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I am impressed with each of your culinary skills. I wish I had some of your talent. However, I did cook a Ballpark hotdog in a George Foreman grill the other day!

Works well if you 'quack' a window...

Every now and then we enjoy beef brisket and we really miss our Texas - Rudy’s barbecue days. One of my other hobbies and always a work in progress is smoking meat, fish and chicken on our a Traeger LiL Texas pellet grill. We picked up a nice 9# brisket the other day and decided to let it slow and go roll in hickory smoke for 6-7 hrs @225d or until the internal temp hits 180-190d. I dry rubbed this one early this morning and will post up a few pics when it’s done. We are celebrating/giving thanks for a successful blueberry harvest finishing out with 42.5 gallons of berries this year. We are truly grateful as it’s our best yield in the 11 yrs we have been growing them. Yes we eat a lot of blueberries, this harvest will take us well into 2021/22. In an effort to keep this post Ollie related I made sure Hull 634 was captured in my pic.😁 We use the igrill mini for accurate internal meat temp..it’s been a great tool/app. It works flawlessly.

We love our brisket, too. I usually smoke a big one on my Primo smoker once a month or so. We freeze what we don’t eat or give away. I’ve got plenty to take with us on our trip to Colorado next week! I usually smoke at 225-250 degrees and then cover with foil at about 8 hours. Then I keep it on the smoker until internal temperature is between 190 and 195. Yum! Mike

I bought a 16 ton hydraulic crimper off eBay for under $50. I have used it for everything from crimping 4/0 cable to fixing my glasses. Yep, glasses. You can easily make your own dies for it and crimp (or crush) just about anything.

Same here. The map is on our Oliver (inside front door), so when we’ve spent a night camping in a state in our Oliver then we fill it in. Just passing through doesn’t count. Spending the night in a Hampton Inn some other time doesn’t count either.

That looks like the same crimper I have. I got mine on amazon for ~$50. I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth out of it and it hasn’t shown any sign of wear. It had some reviews saying it broke easily but then what amazon product doesn’t. Overall the reviews were good. The only thing I don’t like about it is that you need three hands sometimes to use it. I wish it had a little stand that would make it stable on the ground so that you can easily hold the cable with one hand and operate the crimper with the other.

RB, Glad to hear your growing berries, like you our season has been pretty amazing. And we have had lots of nice size rabbit eye variety berries. We have to net for deer and birds...a lot of work but it really helps. We had lots of honey bees in our blueberries this past spring. It was great to just listen to them and watch em work the blooms. No late frost helped us out a lot and a fair amount of rain. We use drip irrigation which helps a lot. As for the Traeger they are expensive..,ours is 5 yrs old now and it’s been a good one.

Thank you Sherry! Wow we will have to give this a try on ribs someday. We made homemade blueberry waffles Friday morning....oh..the carb overload was rough.😴 We toughed it out. Still working on the amount of waffle batter as you can tell. 😄 We also enjoy blueberry smoothies especially when it’s warm outside.

Thank you for the nice compliments! Just a work in progress. A few pics of of the finished brisket....Kathy made homemade warm potato salad and baked beans with a little local mule kick chipotle bbcue sauce. We don’t eat this way every day...but I gotta say we are pleased with how tender it turned out. I even managed to get a nice little smoke ring going on. We do like brisket with breakfast. No room for blueberry cobbler...huh? it should be illegal to say that...😄 Gotta have a little bark.

Nice meat . Similar to your experience Our berries have been really prolific this year. Blue berries, and blackberries. Way more than we can use, freeze or give away - however, my honey production as about a third of normal years. The wet spring just didn't help at all - the girls were house bound way to much.... The deer wrecked havoc on the garden while we were gone all of June - but its on the mend.... I looked at the Traeger LiL Texas pellet grill. I just can't get past the $$. we don't eat that much meat - but my son has nothing but great things to say about his. Perhaps one day I'll let my guard down. RB

I once only purchased high quality (high dollar) tools and such, but honestly, the last several air tools, testing equipment and elec tools, and such - that were almost give away cheap from the "freight" place have performed so well I cannot complain if they fall apart the next time I use them. However, if I was full time needing the same equipment - perhaps not. $50 for a working hyd crimper - If I could get a good number of crimps out of it - great. I have used one of the "hammer" crimpers - and I was happy with the results - for the job at the time. RB

Your brisket looks great. Love to see a photo when you're done. We have a big Kamodo Joe, and love the brisket on there. It takes a long time, as we usually smoke one between 13 and 20 pounds. We take it off around 170, wrap it ip and take it to above 203, and smoke it another 30 to 40 minutes to get the crispy bits. We've done corned beef the same way, several times, but I soak the cb brisket overnight to leech out some of the salt. Then coat it with just mustard, instead of mustard plus a dry rub. Yummy. With your beautiful blueberries, you might try making the 12 Bones Asheville Blueberry Chipotle bbq sauce. It's really great on ribs. I've had the sauce at the restaurant in Arden, but I haven't made this recipe they shared yet. It reads pretty sweet. (I cut back the sugar by half in their corn pudding recipe. ) https://www.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/blueberry-chipotle-bbq-sauce/ Sherry

