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Reed, you and Karen should not miss the corn chowder that is served in the Old Mill Restaurant.

We have found that at any point beyond 90%, the black tank is full of, well you know. Probably has to do with placement of the sensor on the outside of the tank. Tali says it's too scary to look down into the toilet and no amount of straw drawing will compel her to do so. Further, she states it's a "man's job." I'm not exactly clear on how that came to be but, at any rate, that's the way it is in the Outlaw Oliver. On an additional sidenote, never (let me repeat) NEVER pressurize the black tank by filling with the flush hose and press the flush pedal while peering down into the toilet. Think Robin Williams in RV. I happen to have become an inadvertent expert on that particular set of circumstances.

We have finished our business in Tucson and have just filled up with gasoline. We are headed East on Interstate 10 and it will be our home for the next few days. The forum seems blessedly devoid of drama currently. We can only hope that it remains so.

I agree with Reed. This horse has been ridden until it has fallen down and I am going to consider it dead. This was never a deal breaker and if anyone considered it so, perhaps another brand trailer would suit you better. Jason has stated they are "working on it." Accept that (or not) but move on.

After a particularly cold night in Tombstone, Arizona in late January 2016 that froze our water hose, we purchased this hose at camping world. I have provided a link from Walmart because it is considerably cheaper there. Admittedly it would be cheaper to just take in your hose if freezing temperatures are expected, but we were caught unawares that night. We have had the opportunity to use it when the temperatures were dropping below freezing and it does work. It also comes with a handy-dandy double male adapter that can be screwed into either female end of the hose. This effectively reverses the hose end that has the electrical plug and allows you to plug it in at the pedestal if the electric and water are close enough or at the trailer if they are not.

Any and Every thing that I think that myself or someone else might possibly need. I do, however, generally leave the welder at home. If I can't fix it on the road, we probably should head home. Realistically, should take what you would normally use at home. You don't want to have to pay someone to fix something simply for lack of the correct tool.

Thanks Matt, I did notice that the posts were showing up immediately and figured you were working your magic somewhere. Good job.

As yet, nothing. We bought the vinyl material to have it made but like so many other projects, I have not gotten around to it yet. Camping here in the desert where there are no insects, there's not really a need for it. The room, I discovered yesterday, stays amazingly cool sitting in the Arizona sun. Admittedly the outside temperature is only in the low 70s but if you stand outside in the direct sunlight it can feel quite fierce. On an additional sidenote, the inside of the trailer is resisting the heat to the point that it is several degrees cooler than the outside temperature. We are not running the fan, although we do have the windows open. One thing that I forgot to mention in the set up of the Privacy Room is where the left sidewall meets the trailer. You will want to make sure that it is clear of the furnace exhaust. At the very least it could possibly melt the vinyl. This is not a problem, just something to be aware of.

Buzzy, the most difficult task in assembly of the Privacy Room is introducing the cord sewn to the top of the side panels into the track that holds them up. This track is built into the rafters that clamp to each edge of the awning fabric. It is the same type track that is common to the front of every awning structure. This is entirely doable with just two hands, it's only more cumbersome. Although I have not tried it you might try that assembling it in this fashion. Put the awning out loosely at minimum height. Thread the sides onto the edge rafters BEFORE raising them up to their position. All othe aspects is assembly can easily be accomplished by one person.

Don't get me wrong, it is a very nice add on to our trailer. Yes, it does take some effort to set it up and, at about 65 pounds, it is heavy so there are weight concerns in just taking it along with you. Set up is not long nor laborious, however, it would be difficult for one person to do alone. Because of the modifications that I was doing yesterday and the photos that I took as I went along, we probably spent over two hours setting it up. If you look at the video from Fiamma it appears to take the couple only about 20 minutes, and once you get the hang of it, I think that time would be accurate. The most time consuming aspect is staking out all the hold downs along the bottom both inside and out. This is actually the first time we have ever done that but due to the unpredictable winds that we might encounter here, I felt it was a good idea. After doing so the walls are taut and I am confident it could withstand a pretty good blow. Here in the desert outside of Quartzsite, though the temperature is only going up into the low 70s, the sun is unrelenting and sitting in the room it is noticeably cooler than standing outside.

