Mainiac
-
Posts
1,242 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
34
Posts posted by Mainiac
-
-
On 1/30/2024 at 10:21 AM, Rivernerd said:
Correct.
Wouldn't the venture principle only work if there was a source of intake air, to replace that sucked out?
-
1
-
-
7 hours ago, dewdev said:
The New England Mini-Rally was held from June 5 through June 11, 2023 at a 125 campsite campground in Boothbay Maine.
"Well Done" Richard. He spent many hours and mikes putting this all together. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Because of you many new and old Oliver owners have become lifelong friends...
2 hours ago, SeaDawg said:This is the first year Oliver sent a rep, right? You all have done this several years, now.
So great to see the New England family growing! And, having fun!
Matt Duncan joined us last year. This is actually our third year. The first year we did Maine owners by invitation. The second year was Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Again by invitation via email. The primary reason for this was the campground is small, and has limited resourses.
This year the thought process was to include all if New England. But to do this we had to search out for a larger venue. The primary reason was there are now 75 ± registered with Oliver and we didn't have a clue how many might even be interested in coming to the sea coast of Maine. Even so it wasn't widely published on social media, so as not to overwhelm the CG.
What oh what will transpire next year? As most of this years attendees have already made reservations
-
1
-
2
-
-
Good idea. But, would that fill a 20 lb from the onboard 30s?
-
It seems that on one of the censored Facebook Oliver sites there is talk of recognizing meeting another Oliver. It would be similar to the Jeep Wrangler Ducked site. Any interest?
O = Oliver
T = Travel
T = Trailer
E = Elite
r = ???? ( maybe rv?) Maybe when/if the Oliver Store ever becomes a reality they could have a kit. In the kit there could be 25 little Otters and cards? See an Oliver someplace and you could put a little Otter on their door handle. On the card you could put your name and hull #??
Of course at the Rally this could get out of hand???
-
3
-
1
-
-
Welcome from Maine and hull #211 {Ell} (also 2017).
Think I have heard of a y'all, but not sure what it is? Someone else said they didn't think they had them in NM?
U.S. Navy background?
-
2
-
-
One thing about a tow vehicle: size!. However, but f you are still going to go to work, where do you park it at work? Staff usually has to park away from the doors. A parking spot for a big big tow vehicle maybe be way way out back. A small hike after a long trying day can help clear the head and heart, unless you are on the night shift...
-
7
-
-
Oliver has considered adding ventilation to the closet. Does anyone see a pressing need? For what purpose? To add heat? Someone storing wet gear in there. It is just I haven't heard of anyone, in 7 years, express a need for. Wonder what I may be missing...
-
Welcome.
If your wrench s an adjustable one you are all set. Standard on one side, metric on the other. A pair of screwdrivers and a hammer should complete your tool box (to start).
Advice: the "stuff" you think you might need and start to accumulate, think twice. There are stores everywhere in the USA. After 7 years we are still taking "stuff" out that we have never used and leaving it home. We still have 2 cabinets full of "stuff" we might someday need...
-
6
-
5
-
-
4 hours ago, dewdev said:
Are there 40 gallon tanks available
Think Tractor Supply has 40lb tanks. You would have to see if you could make fit. Think there might be room, but bet bottom tray not big enough?
-
3
-
-
28 minutes ago, Patriot said:
When I switched over to 30# tanks I installed a shorter threaded rod readily available at Lowe’s or HD.
Did you have 40 lb tanks? Or did you need a 'longer' rod because you had 20 lb tanks?
-
1 minute ago, Mike and Carol said:
I want wing windows back.
Have to agree. The 54 Chevy and 67 Firebird have them. In my truck they would be a piece of heaven
-
2
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, Steve and Deb said:
I'm so glad we ended up ordering the Oliver!
Good luck in whatever you choose
We had an Escape owner stop and look at our Oiver on his way home to Canada. Back then there was a concern about importing to Canada ( since solved). He asked if I would like to see his. After the Oliver it felt claustrophobic to me, but what really got me was the table. It was as shaky as my mother's old wooden ironing board. If the first thing you saw was that quality??
-
8
-
-
Maybe I should put curb feelers on my truck??
-
1
-
-
I have pulled into CG late (traveling, not 'camping') , and have the Ranger say we are mostly full. Look at the LE2 and say but we got a small site that you will fit into. Enjoy your evening...
-
11
-
-
Is artificial intelligence an oxymoron?
"I promise, if elected, to......."
