Subject: Wood River 179 Mods
Posted: 18 Dec 2016 at 11:36am
Wood River 179 Hood River Pod-mods to date. Have 15 inches ofsnow outside. Got in with the cover on, so can’t take the slideout. More pictures to come in the spring.
Exterior
D&W expandable sewer hose holder. Installedright behind the front jacks. Had to maneuver around the gas line onthe driver’s side frame. Once in, it fits great. Holds theRhinoflex hose and fittings. Bought a pocket hose at Target thatfits in the original sewer hose holder under the battery.
New lock on storage compartment to match Global main doorkey. One key does it all.
Replaced lock on outdoor shower with simple Camco turn knob. Didneed to trim with dremel and sand both sides of the latch to fit in the grooveon the plastic cover. No need to lock this.
We have a steep incline driveway. Replaced the bolts onthe rear scissor jacks and replaced with clevis pins. Now we canremove the rear jacks when coming or going without incident. Mayalso come in handy when boondocking on rough roads.
Interior
Added wooden rack and metal shelf on passenger side kitchen. Woodenrack from Target and metal shelf from Amazon. Read lots aboutattaching things to walls. Didn’t want to do velcro or commandstrips. Understand concerns with screws, but wanted these mounted morepermanently. Used some ¾ inch coarse machine screws. Drilledpilot holes and then hand screwed. Careful not to over tighten. Then used caulk squeeze in each hole andre-screwed. They are sturdy and well anchored to the wall. Won’tload up with heavy items when traveling. Will be great at camp tofree up counter space and be organized.
Added metal paper towel holder with shelf and small metal spicerack on driver side kitchen. Both purchased on Amazon. Sameinstallation as above.
Added additional shelf in upper pantry and stained and installedsome wood barriers to keep items in pantry from pushing open door or fallingout.
Installed three USB/Cig Sockets for 12v charging and electronicuse.
- By the kitchen plug driver’s side,
- By the TV/stereo (pictured)
- Down by the bed plug.
Put the same metal shelves over valences over bed windows andunder TV.
Non-Pictured Mods
- Purchased a tilt mount on amazon and installed on the tv arm for vertical tilting. Greatly improves the tv viewing while in bed and at dinette. Had to do a little metal bending to make it fit. StephenH, still working with a local fabricator on that total tilt that was posted earlier this summer.
- Cutting board stove cover.
- Reconstructed bottom two drawers under kitchen sink to increase depth.
- Put a door activated light in the closet.
- Covered wire and equipment in the other dinette pedestal to make more room for storage.
- Put some non-skid on all the kitchen cupboard shelves.
- Did same strap as rynosurfs to keep the cushions on the lowered table in place when making the dinette a bed.
- Added some locking brackets on the dual battery case.
- Screen covers on vents.
- Purchased the PahaQue R-Pod shade awning from RV Supply Shop – but have not yet put it on the pod.
To do list
- Really like some of the backsplash ideas I've seen on here.
- Increase depth of drawers under the closet.
- Find or build shelf system for the closet. Prefer sliding bins/drawers.
- Slide out cover.
- Window in the door.
- May install a battery cut off switch.