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Hold the cover in place and turn counter-clockwise until you feel/hear the threads engage, then turn clockwise until snug.

If you can't find the silicone, or it has run out, try a bar of soap. The wet side in the dish is best. Just rub on the threads. If you don't like it, it should just wash off...

THIS! Sales droids are hired to sell, they are very often self educated about their latest products, and if they have any previous sales knowledge, it may be for furniture or imported cars or for another brand of truck. Once you start asking towing specifics about gear ratios or payload, you can watch their eyes glaze and their smile becomes even more forced. You need to perform your own education, the sales guy is only there to show you the vehicles and give you directions on your test drive. Period. He does not even make the sales decision, remember that he is just a go between with the manager in the back room. So be polite, but remember his only function is to get you to drive away today in one of their vehicles. John Davies Spokane WA

True, screwing plastic to plastic (PVC) can be hard to do at times, plastic just wants to be grabby and a little silicon will take care of that. trainman

hobo - I give those threads a shot of "303 Protectant" a couple of times a year. I'm sure that a pure silicon spray would do just as well or even simply rub those threads with paraffin wax. Bill

I cannot speak for other brand trucks, but have owned Toyota trucks since purchasing my first new one back in 1989. I have been brand loyal since do to reliability and overall cost to own. I have never experienced a catastrophic breakdown or been left sitting on the roadside. Recalls really have been minimal and once notified have been taken care of timely. I presently own a Tundra Platinum Crew Max that has been extremely reliable and would not hesitate to purchase another one. This is what works best for our needs as I have to have the reliability and tow package boxes checked. It will tow the OLEll we have on order with relative ease. As John Davies stated, you have plenty of time to do your due diligence and determine what will suit your needs best. Your in the drivers seat, “pun intended”, enjoy your time researching the TV that suits your needs best!

If you are not an experienced tower, then you should look hard at the available Towing Technology packages. They are all different depending on the manufacturer and even Light Duty vs Heavy Duty. If I were buying a New Ram HD, I would check the option box for this - it includes full surround cameras, the ability to add a rear view trailer camera and also trailer TPMS. Research, research, watch towing test videos from The Fast Lane Trucks, ask questions, take some trucks for drives - you have so much time to make a decision. Don't act until you are 100% sure. Buy enough truck! If you want more detailed advice, tell us do you plan to buy a new truck, or used, and where you plan to tow and how many miles annually. John Davies Spokane WA

I carry a 30 to 15 adapter, a 15 to 30 adapter, a 'dogbone' 50 to 30 adapter, and a 50' extension card. An extra 20' sewer hose and coupler and a 30 amp 25' extension cord. Thankfully I haven't had to use them all at once, but have been close. I happen to have a bunch of spare adapters that I carry, and have been known to either loan and give away. Somehow I can never find them where I think they should be...

Snipped from page 8 of the Owners Guide for 2020 Models. Also be aware all this info is available in the "Oliver University" section of the Oliver Web Page...as in the screen shot below...under the tab Travel Trailers you'll see a pull down, at the bottom is the Oliver University area...highlighted in the screen shot in yellow...

When we purchased our Casita (we now have an Oliver) we went to a Casita Rally before we got our Casita, we learned so much about the Casita and by the time we picked up our new Casita we were totally into everything we wanted to do to it and my upgrades were all ready to go in my shop. The wife had her stuff for the inside and we went to our 1st rally like we were old hands at this. We really knew from the rally visit we were making a good decision at the time, but as you can see as time went by we visited some Oliver's at rallies and now we own an Oliver. We still go to Casita rallies in Texas as we have so many friends with Casita's and yes they still make us welcome, once a fiberglass trailer owner you will always be welcome. trainman

Thanks...knew it existed out there somewhere😊

Here's a pic of Mainiac's mod which I copied after he posted it back in 2017.

We used a piece of "parachute" cord. It happened to be bright purple. After that we put on a crimp-on 12 v electrical fitting. The one with the hole in it. Our hatch was self installed (just before Oliver made them standard). Ours has a place to put a small screw through the electrical piece and into the hole in the cover. The screw isn't fetched up tight so it can swivel. Also the cord can twist and not bind. One of the nuts holding the hatch on was loosened and another crimp on was added. After crimping the fitting we heat treated (melted) the nylon cord and as it melted it swelled so the fitting couldn't slide off. Without this tether I am sure the cover would be sitting on the edge of a back road somewhere. There might even be a picture on here someplace awhile back. My pictures are on another device and the Oliver is in a line to get the Dexters checked.

I doubt it will happen at pickup, or in the first severalyears. Our first leak at the light was 6 or 7 years in, as i recall Stuff happens. Hulls flex, over the miles. Leaks around lites/ ports happen on our 40 plus year old sailboat, usually at the smallest, tightest radiuses, earlier. The added issue with the third tail light on the Oliver is no real eyebrow, on our older elite. Maybe next year, when we update some of the eyebrow/ rv gutter material, we'll add a little strip above. So far, so good. Every six years for a reseal is not a really big deal. Sherry

Mike, although I have redone the way my XM antenna cord enters the body, this is the way it was done during the build.