-
3
-
-
1 hour ago, Rivernerd said:
We wished we had a good Oklahoma road atlas last November when Google Maps took us on a wild goose chase, on gravel roads, trying to find a Harvest Host site outside Oklahoma City.
We now plan to buy a good paper road atlas, so we can double-check questionable Google Maps instructions.
If you happen to enter a state, where their welcome center is, you can usually get a great map too. A plus is a campground guide and sometimes forgotten points of interest. Unfortunately most of them now are off the Interstates, and we have a tendency to avoid them...
-
2
-
-
I have used paper maps to save me many a mile of useless travel "suggested" by the electronic device. It was especially nice that time in the mountains when the Garmin didn't know the rain had totally washed out the road. (Backing down the mile and a half to a barely adequate turnaround was fun too). The paper map probably saved us 40 miles of so from the "suggested" alternative...
-
3
-
-
2 hours ago, JEssary said:
They are still working on getting one placed in the closet which should be one on the top & one on the bottom for better air circulation through that area
The vents in the closet, will it be vented to the bath or the main cabin? The main purpose of venting the closet? Is it to warm it up in there? To change the air is a commendable goal, just have never heard any one say that to vent that space would be nice. Is it thought to accomplish this, with one high and one low, by using the thermo siphon principle? Or to take advantage of the forced air from the bathroom heat duct?
I would love to see a small waste basket installed half in/half out of the closet door. That would make it accessible from both inside and outside. Maybe the vent could be combined with this goal?
-
7 minutes ago, ScubaRx said:
large map gives you the option of seeing a Birdseye view and being able to “look down the road” further than you ever could with the tiny screen on your phone.
So totally agree...
We also have a corded phone in the home office. The corded phone is the only one that usually works during a power outage. The answering machine is special for us too. There are a lot of spots around us without cell coverage and the corded phone with answering gives us our needed coverages being a mile in the woods...
-
1
-
-
According to NBC News the latest craze is paper maps. AAA are evidently printing more than they have in a long time. Interesting that the increase in demand is from the younger generations. I know I like my Garmin for turn by turn directions, but nothing replaces my Gazetteer or Road Atlas. Especially for planning purposes. Especially nice to find interesting side trips out around the boring interstates...
-
11
-
-
-
Our original thought for the vent, was the bathroom exhaust fan. If you go into the bathroom, turn on the exhaust, and then close the door you can hear the fan struggle hard to work. Open the door and you can literally hear the fan relax. If this is the case there must be a negative pressure (vacuum) situation going on.
So, thinking the inverse might also be true, came the idea for the vent. Thinking that with the door closed, like when using the bathroom, there would be a positive pressure when the heater fan was blowing. So the vent would allow the heat duct to "relax" and allow the air to get out and to the return air vent, hence increasing the heat flow to the bathroom. As you can see by the candle flame movement there certainly is air flow.
We did restrict the air flow to the duct opening under the bed so that that air did not go out and immediately go into the return. We think the bathroom is a lot warmer in cool weather. We could have done the same thing by leaving the bathroom door open, as some do, but find that inconvenient while using the dinette.
-
1
-
9
-
-
9 hours ago, Bill and Nancy said:
I would have never thought of putting it there. I would think it would be low to get the cold off the floor rather than the heat off the ceiling. But I also think its a tiny trailer and it doesn't make much difference its not like we are trying to efficiently heat and cool a 4,000 square feet house. The only reason I did what I did is it took me literally 10 minutes and I was curious to see if it would make a difference.
I like the vent it looks like art, Nice Job
Bill
Thanks. We put it up high so that any chance of stray water wouldn't get into it. In our year the wall is wood core. We did seal the core before screwing them together...
-
5
-
-
Where did you source that vent?
think it was a "Sea Dog" 4" SS butterfly vent. Vent Master, if I remember right. In my application I used the same vent inside and out. I was going to use a non adjustable inside, but the holes did not match up. Didn't want moisture able to get into a wood core wall, which that wall is (at least in a 2017 model).
Bathroom Heat - a more direct approach!
in Ollie Modifications
Posted
It is "standard" operating procedure, in hot air ducting, to decrease duct size the further it gets from the heat source. The same amount of air in the 4" duct gets put into the 3" duct. This increases the velocity and helps move the heated air along. I just hope the is a direct path out of the bathroom and back to the return duct. Also hope that air is returned through the cabin and not through the basement. The return air is going to suck the air with the least resistance. Hopefully it is not the air from the drain 'scuppers'. That air might be 40°, or more, cooler than cabin air, and the basement air might be 20° or more. The warmer the return air the more efficient the furnace is at heating.