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We are up here too. had to go to Whitehorse for some repairs. Depending on how things go we either adjust routes or head home. We will know more in a couple of days.

I barely had time to grab my phone. Little guy wandered across the driveway, in the distance. Wnc. Fairly skinny, and young. Likely recently separated from momma.

Can’t help you with your leak, but if you paste “site:olivertraveltrailers.com forum propane leak” without the quotes into Google search you will have better results than searching the Oliver forum.

Made it to Denali NP and Riley Creek CG. Happy surprise at out AT&T connection speed in the campsite B77. Two site sizes here when reserving. A - sites for longer trailers up to 40’ B -sites for <30’ and many double width so truck and trailer are side by side. Really wide site and quite deep beyond rage rear curb stops. Setup the clam on the tent pad.

I hope your recovery goes swiftly, and well.

Visited SV many times while in the USAF and Northrop Grumman working special projects. I like it there but I prefer Tucson (south, near Davis-Monthan AFB). Brian

@John E Davies - We used a black Sharpie to mark the position of the Bull Dog before removing it from the aluminum box beam tongue: The insert sleeves were in good shape. There was slight damage on the edge of the aluminum beam above the rear hole from the Bull Dog rotating up and down, as well as wallowing of the front hole on the Bull Dog itself: We clean-up all the associated parts and re-assembled following John's suggestion using the jack-stand to fix the Bull Dog correctly in position prior to applying torque to the 3/4" locknuts: You can see the Bull Dog is now about 3/16" higher than its position before removing it - due to the wallowing out of the front holes (which may have been caused either by years of towing while under-torqued or from original drilling at the OTT factory): We test-towed the rig on a short 25-mile run after completing the effort and the Bull Dog did not appear to have moved. We're headed to Eagle Nest, NM this Friday to escape the heat for a long weekend away - just under 500 round trip; we'll see if the "fix" holds.... knock on wood! Cheers, A & D

Ditto. I'm always suspect of the sticky trailers with the "slide-out" grills, or cleats to mount a grill, right next to the wall. Not for me. I like a bit of space from the camper. Glad you like the Blackstone. 👍

Is this to protect from rocks and mud? Yes

I also wish they'd add a non-ethanol pump at Costco. I agree, our gas savings pay for our membership. We have their credit card. The bonuses via business membership and card more than double our membership. I really like costco. Great organic products. Terrific, and happy, employees. I see (and know by name) many of the same people working in our store that were working two decades ago when we joined. That doesn't happen in very many stores, anymore.

I’m betting it was the front two leaf springs that were replaced, and those 27” long replacement springs are too long. That’s forcing the forward EZflex link up into the trailer frame, and stretching the rear leaf springs to the point that they are flattened. From the Dexter searches I found, it looks like the spring length should be ~25.25” (confusing because the one site part number has a 27). Maybe someone else can confirm the correct Dexter part.

Elk in a field along the roadside, Oct 2022, Orick CA

@SeaDawg thank you -- I decided on the Blackstone, all things considered, and after all my research, I feel sure I'll be very happy with it. Though I love cooking and do bring my own carbon steel, cast iron, Futura pressure cooker, etc, I can see advantages in simply cooking directly on a griddle much of the time. I can't wait, because it will be moving all that heat and grease splatter out of my Oliver! And part of the beauty of the Blackstone is double-duty during powerless hurricanes and other emergencies.... I also ordered the conversion kit from propanegear.com (hat tip to Oliver Owners Forum for the BEST information and links!) -- those people were very helpful and I'll have it by next week. Campstoves -- I have my favorite backpacking stove (Trangia) that I kept from my cross-country bike-camping days. For Hurricane Ian I bought fuel for it. Regards Hurricane Ian, thanks for the kind words -- I feel pretty darned lucky, actually. Many friends are still homeless, and lost everything. Many households have taken in family and friends. We must be in the same general vicinity. Thanks everyone!

Tonight’s Yard Art

Snow Foxes

Almost got this little guy with the lawn tractor today. Just a baby. Saw him hop at the last second. Was able to relocate him to a safe spot while I finished the lawn.

