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    Posted: 12 Jul 2013 at 6:00pm
To avoid that sloped down to the front look on the dome with risers on the pod, I made a pair of dome risers from 4x4 pieces.  I made them about 7.5 " long to match the actual size of two pieces of 4x4 sideby side. I splined them together with a length of 1x and lots of glue.  I drilled a 5/16 hole about 1" deep in the center to hold the pole end.  Then a separate 5/16" hole thru the block  off to one corner to provide a stake down point.
The 4x height is just about the height of the installed riser.  The sides don't cover as much ground as they do without the risers, so we use firewood pieces to hold them down.  The appearance is much much better, though.
We bit the bullet and put 2" wide self stick Velcro on the side of the pod, and sewed The loop part to the sides of the grey edging of the dome.  No more wind blowing through or cups popping off or snaps not working.  The Velcro goes from top to bottom with a short segment on the roof to hold it down. No rain leaks either.

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On ours, the tenting barely reaches the ground on the side that is closest to the Rpod and the front is tilted forward to an extreme degree.  The whole thing feels like a tunnel coming off the 178.  I'm not happy at all, but we'll keep playing with it.  I think the combination of axle risers and a longer Rpod means a bad fit for the Rdome.  I'd pass on the Rdome if I was doing it again.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Seanl Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jul 2013 at 12:12pm
Originally posted by TopJimmy5150 TopJimmy5150 wrote:

The R-Dome looks ridiculous on a 178 with the axle risers.  The whole thing looks like it's about to collapse forward. 


Depends on how level the site you are parked on is. This picture was taken with the risers.



And so was this one.



As you can see the second one appears to have more slope that the first because in the first the ground slopes back towards the trailer and and in the second it is level.
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Originally posted by TopJimmy5150 TopJimmy5150 wrote:

The R-Dome looks ridiculous on a 178 with the axle risers.  The whole thing looks like it's about to collapse forward. 


Interesting. We have a 177 with axle risers and the R-Dome doesn't look ridiculous on it.

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The R-Dome looks ridiculous on a 178 with the axle risers.  The whole thing looks like it's about to collapse forward. 
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To further Anchorout, try googling 'saveajack' which allows sliding jacks quickly and easily. We wrecked our stabilizers in mountains last coming out of gas stations.
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To answer the original question, many rv suppliers offer jack mounts that allow the scissor jacks to be easily removed when not needed.  Part one is screwed to the chassis and part two bolts to the jack.  The two slide together or slide apart as needed.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote IPodAlong Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 May 2012 at 9:48pm
[QUOTE=Vallgrlx2]Ugh, what is an axle riser?



Thank you for asking that! :)  Though I knew what they did, I wondered what they were.  I'm wondering if most of you who are putting those on have higher profile vehicles?  I too drive a Highlander which sits lower than a truck or larger SUV.
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If you do not want to raise your trailer and center of gravity, you can also install trailer skid wheels on the back to stop the rear of the trailer from "digging in" or scraping the rear stabilizers.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vallgrlx2 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 May 2012 at 12:14am
Thanks for the helpful photo. Having the additional height does make sense!



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