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We picked our Ollie up last Thursday 8/5/21. After an excellent walkthrough by Hannah we got u/w for Davey Crockett site 67 where we spent 5 nights. Based on others forum posts i figured to test everything and if a problem arose i would be close to the factory. Well, no problems 861 was in excellent shape, as i expected😊. I have been reading these forms constantly since i first started thinking about buying one. They have been invaluable to me. Too many to name individually, especially for fear I would forget someone, but lots of great advise and suggestion are available for anyone willing to read. Thanks alot to all you who contribute. On our way home in Florida, but looks like TS Fred will change our schedule😂. For info the pickup is a Ram 2500 with the 6.4 Hemi. I started to get the Cummings but after realizing the cargo was equal to a half ton around 1500 lbs where as this one was 3002 lbs. To me that was a game changer as i don’t expect to live long enough to wear out a diesel. Dewey

Landrover's mod has been high on my mod list since the day I brought ILOVHER home. Imitation is a genuine form of flattery they say! I have a sewer clean out near my driveway and I really wanted to be able to run grey into it while keeping the door shut and locked. I have a few tools/cords that I don't want to walk off. Keeping the door open while raining also seems counterintuitive. I admit to showering in the trailer and driveway camp as we get frequent power outages here. Something that I was worried about was exact measuring. I came up with an idea to use a pencil eraser super glued to the middle of the handle. I added bit of chalk line chalk to hit the inside of the door to find center. I'm happy to say it worked well! Attached are the photos of my progress. I'm a girl and these kind of things freak me out a little but I'm happy to say everything worked out perfect! I used butyl tape around the marine fitting and stainless screws and nylocks nuts. I decided to paint the handle silver as well since the shortening and grinding of the handle (with a Dremel) made it look ugly. I'm really pleased with this mod.. THANK You Landrover!

My late brother and I built a fiberglass and wood strip canoe from a kit back in the early 70's after seeing Deliverance. We had a great time building it and it did fine on placid creeks and lakes but one trip down the Buffalo National River in NW Arkansas did it in. I don't even remember us bringing it home.

Kevin and I have had these classes in our sights for quite some time. Now since we will have the Oliver we are considering staying in a campground and taking one late next year. Has anyone had any experience taking any of their classes? Thanks Theresa

SeaDawg, I think the key term in the information you posted is "system". And my layman’s understanding of the tax credit information I read is that you need a complete solar system to claim the credit. Our tax preparer thought I was nuts when I provided receipts for my solar system. But she verified my claim was legitimate and my tax credit was over $1000. I started out needing to replace a bad 6v wet cell battery. But all of the battery information I found suggested replacing all 4 batteries. I explored upgrading to AGM's but that was going to be in the $1500 range. Then I found Battle Born 100 AH lithium’s for $925 to my door. So $1900 for 200 AH's of lithium was not much of a stretch. Then I looked into the tax credit which led my pea brain to justify a 3rd Battle Born battery, a Victron MPPT charge controller and 2-90 watt solar panels and all of the assorted cables, connectors, breakers and anything else needed to create a complete "solar system". The only thing I couldn’t justify claiming as an expense was my labor which I have never been able calculate. So in conclusion, I believe new solar panels or batteries or charge controllers alone do not qualify for the tax credít and it must be a complete solar system to justify a tax credit claim. And of course it's possible that I am completely nuts and the IRS is going to be knocking on my door demanding $1000 back. And that’s how I spent my COVID-19 vacation, Mossey

Great job you do nice work.

No but I built a couple of Pygmy kayaks (they're based in Port Townsend, WA) which was a rewarding project. They use stitch and glue technique with marine plywood, and the result was a pair of very seaworthy, light, and pretty boats.

Does anyone else feel like they should be down on knees bowing up and down while mumbling, “We’re not worthy, We’re not worthy...”? John, thanks so much for sharing all your labors of love regarding your Oliver! Alison