PS, when you encounter a part that has popped completely free like that, it usually indicates poor prep work, either the parts were not roughed up or not cleaned well enough, or both. Or perhaps a bad lot of epoxy…. So yes, fill out a service ticket so they can keep track of stuff like this and maybe take corrective action at the factory. John Davies Spokane WA

If it were mine, I'd clean the surfaces and use VHB tape and give it 48 hours to set. The industry has been using this stuff for years and I have, too. One of the major solar installers uses it WITHOUT screws to secure solar panels to the roofs of RVs. They claim they've never lost a solar panel, yet. NOTE: For that application, I used it WITH screws 😉 VHB = Very High Bond Charlie.

Patriot: I use the GasBuddy app to find gas pricing when I travel. Works for me.

I placed my order today. https://blackstoneproducts.com/products/17-griddle-with-carrybag?_pos=1&_sid=8171ca08b&_ss=r

JD & Scott knew the secret Grease Monkey handshake. Lifting pressure off the suspension did the trick. My thanks to both! 🙏

If you can access USAA (for veterans and family members of service members) I can recommend USAA for truck and trailer. They didn't offer insurance on the trailers when I purchased my Oliver, but this year I learned they started offering it. LAST year, I lived through Hurricane Ian and my tow vehicle did NOT. USAA was prompt and easy to deal with, and I had a replacement before the end of October (less than a month later - which is good, since many of the vehicles in SW Florida were totaled and the supply was lean). I've only had to use them for vehicle issues (being rear-ended and then the hurricane) but both times I had excellent service.

My water was flowing fine (using city hookups) and then, after visiting a particular campsite it wouldn't flow at the next campground. At that previous site, I noticed that the water started out muddy at the spigot -- I flushed until it was clear before hookup, but I believe that the hose was clogged. Good pressure from the spigot but nothing through the hose (and I tried the filter on its own and it was fine). Bought a new hose and it worked.

Saw this Ollie yesterday afternoon I-64 East in Louisville.

My friends sighted an Oliver I in a KOA campground near DesMoines Iowa either 7/10 or 7/11 -- the next morning they walked around and it was already gone. I'm wondering who it was?

I will pull that together when we leave NL with our recommendations

And, this week, another milestone. 8000 members. Thank you, to everyone!

Fairbanks Golden Days this weekend, saw the rubber duck race. Southbound: Trapper Creek ( to double back to Talkeetna) Eagle River CG in Chugach Homer (2 nights) Seward (4 nights) Williwaw CG ( By Whittier Tunnel) 2 nts Glen Allen - Tok Cassiar Hwy towards home saw pipeline on Dalton Highway

Good on you for having the parts on hand, do you maybe have links of the parts?

PIT BOSS PB336GS Two Burner Portable Flat Top Griddle - Cover Included. I store it in the front basket strapped down with bungee cords. When cooking I remove the cover, hook up the gas, and cook with it sitting in the basket.

100% concur! Been there done that - but never got the "T" shirt for it...

The first photo is a fawn relaxing in the shade at South Higgins Lake State park, Michigan. Second one the squirrel decided “It’s 5 O’Clock somewhere!”

I'll bet this has been stated thousands of times through the years. Yet still, there are folks that pick up and leave the same day. When they have a problem down the road a bit they want to get on here and complain. This is GREAT advice and and should be heeded by all. There's really no good excuse not to stick around a few days and check everything out, just build the extra time into your pickup experience. I promise you won't regret it. John, it's really good to hear you've been taken care of by Oliver and I believe you will never be disappointed "...that I chose Oliver over some other brand."

I expect that outlet is hot only when plugged into shore power.

Huh. If not, replacing its circuit breaker with a GFCI breaker might be an easy mod (if there's a compatible GFCI breaker available). Or, is there room in there for a wet location outlet cover?

Makes me wonder if the refrigerator receptacle is GFCI protected, like other 120V receptacles in the trailer. Does anyone know? If it is, then the NEC may allow it to be located in a potentially wet area, like a receptacle next to a bathroom sink. I hope you don't mind my answering my own question. Watching the 2021 Legacy Elite II Full Delivery video again today, I was struck by this statement by Jason Essary at 52:07-52:14: "Here at the front dinette we have the GFCI. All other outlets in the camper do route through this, except for the outlet for the refrigerator." (Italics added). So, unless the outlet for the refrigerator is a GFCI, it is not GFCI protected! IMHO, it surely should be in that potentially wet location. Does anyone know if that refrigerator outlet is, in fact, a GFCI?

