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Hi Everyone! My name is Dave Seykota and I live in Wayne, IL (a Chicago suburb). After a long Summer of eager anticipation (placed my order back in July) I will be picking up my Oliver Elite II next week Thursday at the Ollie plant in Hohenwald! I retired in May, was planning to purchase an Airstream in June, when I stumbled across the Oliver fiberglass trailer while researching on the internet. My son and I toured the Oliver plant in Tennessee on one day and then drove to the Airstream plant in Ohio a few days later and made their plant tour. The following week after easily recognizing the Oliver trailer is the best value, I ordered my Oliver just as Anita said... "You'll be back!" I have enjoyed reading the threads on this forum all summer long and found them to be extremely helpful with my own planning. Thank you all for sharing your information. I hope to be able to contribute to the forum as well. Now the fun begins as I plan to spend a lot of time visiting national parks and traveling during retirement! Sincerely, Dave S in Wayne, IL (dsinwayne)

In my dreams, I would go for this vintage Dodge tug. It may even be able to keep with John D's Super Toyota!

I'm located in Middle Georgia, so not too far, but will camp for 2 nights in the area to run the new OE2 through the paces before heading home.

I wanted to offer a few suggestions for removing the window seals and tracks. Please read the entire message first as my writing style is a little disjointed. And if you think it tough to read, you should be grateful you don’t have to think like this.? First off, only do this if you feel you can’t clean the tracks and drain slots with brushes, vacuums and compressed air. It takes me about 30 minutes to remove and replace the seals, minus the drying time for the seals. Removing the outside seal for the fixed glass track is pretty simple, I used a metal pick to raise the seal enough to grab it by hand and then pulled it out. The sliding glass track has a different seal that is actually 5 individual pieces. Without looking closely you would think that it is all one piece. The top and bottom horizontal pieces are straight and run the length of the track. The curved corners are two separate pieces with a short straight vertical piece between them. My trial and error procedure is to remove the window shade assembly first and then the screen. The screen has spring clips on the top. Slide the screen open enough to grab it on both sides and push up while pulling the bottom out. With the screen out, remove the sliding window rubber stop. I think a piece of masking tape on the window frame will prevent the sliding window from scratching the frame with window stop removed. Wish I had thought about that before scratching my frame. Working from the outside, remove the outside seal. Next remove the short vertical seal between the curved corner pieces in the sliding window track using something like the pick and a butter knife. The seal is U shaped and it is necessary to fold either of the side portions into the middle and then carefully remove the entire piece. Removing the short vertical piece first will allow you to slide the bottom corner piece upward into the space created by removing the short vertical seal. Do not remove the corner pieces as the are very fragile due the the cuts is the sides which allow the seal to fit the round corners. Now begin removing the long bottom seal by folding both sides in and lifting it out of the track an inch or so at a time. After you get about half of it out you can begin sliding it out from under the window. Now you can clean the seals, tracks and slots by which ever method you prefer. Allow the seals to dry if you cleaned them with soap and water. I treat mine with 303 protectant before reinstalling them. If you are any questions, please ask and I’ll provide any help I can. Mike

Thanks for the tip. I will pick some pipe cleaners today.

Congrats - wohoo! Welcome to the party. The journey begins - What part of the continent are you located. I'm within 2 hours of the Oliver facility, if I can aid you while in the area, just shout - digitally. RB