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ZooPod
Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
Topic: Montana RPOD Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 11:10am |
Thank you all for the tips and advice!
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ZooPod
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 11:36am |
Sorry for your troubles ZooPod. I've been through a few during our tens of thousands of miles with our 178. We keep podding on, fixing and modifying and enjoying as we save for what might be a mitigating solution...
...and take solace in the fact that our bank account is still relatively in tact. Please have fun! fred
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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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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 1:29pm |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 3:51pm |
Mine opens from the inside on my 178, takes some pressure but it does open.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Richand Cindy
Senior Member Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 328 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 4:32pm |
Some information on quality of RV builds I learned this summer. We visited the Elkhardt, Indiana area where 80% of the RVs in this country are made. We actually visited a plant to see how they are made (not a FR plant). We found out regardless of brand they are all basically made the same way and people move around alot and the pay is great. The people who built my RPOD in 2017 could have built my Keystone in 2018! They are paid on a per unit basis. In this factory the magic number was 12 per day. Any less and they got docked pay. Any more (up to a maximum of 17 that was the record) and they got bonus pay. Thus the incentive is for speed NOT quality. And if someone is sick or on vacation they have to do the same work without him/her! Only a few manufacturers have a QA dept that actually goes back and docks workers for poor quality. If they see a common problem (eg the WFCO converter failing, they tell me they will change manufacturers or else change the RV design). They lose money on warranty work and try to avoid it if possible but, if it costs less to perform warranty work than make changes then they will keep allowing something to break and then fixing it later). In terms of dust shavings, we saw RVs with dust at each step in the manufacture. They do NOT vacuum until the RV is done. Therefore while bouncing along the highway all of that hidden dust keeps coming out. It was this way for both of our RVs. So all RVs (maybe the Airstreams are different) are built this way. Just have to hope that your RV was built with all employees present and was not one of the last ones they were trying to finish for the day and that bonus check. The good news is that most of these things can be fixed if you are reasonably handy. If not, please buy from a local dealer even if it costs more money because you may have to make several trips back for warranty work
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OLD 2017.5 RPOD 180 + 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
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tcj
Senior Member Joined: 05 Jul 2018 Location: Central WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 141 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 5:17pm |
Okay, I see at least 3 Rpod owners can open their doors from the inside with the hand rail closed across the door. The hand rail on our 2019 180 locks in place. You have to lift it up to rotate it from any position. There is no way to open the door without breaking the hand rail if it is across the door. You would have to kick it hard enough to rip the rail attachment brackets off the side of the trailer. Any modification made to make the locking mechanism loose enough to force open with out raising it up first would ruin it. I think there must be a different design hand rail on those that can be forced open. Not trying to be a contrarian.
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2018 R-pod 180 Hood River Edition
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 5:33pm |
I don't know. I went out tonight and proved again I can open door with hand rail closed. I also have to lift mine to rotate but pressure causes it to release. It is not that a substantial of resistance. If they changed the provider, I have not heard of it.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 8:01pm |
Ya know, when we did our cross country trip back in two-ought-fourteen I thought the door handle thing across the door was a good idea.
About a hundred miles into the trip I realized it was rubbing on the door lock and making a mark. I then thought...the door has a dead bolt and a lock. The only way it was protecting the door from coming open was in a rollover, in which case it really wouldn't matter any way. Silly idea. Just lock the door and drive on. fred
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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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