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julieboyles
Newbie Joined: 03 May 2016 Location: Please select Online Status: Offline Posts: 27 |
Topic: Poor Forest River quality control Posted: 09 May 2016 at 12:04pm |
Great idea. I've seen that mentioned somewhere else and will make sure my phone is fully charged and video everything. Sometimes I get freaked out that I'm a 50-something woman who doesn't know crap about any of this stuff--really, any of it--but heck, I've done more adventurous things than living in a R-pod for a month or two at a time. I can do this. Thanks.
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4508 |
Posted: 09 May 2016 at 11:49am |
The dealer should have your pod set up to give you the walk thru they should show you how to use/ turn on and off everything! Stove, frig, tv,heater, radio system, confection oven, a/c, slide, r-dome attachment, shower, sinks. My suggestion is to have a video camera or cell phone video to record everything, there is so much info you forget a lot a few days after you see it.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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julieboyles
Newbie Joined: 03 May 2016 Location: Please select Online Status: Offline Posts: 27 |
Posted: 09 May 2016 at 11:28am |
Now on my check list--"Be sure dealer checks all systems thoroughly." I guess that'll be a trust thing on my part since I don't know what that check list will look like. Probably buying at a local, reputable dealer that's been around for a long time--always a good sign, I think.
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Retroactive
Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2016 Location: Bolton, MA Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 09 May 2016 at 10:23am |
I have known people to move into a new construction $750k house, and then have dozens warranty various fixes go on for the next year. My FiL, who just passed last week, always said: "When it comes to Boats and RVs, if you have to ask how much the maintenance costs - then you can't afford it." I bought a budget $15k Teardrop, not a luxury $45k Airstream Bambi. But it's all relative, I am handy and can handle 90% of the repairs myself.
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 10:41pm |
I did replace my tires. I guess it was 12K or so miles. Seems a bit short. I guess that's my only complaint, really. I think they were not balanced correctly to begin with. Otherwise, fixed what needed to be fixed and changed what needed to be changed. It just doesn't seem like that complicated or sophisticated machine/structure. At least not anymore. What I wasn't sure of, I asked here. Smart people here..they are.
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3227 |
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 10:27pm |
We have traveled over very rough roads as well, even nearly tearing off both rear stabilizers; they will be replaced soon. Over 15,000 miles over the past 5 years and I guess I am NOT going to complain because I haven't had anything to complain about except I do have to replace my tires, due to normal wear and tear; will do that later this week.
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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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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 9:12pm |
OK, Amish and Mennonite builders are as capable of shoddy workmanship as anyone else. As far as FR quality control is concerned, the RPod is a low priced, lightweight trailer. FR has to cut corners to maintain those parameters. Be prepared to fix things! That being said, we have spent 6 months out of the past 10 months in the pod, we have put way over 12 thousand miles on it, we have traveled over some of the roughest roads on the planet and have only had one minor problem.
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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 8:48pm |
Here is a link to the video of the Jayco assembly line which I can pretty much guarantee all mfg's look the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXMJrRQ3SVk It was not the r-pod being built, but I assume FR and others follow the same "craftsmanship" since most ultralight TT's of any brand are poorly made. It was an eye opener to see how quickly the Amish could throw them together since (I assume) they were paid by the units completed (they could roll out 32 a day).... Ultimately, it is management's responsibility for quality assurance and control and there should be a lemon law as there is for autos IMHO. |
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Sailor John
Newbie Joined: 17 Jan 2015 Location: Cascade, ID Online Status: Offline Posts: 37 |
Posted: 08 May 2016 at 7:36pm |
DW and I were sitting in our 2015 179, and noticed two items that surely show that whoever is on the assembly line at the Dallas plant could care less about their product. The A/C shroud (air defector) had pulled the outer screws except 2 out of the ceiling and was ready to fall> They had forgot to put the two screws that go into the A/C, these are the ones that hold that air deflector up, the outer screws just hold it tight to the ceiling. Also the fantastic was coming down on one corner, upon looking at it, the one corner screw missed the stud. Now I wonder what else is missing.
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John & Reina
2015 r-179, 2006 Jeep Liberty Retired Sub sailor West central ID |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 9:05pm |
I agree also that the dealer SHOULD check all systems. Unfortunately, should does not equal SHALL as there is apparently a lot about these and other brands of trailers that the dealers ASSUME are installed correctly at the factory. I still think that it goes back to the factory QA, as some of these issues are not in areas visible to the dealer for inspection, such as those connections which are behind partitions. The outside shower connections I mentioned above are but one example.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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