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    Posted: 30 Nov 2016 at 8:49pm
Paul & Funky,
Looking forward to seeing your mod with the drawers! I'll add a few pictures of how i supported the opening under the drawers with angle iron behind the lower face frame when I get a picture this weekend,  If you have any questions when you do the mod, just ask!

Here's a video I took but it wouldn't download correctly the first time. 


 I feel like I'm just fixing design flaws with the mods I've done. Having a ball playing with it!

Good luck!!
Rgds John
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Wow, great idea, they look better than the factory drawer units. Beautiful job.
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Wow. This fantastic. Thank you for the idea. This would be a good early spring project for me. Thanks again.
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Paul, 
Thanks! I'm hoping to get over there, I here it's beautiful ! I am going to N. Tonawanda Because That's where the relatives are, Conceived there but born in California. Haven't been back in 35 years!
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Thanks for suggesting what you may do differently John. We are taking the pod south for a long trip next month and I'm going to try and complete your mod before we leave. Hope your trip in April goes well, and if you hit upstate N.Y. in the Adirondack Park you have a place to stay!!
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Paul,
Your welcome! Feel free to ask me anything about how i and why i did anything for the mod. 
If i had it to do over i might have made the drawers shorter so the front storage area could also be taller inside. And maybe not run the new bottom ply all the way to the wall on the left for easier access to the heaters and pump. But I felt too big is better than too small!
In April we are going out to the east coast on a 1 month drive around the country and if i learned anything about the 180 on our shorter trips it was the lack of clothes storage, the lone small wardrobe just didn't cut it. I'm having almost as much fun modding as I am podding.
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John, thank you for posting that with such great pictures and explanations.   My wife and I have a new 180 and we were just trying to find a way to handle the lack of clothing storage.
Thanks a lot John !!
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Thanks for the ideas, which I will start working on and implementing before my big trip this coming summer. 
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Doug,
Your right, I gained 1" in the front when I went up due to the front curve and it looks like you loose an inch or two in the rear. I love the info that comes out of the discussions!
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Unfortunately due to the curvature this mod won't work on the models with the rear bed.  The front has a long flatter "vertical" spot where you can lift the mattress upward, but the rear curve continues all the way to the bottom so there won't be room for the mattress if you move upward 5-6".  See my signature pic - the mattress on front or rear models starts about where the orange and red marker lights are on the side.  Love the idea though!

This is the ladder we got for our camper.  Very light, and extends only 3 feet when you need it, or any length up to its max 12.5 feet.  
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