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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Topic: r-Dome Revisited Posted: 30 Aug 2013 at 10:12am |
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Interesting, I wouldn't have thought of using bolts in the track. Welcome.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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bnmelvin
Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2013 Location: Omaha, NE Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Posted: 30 Aug 2013 at 9:42am | |
Zag, I've successfully done exactly what you describe here - a standard tarp, secured to the channel and supported by extendable tent poles on the far side (with a few guylines to keep it from blowing away). It works fantastic - turns out a hex-head carriage bolt fits exactly in the channel. the bolt slides in threads facing away from the camper, put on a 1.5" washer, run it through one of the grommets on the tarp, 1.5" washer on the other side, and top it off with a wing-nut. I'll try to get sizes when I get back to camp later today. did the job for all of ~$10, and you can even leave the hardware attached to the tarp for next time as the heads just slide in the track.
-Bryan
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 30 Aug 2013 at 8:39am | |
You have a big hairy snow-loving mythical creature for a pet? |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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EmptyNesters
Groupie Joined: 19 Feb 2013 Location: Minnesota Online Status: Offline Posts: 53 |
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 at 7:19pm | |
I love the R-dome, we keep our Yeti in it.
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Posted: 28 Aug 2013 at 9:04pm | |
We've done six trips so far mostly 3-4 days each. Haven't used the dome yet. If it's nice out, we're outdoors, if not, the 177 has plenty of room for us. Just using a 12x12 EZ up over the picnic table to keep droppings off.
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
New: '15 Whitehawk 20MRB '14 Silverado V8 |
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Podsible Dream
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Hightstown, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 571 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 9:35pm | |
Agree with rpodcamper.com. Replaced the screws, filed the ends and put a hard piece on the ends to pull with a piece of rope and the dome goes up in a flash. With risers on the Pod, I made a pair of 8x8x4 blocks to raise the ends of the outer pole and the dome goes up evenly. We then used the stick- on 2" Velcro sewn on the dome and stuck on the pod to fix the outer side flaps. Works great!
We don't put up the dome when the fire pit is too close, otherwise it is part of the campsite. |
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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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sammycamper
Senior Member Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Location: Minnesota Online Status: Offline Posts: 111 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 5:56pm | |
Thanks, rpodcamper.
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2012 rPod 173
2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6 |
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rpodcamper.com
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 9:56am | |
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Zag
Groupie Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 57 |
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 at 12:48am | |
I don't own an R-Dome, sadly, though can see the benefits of having one. We use a 10 x 10 Gazebo instead.
I saw a picture from the Roundup in Oregon where someone had set a tarp with a couple of poles instead of the R-Dome. It got me thinking that maybe I could figure out a way to leverage the existing track to create an awning off the R-Pod. Do any of you R-Dome owners have a close up picture of where the R-Dome attaches to the track? I'd like to see how I could modify a tarp to fit in a similar fashion. Thanks!
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2009 RP-152 (Cutie-Pod)
2001 Nissan Pathfinder |
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sammycamper
Senior Member Joined: 23 Oct 2012 Location: Minnesota Online Status: Offline Posts: 111 |
Posted: 25 Aug 2013 at 11:23pm | |
So far, I've just worked the bead past the original screw heads. It gets aggravating, but I haven't taken the time to replace the screws with flatter heads. I recall a post from another member who replaced the original screws with stainless steel flatheads. I did file the ends of the channel to reduce cutting into the bead.
Sam
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2012 rPod 173
2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6 |
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