ouR escaPOD mods

The latest mod won't be new to anyone with a later model 2016 R-Pod, but it is new to me since I had an earlier 2016 179. Mine did not come with the flip foot or the undermount sink. I detailed my sink mod previously. Now I can detail the flip-foot mod.

Thanks to Mike who, when he changed his jack from manual to electric, found he could not really use the flip foot that came on his R-Pod. It did not work with the place in which he needed to park his 'Pod.

The electric jack I installed a few months ago came with a round, adjustable foot. While it worked, it had its problems. For one thing, as the pod shifted with jacking, it could dig its edge into blacktop pavement. Second, one had to get down to remove the pin, adjust it, and put the pin back in. These are reasons for which I wanted a flip foot. The Husky foot I had purchased and tried was not quite what I wanted, so I appreciated the ability to purchase the flip foot and try it.

My opinion is that I really like the flip foot. It sometimes needs a little nudge to get moving in the right way to set itself or to flip up, but that can be done without stooping over. Otherwise, the curved sides means it should not dig in to warm blacktop like the flat foot did. It seems to be perfectly adequate for supporting the tongue of the 179. I do not notice any instability when it is properly set. The retraction is nice too since I don't need to manually flip it up or detach it before traveling.



The old foot is in the background, next to the red bottle jack.



The acid test will be when we make our next big trip.

My DW reminded me of the third ingredient to the above mix, white vinegar (and baking soda and concentrated lemon juice).

Yes, furpod gave me the 1st degree for not sanitizing my water tank . . . ever, since I purchased it March 2011.  Late this spring I did use a weak solution of bleach and then used baking soda/concentrated lemon juice and let sit in tank overnight, took care of the bleach taste.  Thanks for the post StephenH.

What is nice is that with such a small trailer and short runs from the blow out, the blow out procedure takes less than a minute.  I have been doing this since 2012 and never knew about the low point drains until last winter, because they put a ton (not actually) of foam around them so I had to cut most of it away to actually find the drains, when I opened them after blowing out, maybe a couple drops came out of each.

Originally posted by jato I hear you weekend warrior.  I went the traditional route of filling everything with antifreeze the first year we owned our 177 back in November 2011.  Took many attempts to rid the cold water line of that nasty antifreeze 'flavor.'  Since then we have used compressed air to blow out the system by hooking into the open line downsteam of the 3 way valve under the sink.  I timed myself closing the 3 bypass valves under the bed, then attaching the compressed air into the plastic line, blowing out hot and cold water lines and toilet twice.  Takes about 3 minutes.  Before that happens don't forget to release the pressure in the hot water tank and then open drain to empty the tank.  Final step, I use 1 pint of rv antifreeze for the 2 sink and 1 shower trap.  We probably don't get as cold as you Manitoba, but will hit -15 F or more during January, normally our coldest month.