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For us the resolution on the TV is fine for a trailer. I installed an Apple TV and use an HDMI splitter which works well and provides 2 HDMI inputs. I also have an HDMI to Lightening adapter so we can stream San Antonio Spurs game from my iPhone to the TV. Mike

Who would like to join us on a caravan to the Quartzsite, AZ gathering this winter? We plan to leave here (North Mississippi) in mid January, drop south to I-10 and travel west, meandering and stopping along the way as the mood strikes us. It will probably take us a week or better to get there. I want to arrive in Quartzsite sometime around January 24th or 25th so as to catch the end of the 35th Annual Sports, Vacation and RV Show. If you’ve never experienced the “Big Tent” it’s sure to be a memorable event for you. We will camp approximately 5 miles west of Quartzsite south of I-10, alongside the Dome Rock frontage road. This is where the gathering is held each winter. The gathering is for all brands of Molded Fiberglass Trailers! The dates for the gathering are: February 5th to 8th - Early bird Quartzsite Pre-Gathering (Monday thru Thursday) February 9th to 11th - Main Event (Friday thru Sunday) This is BLM and although you must obtain a free 14 day permit, there is no fee for camping here. This is pure boondocking, as good as it gets. There are no hookups of any kind, no parking pads, no picnic tables or fire rings. Just hundreds of square miles of open hard packed desert. Clear blue skies as far as you can see. February daytime highs are usually in the 70's and nighttime lows in the 40's. It must rain sometime, but we’ve never seen it do so. The wind can blow pretty good though. Water and dumping is available in town as are good places to eat, grocery stores and a laundry. There’s either plenty to do or nothing to do depending on your inclination. Currently there are at least four Oliver’s that have plans to go. Let us know if you are interested.

Hi There, My name is Ray. The user name I chose is a name a long time friend gave me so I keep it with fond memories. My wife Betty Jo and I live in Berkely Co, South Carolina near Lake Moultrie. We recently took a tour of the Oliver Factory and put the down payment on a LE II. I am a retired steel mill worker. Retired at 61 yrs old due to a disc hernia in December of 2016. We were told that we will be able to pick up our Oliver in April and are really looking forward to heading west. The plan is to do a hole lot of camping in National Parks, different State Parks and on BLM land. We love the western US and want to spend time exploring its beauty in detail.

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During our 10 year ownership of two different Oliver's, we've used several different tow vehicles. We bought a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with a 3500 lb tow capacity to pull our 2008 Oliver single axle. Wow, was that evermore a mistake. If you actually weighed those original trailers, it turned out they weighed a lot more than had been stated. At nearly 4000 pounds, ready to travel, we needed something bigger. We traded the Jeep on a Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ V8 that did just fine. We got about 12-13mpg. When we upgraded to the 2014 Oliver Elite II, we discovered that the Tahoe was not nearly as capable as it had been with the Elite I. Again we traded up. This time to a GMC Sierra 1500. This is the same size truck that Reed uses except with the 6.2L engine. It did have the NHT Max Trailering Package. It had more power and torque than the Tahoe but it was pushing it to get 12mpg. During a 10000 mile, 3 month long trip this spring and early summer, we started having overheating problems in some of the 11000 to 12000 foot passes out west. In the interest of pure transparency, our trailer weighs almost 7200lbs fully loaded. We decided it was time to move up again. When we came through Memphis on the way home, I traded the 1500 GMC Sierra for a 2017 Silverado High Country 2500 HD Diesel. We've only used it to pull the Outlaw Oliver twice. Once up to KY to view the eclipse and then up into eastern TN to a small rally. No hills larger than the ones found in and around the Smokey Mountains. We are getting about 14mpg. We had the largest gasoline engine available in a 1500 GM truck. It had the biggest tow package available. It produced 420 hp @ 5600 rpm and had 460 lb-ft of torque @ 4100 rpm. It struggled in the extreme parts of the areas we like to go. I could possibly have convinced myself that some struggling was OK since the distance traveled in these areas comprised a very small percentage of any given trip had it not been for the overheating issues. The engine in our new truck is the L5P 6.6L V-8 Turbo-Diesel. It produces 445 hp @ 2800 rpm and a whopping 910 lb-ft of torque @ 1600 rpm. As far as tow vehicles go, is the 2500 overkill? I suppose it depends on your point of view.

We bought an inexpensive heater about eight years ago. We used to go to the solar decathlon every other year when it was in Washington DC. It's been moved to California. In October,one year, the campsite was beautiful, but the rain and cold was awful. We bought a little heater because we had power at our camp site. That was pretty much our experience of camping with electricity. I'd recommend this... Get a heater with tipover and overheat protection. Ul. That's pretty common, even in budget heaters. For $40 mol, at Costco, you can get all the above, and maybe a remote, and certainly, a timer. And, ceramic. Which reduces the contact heat ????, and can make life safer for your pets I think the ceramic and oil filled heaters are primarily chosen for safety reasons.. We don't have a lot of experience, as we have about five or six days on electric hookups... But, I have to say, I remember how nice it was to have that heater. .

We use the small Vornado heater as well!! It is very quiet and small enough to not be in our way!! Works like a charm!!