ScubaRx
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I would tell you the story but then I’d have to kill you all. And that’s just too much paperwork.
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Last night we were down by the camp host but since we didn’t have any reservations we had to move this morning to up on the hill.
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We did take highway 95 to highway 55. We are now snuggled in at French Creek FS Campground.
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Just entered northern Idaho from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene traveling south to Cascade Lake and a Forest Service Campground we found several years ago.
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A short lawn mower trailer will be so much harder for a new owner with no experience to back up successfully that you might just give up.
If you go that route, just use the time to understand the basics. Like which way to turn turn the steering wheel to make the trailer go the way you want it to and using your mirrors. Also engage your spotter to help you. During your pickup day ask Phil to acquaint you with the standard hand signals.
Remember, we were all there once and it will come to you. Good luck and congratulations on your new Oliver.
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Steve,
Ken said it would fit, so that ends that. Please let me know if you want to sell it and then I will have to figure out how I am going to get it. Thanks to both you and Ken.
Nan, send me a PM with all your home info and we’ll work something out. I’ll be happy to mount it for you.
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Steve
On behalf of Nan, the 2015 Tundra bed measures 49 inches between the wheel wells and 78 inches bed length
It will fit perfectly in that space.
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Steve, would it fit in a 2015 Tundra? Thanks
Quite nicely methinks. Measure the width between the wheel wells inside the truck bed. Then measure the length of the truck bed.
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We too, are headed thru Antigo Wisconsin sometime in the next week or so. I’m contemplating building a new system for the back of my truck.
If I do, my existing slide system will be for sale. I know it will perfectly fit in the bed of any 2014 to 2019 General Motors pickup, short or standard bed.
Interested?
PM me with any questions for more information.
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What do you mean by “bump up the A/C”?
That means to set your thermostat to a higher number so the A/C won’t come on so often or run so long.
Of course, this means you won’t be so cool. If you have a generator, turn it on during the warmest part of the day so you can fully utilize your A/C.
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Exciting stuff, all this talk of black tanks and effluvia coming out the drains.
Pull my finger....
Bill, great visuals, thanks for the very helpful addendum.
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We did not have a single clear day during the month we were in Alaska. There are currently 50 something fires burning unabated. Their plan is to just let most of them burn. The area around Anchorage and south toward Seward and Homer was like a thick fog. Burned our eyes and nose and made it difficult to breathe. Denali National Park was a complete wash. Besides all that, the extreme heat was breaking century old records.
We picked a poor year to go to Alaska.
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$9K will buy a lot of gasoline but spending it on gas will not get you an ounce of extra torque.
We actually get 3 mpg better fuel mileage with our diesel than the previous 6.2L gas burner with seemingly unlimited uphill power and unbelievable downhill engine braking.
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All trailers are supposed to be measured from the hitch to the bumper.
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The easiest way to do it would be to close the shower back-flow valve. Cover the shower drain with duct tape (it may still leak back a little.) Remove the cover from the vent pipe on the outside top of the trailer. Mix up the disinfectant of your choice (several gallons.) Pour it down the vent tube. Let it sit for a while. Open the shower back-flow valve and let it drain into your gray tank. I’d then fill the gray tank on up with water and disinfectant a let it sit overnight. Empty gray tank and flush with fresh water.
Or, if you can get some of those trained mice...
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Thanks, folks. We had this happen once and it took me a couple of days to figure out how it could happen.
Flushing the black tank is just one of those things that we have to monitor closely while we’re doing it.
Remember, this can’t happen while the the black tank dump valve is open.
Tali and I make it a two person job. I watch the toilet inside and she operates the dump valve outside. The day our incident occurred, I was outside talking to someone and got distracted (imagine that!)
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I left the Facebook folks guessing on this issue.
Sequence of events:
Flushing water fills the black tank. It can’t escape up through the toilet bowl because of the flushing valve mechanism.
Water begins to travel up the black tank vent pipe toward the roof. This is the black pipe you see transversing the inside of the common wall between the bathroom and closet.
Water would exit the roof in a geyser of excrement (just like in the movie RV) except it encounters a tee in the vent system that leads back to the gray tank and the bathroom drains.
Taking the path of least resistance, the water flows back downhill into the drain system finding the lowest point - the shower pan.
From here, two things can happen both with the same ultimate end.
If the back-flow preventer valve on the shower drain system is open the water will eventually fill the gray tank, exit from the shower drain, fill the bathroom to the level of the door, overflow into the coach, run out the door and covers the earth with your poop.
If the back-flow preventer valve on the shower drain system is closed the same thing will happen, only quicker since it doesn’t have to fill the gray tank first.
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You don’t “need” the Andersen Hitch with your truck. We pulled our Oliver very successfully with that truck (except crew cab) and no WDH or Anti-Sway. My opinion is that you’ll be fine without it.
I believe you’ve overestimated your tongue weight (to your favor.) Ours “only” weighs 700 pounds and has two 30 lb propane tanks and 200 lbs of generator and basket and assorted other gear sitting on it.
We are currently in Alaska but plan on coming through Idaho on the way home.
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The LEII has 2 x 3500 lb axles with 10” brakes. The 5200 lb axles were installed on a few of the early trailers as special order options; they came with 12” brakes
The tire size is LT225/75R16.
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I would deal directly with Dometic. They would have exactly the information and parts you need and it should be resolved much quicker.
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Have you ever filled the water heater and turned it on? If so, the “calcium deposits” you’re seeing are most likely coming from the sacrificial anode. If you’ve owned your trailer a year, it’s past time to drain it, wash out the deposits and inspect the anode. The anode should be pitted and look like it’s wearing out. This is normal, it’s just doing its job.
Also remove the aerators from the faucets and inspect them. They are probably filled with little particles from the anode.
I wouldn’t consider this a manufacturer problem. This is simply a maintenance issue.
As far as your 25+ year old Airstream not having similar issues, if water heater maintenance has not been regularly performed (at least yearly), the anode is long gone and the heater tank is in danger.
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You are correct.
Remove old hitch. Use tongue to take measurements from. Drill new hitch. Reinstall.
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I suspect what you said is true about the cable never having been hooked up. That doesn’t explain how your inverter has been working for the past two years. It is obvious that it was attached at some time though.
The reason that the cable appears too short is that there is too much inside the coach. Push some back into the battery compartment and it should easily reach the proper battery terminal.
The red cable (positive) should be attached diagonally opposite the black cable (negative). This allows for all batteries to contribute equally to power needs.
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I would surmise a guess that it’s heat related.
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Boondocking Oliver Hull #273 (Bill and Bev) near Ouray, Colorado (July 24, 2019)
in Ollie Boondocking
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I own hull # 050, the oldest Elite II on the road. Between it and our previous hull # 026 Elite I, we’ve traveled for over 11 years and well past 120,000 miles. With the exception of the rear drawer occasionally coming open during an extreme braking maneuver, our side drawers have NEVER come open. I attribute this to the drawer slides that were used on the original run of Elites and into the early builds of the Elite II’s.