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Check the butt splice connections between the fixture pigtails and trailer wiring.

A small Western Oliver Rally, Santa Fe NM.

KWR, does your truck have the tow package (4.30 axles)? For getting the pictures oriented and cropped and so on, just open the picture on your iPhone or iPad, then click Edit in the upper right corner. That opens up your editing menu. The way to reclock a wonky image is to click the second icon down, the box with arrows. That will cycle the image 90 degrees each time until it is right side up. You can crop it also at the same time by dragging in the “frame” to where you want it... there are other buttons for adjusting the color and contrast, redeye etc. - if you screw up you can click Revert and it goes back to the original image. FYI you cannot edit pics on the forum, you must do it on your device, before uploading them. .... https://iphonephotographyschool.com/how-to-edit-photos-on-iphone/ John Davies Spokane WA

Nan, Yes, GCWR means Gross Combination Weight Rating. I found this post on the Escape forum to be very helpful about the weight terms. Ken, In order to make a pdf file (or a docx or a xlsx file) able to be opened by others, you need to do two steps. First, you need to click the Select File button, identify the file, and upload it. If you do just that, then the file will not be accessible to forum users. After uploading the file, you need to click on the Insert Into Content button, to the right of the Select File button. This puts your attachment into the body of your message, and, more importantly, makes it available for other Forum users to see or to download.

Jalama Beach is in our backyard (kinda-about 100 miles away) Now that we have our Oliver, we’ll be making a visit! Your pictures are beautiful!

First night on the way to Alaska was at Cabela's in Lexington KY on Wednesday night. It is easy access from I-75 and very close to I-64. Large parking lot and we were told park anywhere. There are a few dedicated sites on the east side of the building but we did not want to use up one of those large sites. They have a pay dump station. It was quiet with 5 others in the lot. There are a multitude of restaurants on the other side of the interstate, maybe 1/2 mile away. We left in the morning about 8. Very good stop.

On my Elite, I've always found the source to be the galley sink. If the road is rollicking of bumpy enough, I think the p-trap at the sink sloshes the water out and the fumes are able to enter the Ollie. I've always been able to remedy this by pouring water into the sink to refill the trap.

My cabinet lights are LED and have a white plastic cover surrounding a plastic lens. The white cover hides 3 mounting screws. I can not find any manufacturer info without taking the screws out and dropping the fixture. It looks to have about 8 LED chip lights looking through the lens. Usually this lights have 40,000 to 50,000 hour life expectancy and I doubt you are anywhere close to that. You could get more info by removing the lens and finding the manufacturer and looking up the light.

KWR: The Tundra is way overdue for an update. But like all Toyota trucks it is extremely reliable and you could put 300k miles on it without too many problems. This cannot be said for any new diesel, or any GM, Ram or Ford product. Buy an extended warranty and expect to have expen$ive components fail. In your shoes I would keep the Tundra, or wait until there was a new model and trade it in. If you want more towing power you can change the ring and pinions for $2000 and that would really wake it up. Or if you are running big tires, put back OEM sized rubber to restore lost power. Airbags will inexpensively correct a saggy butt. I have never understood why Toyota avoids the HD pickup market. They would never sell as many as the big three, but there are plenty of folks with bigger toys that would love more power and that stellar reliability. The Toyota company is a weird duck, they seem to be very reluctant to invest in vehicles that are only sold in the USA. Maybe they will do moderate upgrades, maybe they will just let it percolate along as is, and make all their money on Camrys and RAV4s. Maybe this 500 ft lb twin turbo ten speed hybrid with 30 mpg.... https://www.motor1.com/news/351355/2021-toyota-tundra-engine-rumors/ I would buy a (three year old Certified Used) Land Cruiser 300 with that drivetrain, in a heartbeat. Toyota’s truck drivetrains are so bulletproof you could easily tweak the boost for 600ft lbs or more and not lose much reliability. You betcha! Final comment, since your family has had Toyotas for a long time, I think any brand switch would be a disappointment, hopefully just a small one... John Davies Spokane WA

We could not go to the Lake Guntersville rally because we had a family gathering at Jalama Beach county park campground, west of Santa Barbara, CA. This is a really nice campground, right on the ocean. We had our Oliver, my sister had her Casita, and other family members rented cabins. On our way home we stayed in Snow Canyon State Park, near St. George, UT. A really fabulous park.

My wife and I both had a great time. Coy, Foy and Mary Kay did a fantastic job, as did all of the Oliver folk and volunteers. We enjoyed every moment, met a ton of people, and found the talks really informative. Our only regret is that while the first few days were liesurely, Saturday afternoon and Sunday got really busy and so we didn't have time to get out do some of the things we'd hoped to. I especially wanted to get by to see Raspy's trailer but never got the time.

Andersen Hitch Inc. has designed a new ball, cone and triangle plate for the weight distribution hitch. This new design was to create a ball that would not lock up inside the collar and/or cause noise when turning. For more information or data on results and testing you would need to speak directly with Andersen. Any customer who has an older Andersen Hitch setup can upgrade to the new design for $100 by contacting Andersen directly and asking about part# 3332 and explaining the issue that you are having with the current ball. The $100 upgrade is a discounted price but it will not last forever. Andersen Hitch Inc. 208-523-6460 800-635-6106