Author: StephenH
Subject: ouR escaPOD mods
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 9:20pm
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.
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The old foot is in the background, next to the red bottle jack.
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The acid test will be when we make our next big trip.
Subject: ouR escaPOD mods
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 9:20pm
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.