full, then you need to address some setup issues. Even a twitch means that you're near real problems if you have to deal with bad gusts or semi-suck. Having risers installed will also help save your leveling jacks if you try to camp in any of the uneven sites in the Forest Service or National Park campgrounds here on the Oly Peninsula. That's another ask me how I know that I don't wanna discuss!
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'10 RP 175-Replaced by 2014 Kodiak 173 QBSL
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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 11:05pm |
Keeping weight on the tongue is key. If you are carrying weight behind the axle you have to balance it with weight in front of the axle. That's why I put a cargo carrier on the tongue not on the back.
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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P&M
Senior Member Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Spokane, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 454 |
Posted: 22 May 2013 at 9:52am |
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P & M ... and Comet too!
2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 22 May 2013 at 6:59pm |
What really matters is putting 10-15% of the trailer's total weight on the tongue. I believe that rule is a little lower for boat trailers.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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