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This is an excellent article for newby’s. It has taken me nearly seven decades of working with my hands and buying every tool listed to discover all the tricks mentioned in it. If I could have read it when I was ten I could have avoided a bunch of trial and error (and a good amount of failure) through the years.

Wow, just wow...

I have our two mounted on each side of the television. I decided that locking them at all while underway was not the best idea. We just let them swing free.

If you plan to replace your shocks with the OEM Monroe’s you should check with buying them at O’Reilly’s auto parts. They are a little bit more expensive than buying them from Amazon but then they warranty them for life and you don’t have to keep up with your receipt if you go online and open an account with them.

I agree with you. I never turn off the main 30 amp breaker prior to starting the generator. I can’t see any reason to do that as we don’t turn it off prior to plugging it into a power post. As far as misplacing or losing your bonding ground plug, I leave mine permanently in the generator. There’s no reason to remove it. If I were to remove mine, I wouldn’t be able to find it five minutes later much less on the next camping trip.

It does sound as if you’ve had good luck with eTrailer. I wish my only experience with them had been as good. I ordered a bread new Maxxfan from them because it was a few dollars cheaper than Amazon. It was bad right out of the box. Not only would they not take it back, I had to deal with the factory for warranty service. It took over a month to get it all sorted. I won’t be fooled again.

The early Elite II's were all delivered with the Fiamma awnings and they do have legs, they are adjustable in length and can be staked down to the ground or slanted back to brackets mounted on the side of the trailer. At over 11 years in, like Mike and Carol, we have never had a single issue with ours.

Use some acetone, it won't hurt the gelcoat and I'll wager the stain will come right off. I use it all the time. Will also remove mildew stains from caulk.

Back when your trailer was built, they didn’t understand all the nuances of the solar system that I designed for them. The then “service manager” just couldn’t grasp the notion that all the negative wires had to go through the shunt first or the IPN Pro would not calculate the SOC properly. Most likely, the negatives from the solar controller and possibly the charger also, go directly to the negative terminal on the battery. There really should only be two wires coming out of the battery box. I moved everything else out of the box and onto some massive buss bars.

Propane in air burns at 3596°F. I don't know how hot that makes the burner tubes get but I believe a tig spot weld would be the best bet. With the right filler metal for example, silicon bronze (melts around 1500-1600°F.), you might be able to braze the ends to the frame.

I am posting this for my friend Coy Gayle... I owned a 2014 Elite and decided to upgrade to a new 2024 Elite. I have always kept my trailer housed in a heated and cooled garage. There was not room in the garage for both trailers so I bought a new Calmark cover so that one trailer could be housed and the second protected under the Calmark cover. During this process, I had a friend contact me about buying the 2014 Elite and we made the deal. I had not anticipated the trailer would sell so fast and my friend came to my house picked up the trailer and took it home. I now have the Calmark cover in my garage, still in the original box, never opened or used. I have no need for it so I am offering it for sale at a considerable savings. The retail price of a Calmark cover with a zipper door is $1,152.00 plus shipping and handling S&H. I will sell the one I have for $700. I will be attending the Oliver Travel Trailer Owners Rally at Lake Guntersville, Alabama next week and will have it with me. If interested, you can purchase it from me at the rally or I can ship it to you for $700.00 plus shipping and handling. This is a savings of $452.00 for a brand new high quality Calmark cover for an Oliver Elite. I guarantee that this is an original Calmark cover, never used, and box never opened. If you have questions, please e mail me at Coy.gayle@gmail.com. I will reply or if you want to chat, send me your phone # and I will return your call. Coy Gayle

I'm going to just tell you like it is. Forget that LIGHT-DUTY ELECTRIC PICKUP for towing. A 500 mile range towing? Not in your wildest dreams, maybe 150 miles. And why would you be planning a 500 mile day anyway? That's just crazy. Get yourself a capable ICE truck, at least a 3/4 ton, preferably diesel. Hitching and un-hitching is a simple matter of two chains and the coupler. We just bought our granddaughter a Tesla for her sixteenth birthday. I drove it, first time I've ever been in an electric car. It's impressive, 0-60mph in under 3 seconds. My 1970 Corvette with a monster engine was about twice that. I have no idea how long it would take our Silverado 3500 diesel pulling the Oliver to get to 60mph. Probably about 30 seconds or so. I don't worry about it, and anyway the whole rig weighs nearly 18K pounds. EV's are fun for around town and will get better with time. Just for fun, I went online and "built" one. Starting price is $92K. They are only available with a short bed (71 inches). Just be aware that a regular sized Clam enclosure will NOT fit in that bed unless it is placed diagonally (terrible for packing). I chose the Max Range Denali 4WD since I would be towing, Now I'm at $100.5K. I see that you CAN spend up to an extra $4k on exterior paint but I chose the no cost white. I hate that there is no other option on wheels/tires than 24". I would never be able to find a set of HD tires for it. Anyway it totaled out at $100,845. But, if I buy it before the end of the month and pay cash, I'll get a $3K Purchase Allowance leaving be owing $97,845 not including tax, title, license and dealer fees. I also spec'd out a very well equipped 1 ton Denali diesel with all the bells and whistles for comparison. It was "only" $88,270.

Or, you could just drill new holes.

Buy whatever stove you want and just remove the regulator from it. Replace it with a male quick connect and you're good to go.

@Galway Girl Craig, this is the best post so far on the problem(s) that have plagued the Truma water heater. If I had one I'd take it out and make it look just like your last photo, even if it were still in warranty. For those still in warranty, your unit will likely be out by the time the parts arrive to repair it. I would not wait until my trailer burns down.