A warning about post type disconnects. Check the amp rating. DavidS’ is rated at 125 amps continuous for use on the Negative terminal only. He has it connected to the small ground wire coming out of the hull, so that is fine. Do NOT connect it to the huge 4/0 inverter ground cable, if you have one. The inverter draws that much or more and can quickly fry this device. Also make sure the cable is fully supported by clamps or heavy nylon ties so it can’t torque the attach bolts loose. There is a lot of weight and leverage involved, especially on bumpy roads. If you have an inverter and want to disconnect all the possible electrical draws you need a high amp marine type Positive disconnect rotary switch rated at 300+ amps. Blue Seas makes excellent ones, some are even key lockable. This should be located inside the hull as close to the battery as practical and will require cable fabrication. Be safe, research well, and do not ever install a low quality part. Oliver uses some very high quality electrical components, in the main circuits, bravo for them. The other stuff like the POS fuse panel could sure use an improvement.... John Davies Spokane WA

Well, the map is really for you to feel good about. There are no "rules" so color yours in however you like. I have passed through about 40% of the lower 48 with "Mouse" but I don't feel a need to post a map. Do whatever strikes your fancy. I prefer to collect pretty park stickers from places we especially enjoyed - the kind they sell in visitor center gift shops - and the best ones go onto the pantry door. Like this: John Davies Spokane WA

I only include if I have stayed overnight - in my Oliver- for all reasons.

Oliver sales dept. asked me to show my Oliver twice in the last month. Because it has been very hot and humid in Florida 95dgs heat index at 105. I thought do I Show it in the heat or turn on the Ac. I decided I wasn’t hiding anything. Let the people hear the noise the ac makes and hope it wouldn’t be discouraging. One hour before they arrived i turned on the Ac. I also opened up all the compartments bathroom and closet doors. Just before they arrived i went in to close all the compartment doors, to my surprise it was at temp 73dgs the ac was still running but at a very quieter mode. Showing the interior the Ac decibel level was low and we had a good conversation without being bothered by the ac noise. I did explain first start up of the ac is quite loud. But it didn’t take much time to get it cooled down. Both showings I had positive results. I think the key was getting all the heat out of the compartments and in between the hull. It gave the ac the ability to change the mode setting to a reasonable decibel level yet still maintained the cool temp. I do agree with everyone the ac still could use some improvement. And yes it is still to loud when trying to watch Tv.

We have a low tech solution to this trashy question. We use "13 gallon tall kitchen drawstring trash bags." Oliver installed a strong stainless hook opposite the closet, and we hang the trash bag from the hook using the drawstring. The trash is only marginally in the way going in or out of the trailer.

What air conditioner noise? 😄 just set thermostat to comfortable temp🥶, AC on low fan setting...hibernation time.😴 We just adapt and overcome. 👍🏻

That breaker will disconnect most of the electrical but not all.

Our grill table was wobbly, impossible to level. I hunted through the tinder and kindling box for material to wedge the legs. Look what I found. Cutoffs from a project, look like mini Anderson levelers, and work just great. 😁 Brats no longer want to slide off the grill to a gritty death in the foliage below. Sherry Ps. maybe I'll clean them up ,varnish them, and keep them with the table.

We jumped on the “Clam wagon” 😄and ordered the (5) sided Venture Shelter and two privacy sides. This size will fit in our TV and will fulfill our needs for two people.

We set the fan to Low and it keeps running even as the compressor cycles on and off. If you put it on Auto the fan cycles on and off with the compressor. We just avoid running when possible. Mike

Astonishing video! We keep handy a note with our max height listed in feet & meters. "Oh $#!+, how high is 4.8 meters?!" Outside Height to top of optional roof mounted satellite receiver 9' 10.5" or 3.0099 meters Outside Height to top of A/C Unit 9' 7" or 2.921 meters (Above is for 2017 LE2)

I saw this video and thought about my Ollie (9'7") height. As with several responding owners, I too use a 10' ALL STOP and stand on my truck tailgate to visually verify what the obstruction height really is. I've seen several old bridges with a ten foot clearance signs. Yet the road to and from it has had several overlays...... but the sign condition obviously says it had not been changed in many decades. So knowing your actual flat land height is a good start. But knowing your ALL STOP and check height may be more useful. My motto is: 10' Clearance = STOP & CHECK Geronimo John

For the convenience of customers and prospective customers alike, we have created a Measurement Index for the Legacy Elite II travel trailer. You may find it on our Oliver University page http://olivertraveltrailers.com/oliver-university/. This will help if you have any questions on measurements throughout the interior and exterior of the travel trailer. Coming soon: Legacy Elite I Measurement Index. Thank you