Not all quick connect faucet fittings use a clip. Some are just “Push to click” connections. It’s possible your hose fitting just wasn’t installed properly when the trailer was built. If you’ve pushed the connector back on until you heard or felt a click, it may be ok now. But keep an eye on it.

All, latest update. The saga continues. I did get a blue clip that Townesw showed in his pic but now that I have looked at it I am left wondering if the faucet I have didn't come with a blue clip. If you look at Townesw pic on the left and mine on the right they do not look like the same connectors. Mine on the left has push in clips holding it together and now I have a blue clip I am not sure if I can get it on. Also my connector looks longer. I have a neighbor that is pretty handy with plumbing that is going to take a look. Maybe the push in clips in mine were all that was intended to hold it together until they didn't. So far with the water pump the connector is holding but I am wondering if I hook up city water that has higher pressure, will it blue apart again. I have put the drawers back yet. Anyone have any thoughts? I submitted a ticket to Oliver on this issue but I need to follow up with a phone call to them and get this cleared up. Maybe I should just get duct tape and tape it together 😁 Or just not use the sink since it wasn't getting used as I didn't notice it actually had a pull down sprayer and someone pointed that out to me!

Lowes has the blue clip @Imeldadid you figure out how to use your faucet as a sprayer?

I wonder if a water leak alarm would work at this location? Some are battery operated but if there is a 2nd plug in the fridge outlet, could you use a electric version? We have one of these at home, it lays in a metal tray under our HVAC system.

The blocks that fell off are there because the "pioneers" like us, felt they were helpful. Not original equipment in the first generation. Not essential, but they do help reduce rub. We added them, circa 2011 or 2012. . A small tube of jb weld is probably 6 or 7 dollars. It's in our kit, anyway, for trailer and boat. Even so, if you would experience the same rare failure, I'm sure Oliver would reimburse you. They've always been decent and generous. Make sure you open a ticket, and get advice, before you launch out on your own, imo. Like others, I've not heard of this failure before. Anything can happen. Block placement is important, and jb weld is pretty permanent.

My experience over the last 6 years has been that Oliver goes above and beyond for warranty work. If a tube of epoxy is an issue, I’m sure they would reimburse or send a check for the glue. Mike

No problem using. It’s a two-part epoxy (equal parts), and I didn’t buy their applicator— just squeezed out on a piece of plank, mixed and used a putty knife to apply to the blocks. Then I clamped each on—pretty easy to see where they went. Left clamped overnight, although probably don’t need that long. I did ruff up the two surfaces the epoxy went between with 80 grit sandpaper (didn’t overdo it). I doubt the remaining epoxy is any good, but haven’t checked. But I will and report back. PS: The Plexus is still good after a month and a half. The bottle only rates the shelf life from date of manufacture as 7 months though. It is pricey and I used about half. Frank

Clamps! Best $35 bucks I ever spent at HD was a set of DeWalt Clamps. Nothing else will do.

I don't think this is an ongoing quality control issue. Things that are glued on can fall off. Nuts on bolts can work loose. Remember folks, a travel trailer going down the road is a 6.0 scale earthquake going through a hurricane. Lots of stresses.

As OTT has ramped up production, are we seeing more quality issues? We pick up ours in November. I do plan to stick around for a few days to check everything out. My pick up day is a Monday so we can correct anything before leaving. I thought they had a quality control inspection as the trailer is being built.

JD suggested JB Weld to me about 2 years ago. And I have had very good success with it since then and as he mentioned, the self life is excellent even in Florida, where the 3M product's last a month if I’m lucky. I order the large size tubes from Home Depot. So I’m nominating him for president of the JB Weld fan club of which I am a member. Mossey

I have not accessed the stove top and the documentation from Dometic is not helpful. There is an 8mm compression fitting on the bottom of the unit.

Make sure the stove is turned off. If that is not it, then you can start checking the other connections.