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Because if we don't respond, even if the answer is "NO" the pollster can't determine the percentage of folks that HAVE encountered hail VS those who haven't. IF it were my poll, I would want to know that.

I took your first poll down because it forced you to continue even if you answered no to the first question. You would not have gotten any usable information the way it was. I'm not sure you can count on good information with this one either.

Question # 2 also allows multiple answers. Plus, shouldn't the first question be whether you've ever been affected by hail? With a Y/N answer. Because if it's "no", you don't need to continue.

John, I'm glad you sold your trailer and I hope that your future plans work out. It's good to know you plan to hang out here and help to answer technical questions. Hasta la vista!

Silverado Diesel 3500 HD, in MY experience with two different Oliver TT's and five different tow vehicles over a 15+ year span traveling over 150K miles. Also, you need to edit your poll selection to include all HD trucks (3/4 ton and 1 ton) of any brand. Everybody here knows (or should know) that anything smaller is a compromise when it comes to payload, fuel capacity and the requirement to use a WDH like the Andersen. I can't think of a single reason to NOT have a vehicle without a tow package.

All you have to do to experience this same range in a fuel based vehicle is just put about 12 gallons in at each fill up. The only difference is that filling up this way will only take about 5 minutes.

I'm surprised you left out Jack Daniels in Lynchburg, TN. After all, it is the most interesting and the oldest registered distillery in America. Just don't expect to drink there. Lynchburg is in a dry county.

If I were an Escape owner, I would be about to poop a squealing worm. If I had one on order, I'd cancel it. Escape did away with their own service department under the current leadership. Even if you need warranty work, you've got to find a placed and get it done elsewhere. The also went to some weird form of lottery where if you won, you could cancel your existing order and take the 'Inventory Trailer' du jour that week at whatever price it would have sold for. No choices of colors, options, anything. But, you could get it today instead of waiting until your due date which at that time was about 26 months out. I doubt they're still doing that. The company is presently owned by the hedge fund company KV Private Equity Fund I. Here's a copy of a post on the Escape Forum: After reading comments about Inventory Units as well as learning the lead times for new orders have dramatically shortened I wondered who KV Capital- the owner of Escape Trailers is and found some interesting facts. The original company was formed in 2006 and engaged in Mortgage Lending. their name back then was The Mortgage Corner. In 2010 they rebranded as KV Capital. This was their business until 2017 when they started KV Private Equity Fund I. In May 2017 they bought Northern Lite. In October 2017 they bought Off Grid Trailers. In July 2018 they bought Escape Trailer. In October 2018 they bought Campion Boats. In August 2022 they shut down Campion Boats and liquidated all the equipment and supplies and listed the land and 104,000 sq.ft. building for 14.9 Million. KV Capital says they have plans to re-locate the business and resume building boats under the Campion nameplate through a contract manufacturing arrangement with an as-yet undetermined partner. In September 2022 KV Capital divests Northern Lite & Off Grid Trailers to Tri-West Capital-founded in 1998 and has a much larger portfolio of Funds with some 28 different companies across a wide range of industries. https://triwest.ca/portfolio/ So what about Escape Trailer's prospects? Seems like the Mortgage Lending Business is falling significantly- From PR Newswire: "Lenders issued a total of 1,518,933 residential mortgages in the fourth quarter of 2022 - the lowest number since the first quarter of 2014. The latest figure was down 24.5 percent from 2,010,609 in the third quarter of 2022 and down 55.2 percent from 3,390,801 in the fourth quarter of 2021.Mar 2, 2023." I see KV Capital re-launched their Residential Mortgage Brokering in 2021 and in 2022 divested 3 of the 4 Recreational products mfg's they purchased in 2017/2018. https://www.kvcapital.ca/about Although it is an extremely poor strategy, we can "hope" that somehow the workers will survive somehow.

Well, the good news here is that you've eliminated 50% of your problem. Now check for continuity between the ground wire at the pump and the frame.

The panel you are referring to was a sub-panel they used for a couple of years to supply power to everything above the belly band. You still have the original panel under the front dinette. Check there as the water pump is below the belly band.

Well, you know Airstream tried that when they bought Robert Johans original concept design for The Nest. He actually became the project manager on the Nest product development team at Airstream after the sale. The trailer was only manufactured for about 2 years and they dropped it, never publicly giving a reason. I stepped inside one that was on display at the Hiawassee Rally several years ago. The thing that sticks in my memory most was how HOT it was inside. It was like being inside a glass house in Mississippi in July. I would be really surprised if Airstream tried that venture again.

I got a return call from Southco. I was told what everybody has already said. All the keys are the same, they are just overmolded to make them look more like a real key and that these latches are designed for marine applications. I'm not quite sure how that last part makes any difference unless the company thinks that normally a boat would be away from land and therefore less likely to be burgled.

Hello Eric, welcome to the forum. Although there’s nothing inherently wrong with your idea, I don’t think Oliver would ever make the changes you suggested, but if you thought your idea would make your personal ownership experience better, there’s nothing to stop you from doing it yourself. Good Luck and keep thinking outside the box.

Hello Eric, welcome to the forum. Although there’s nothing inherently wrong with your idea, I don’t think Oliver would ever make the changes you suggested, but if you thought your idea would make your personal ownership experience better, there’s nothing to stop you from doing it yourself. Good Luck and keep thinking outside the box.

If you'll run those jacks down and take the weight off the suspension as other's have suggested, that side to side wobble will virtually disappear. Always put a block of some kind under the jack rather than running it all the way to the ground. One day you will forget to raise one and drive away. If it is not sitting on top of something that will turn over as you pull out, you will find yourself with a jack that now has a bent lower tube that will not go up. Hope you've got a hack saw with you because at that point, it's your only remedy. Oh, and that'll cost you $400+ to replace. Trust Me.

Great Idea using the tent pad for your clam.

Not sure about that contest you speak of, but you can forget about that Taco ever pulling an LEII.

I've seen a crap load of vehicles in my 70+ years. That thing far surpasses any vehicle I've ever seen in pure unadulterated butt-uglyness. Hopefully they're giving them away to blind folks. I used to think it couldn't get any more ugly than this: I was wrong.

We've traveled with two different male Dobermans during our 15+ years of traveling in our two Oliver's. Storm and Reacher. Sadly, both have passed on. They were great traveling companions and they both loved the side dinette as their sleeping nest. Good looking dog.

Looks like ETI (Escape Travel Trailers) is about to be sold ... again. Their President is “leaving”... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCmIuseIyFY and they’re looking for a replacement... https://ca.linkedin.com/jobs/view/president-at-escape-trailer-industries-3643364914 There is a 9 page thread on their forum... https://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f20/karl-says-goodbye-24829.html

I placed a request with Southco for a price quote for twenty of the M1-20-91-78 locks. We'll see what they say.

I replaced the manual valves with electric ones because I got tired of having to change the valves…twice every time we added water. I flip a switch one way and all the valves move to Aux Fill. Flip it back and they return to normal operation again.

Why couldn’t a group of owners approach Southco with the same idea. It would be more likely to happen in a more timely manner.

We’ll, that will eliminate your issue of the air conditioner and the microwave not being able to run at the same time on your 2000 watt generator.

Sounds like good sleeping weather.