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04-27-2013, 11:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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What are you towing your R-Pod with
Just taking a survey on TV for the R-Pod. What do you have and how does it work for you?
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04-28-2013, 03:44 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 16
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I've had my R-Pod since last October. I tow it with a FJ Cruiser. I've added airbags, and will be adding a trans cooler to make it happier. I use a Prodigy RF brake controller.
It tows easily, from 2000ft to 9000ft over 20mi and it was fine.
200mi into bad weather and back and it was fine.
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08-24-2013, 11:16 PM
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Hitched
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Started out with a Toyota RAV-4 Sport V-6, but a little under powered for Colorado Plains and Mountains.
Moved to a 2013 Ram 1500 5.7L Hemi 6 spd/auto 4X4 CrewCab. Plenty of power, good in mountains, 11-13/mpg per tank of gas @55-60/mph.
Factory tow package & 3.92 rear axle ratio. Can haul the kids, cargo, plenty of room. 19-21/mpg Hwy. not towing
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08-25-2013, 11:21 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Aiken SC
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We hope to get a 178 and will be towing with a 2014 BMW X6 xDrive 35i ( Max tow is 6,000lbs w/ tongue of 600lbs) so we should be just fine.
John
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Aiken SC
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08-25-2013, 02:35 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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there is a Rpod owners forum. there is also a Rpod nation forum but that appears to be owned by a RV dealership.
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Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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08-25-2013, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rpod
Started out with a Toyota RAV-4 Sport V-6, but a little under powered for Colorado Plains and Mountains.
Moved to a 2013 Ram 1500 5.7L Hemi 6 spd/auto 4X4 CrewCab. Plenty of power, good in mountains, 11-13/mpg per tank of gas @55-60/mph.
Factory tow package & 3.92 rear axle ratio. Can haul the kids, cargo, plenty of room. 19-21/mpg Hwy. not towing
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Nice truck! Now you can get a bigger trailer 
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08-26-2013, 10:37 AM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Southeast CT
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To answer the original question: We started out with a Chevy Colorado, rated at 5,500 lbs. It did okay on short drives, but we were not comfortable with it for the longer trips we like to take. Traded in the Colorado for a Silverado two years ago and consider it one of the better decisions we've made.
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2010 r-pod 171
2011 Silverado 1500
Nights camped 2013: 94
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08-26-2013, 11:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 299
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There we go, as always, Peggy has the right answers!!
LOL
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08-26-2013, 12:17 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Southeast CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kymooses
There we go, as always, Peggy has the right answers!!
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So did you tell my husband that when you had the chance in Goshen? No!!
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2010 r-pod 171
2011 Silverado 1500
Nights camped 2013: 94
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08-27-2013, 06:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 299
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peggy L.
So did you tell my husband that when you had the chance in Goshen? No!!
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oooops??
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10-25-2013, 01:59 PM
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Drivestregis
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 58
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We use a 2012 Ford Flex with 6 cylinder Eco Boost. Recently went from Louisiana to South Dakota and back. Easy tow but gas mileage not so hot. 10-11.5 mpg at 65-70 mph.
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10-25-2013, 05:05 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drivestregis
We use a 2012 Ford Flex with 6 cylinder Eco Boost. Recently went from Louisiana to South Dakota and back. Easy tow but gas mileage not so hot. 10-11.5 mpg at 65-70 mph.
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i hope you realize that the trailer tires are only rated to a max of 65mph. hate to see a blowout on a single axle trailer. 
and you'll get better gas mileage by staying in the 60-62mph range.
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Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.)
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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10-25-2013, 05:10 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 16
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According to the people in Goshen, my hood river is fine at speedlimit (75).
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2009 FJ CRUISER (ARB BUMPER, Rear Airlift 1000, and some other stuff)
2013 Forest River R-Pod 177HRE ( Mods)
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10-25-2013, 05:12 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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Quote:
Originally Posted by compubmw
According to the people in Goshen, my hood river is fine at speedlimit (75).
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Out of curiosity, what tires on it? Make/model and type (ST vs. LT)?
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10-25-2013, 05:18 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Cant look right now. Theyre the knobby LT ones.
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2009 FJ CRUISER (ARB BUMPER, Rear Airlift 1000, and some other stuff)
2013 Forest River R-Pod 177HRE ( Mods)
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10-25-2013, 05:42 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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i'm not aware of any lite travel trailer with LT tires, unless an owner added them or they are an option.
ST tires are the standard.
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Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.)
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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10-25-2013, 05:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Check out the hood river edition of the rpod
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2009 FJ CRUISER (ARB BUMPER, Rear Airlift 1000, and some other stuff)
2013 Forest River R-Pod 177HRE ( Mods)
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10-25-2013, 09:38 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by compubmw
Check out the hood river edition of the rpod
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that version is only available out West, so it's not typical of the average R-pod equipment/tires.
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Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.)
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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10-29-2013, 12:42 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 4
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Tow vehicle
Pulling with a 2005 Jeep Liberty with the 2.8L 4 cyl diesel with towing package. We just got the Rpod, and only made one trip. Made it over a 5000 foot pass. The engine temp starts to go up if we use the overdrive even on the flat. Who knows what next year will bring. I just purchased a "Scan Gauge II" that plugs into the diagnostic plug, and lets me look at the engine performance in detail while driving. I have it set now on MPG, digital engine temp. and percent of available horsepower. "In God we trust, all others bring data."
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11-04-2013, 01:24 PM
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KF5WTB
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Ranch in Refugio County,Texas
Posts: 7
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2014 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited. 3.73 rear end, auto transmission. Added brake controller, tows our 2013 R-pod 176 with no problems, 12.6- 13.6 mpg towing, 16-19.2 without. Of course that is in fairly flat country
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