The Fiamma Privacy Room is now set up. It's gonna be a real bitch to un-attach it when we need to take the trailer into town to dump. The modifications to the rafters involved drilling an extra hole to accommodate the straight vertical pole against the side of a curved Oliver. The new hole is about 1.25 inches away from the original. I first drilled a small pilot hole and then enlarged it to 5/16th inch. There are two layers of aluminum to drill through. The pilot hole will keep the larger drill bit from wanting to wander all around. The new hole will allow the pole to be placed in a perfectly vertical position without touching the side of the trailer.

<li style="text-align: left;"> Prepare to be astonished John, as Oliver does indeed make all of the fabric granite pieces in house and it is a pretty cool process to watch. In fact, there is very little, with the obvious exception of the appliances, that Oliver does not make onsite. Even the bathroom door is made right there in Hohenwald by those Oliver artisans.

Buzzy, about an hour ago Miss Tali and I pulled into the Dome Rock area just outside of Quartzsite Arizona. We will be here for several weeks and tomorrow we will finalize the set up of the trailer. We will be putting up the Fiamma Privacy Room in the next day or so, depending on the winds, which are blowing quite fiercely at present. I will indeed post some pictures with descriptions of what we did for modifications when everything is set up. Reports say that there are between 500,000 and 1,000,000 campers here in the desert around Quartzsite currently. On the way into the area on Interstate 10 they were parked along the sides for miles. The fiberglass rally here will start around February 6 and go for a week or so.

Very kewl

I have our tires filled with a special blend of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen with a few other mixed gases and farts and so forth.

In addition to the one for the lugs on the Oliver I also carry a socket of the correct size for the lugs on the truck. I also have one specifically for the nut that attaches the hitch ball to the stinger and one that fits the sacrificial anode in the water heater. You would also find it handy to have a wrench large enough to hold the flats on the bottom of the hitch ball if you ever have to tighten the nut while on the road. Without said wrench it will be almost impossible to hold the ball in place while tightening the nut.

This is the ladder we bought in 2013 to carry in the new Outlaw Oliver. It was not the cheapest nor the lightest nor the tallest but at 10 1/2 feet it is sufficient for me to use for anything on the roof that might need to be done on the road. At home I use a much more sturdy stepladder. When washing the trailer we actually stand on top of scaffolding that we can roll around while using. We store it against the bathroom wall inside the closet and it has ridden some 25,000 miles without incident. It has served all of our needs (though they have been few) for the past 2 1/2 years.

We are currently camped at Amistad National Recreational Area on the Texas/Mexican border. Four bucks night, not too shabby. We are still on our way to Quartzsite, Arizona. We will leave this area tomorrow headed West. We are still undecided on whether to go through Big Bend National Park. We were there this time last year so it's not like we have not ever seen it.

The hatch frame and doors plus all the hardware came as a unit that I got from Oliver. It is the same cabinet door that is used in the bathroom of the Elite II. They perfectly match all the other cabinet doors used by Oliver. The lamp mod was done last summer. We found the lamp at a flea market in Muncie Indiana while visiting one of our daughters. I think we paid three dollars for it. My original plan was to convert it to twelve volts and use an LED bulb. Admittedly, I didn't look too hard but was unable to find an LED bulb that gave the ambience of the old incandescent bulb that was in the lamp when we got it. I merely ran 110 V to the area between the top of the nightstand and the bottom of the window shade casing and just plugged the shortened cord in. The lamp is held in place with four rare earth magnets sunk into the base that align with four more mounted under the top of the nightstand. It has never moved during our travels, yet is easily removed if you have a need to take the top off the nightstand. It is powered from the inverter when we are not plugged up. We only use it for looks. I did wrap and a set of LED lights around it for Christmas, however.

The dimensions of the opening for all of these hatches that I have used in the various places are 13.5" x 7.25"

John, they do not pivot and they are secured with a couple of screws. According to their advertising blurb they are made of poly carbonate and do not stretch or lose their spring. I can personally say that they have held our flag poles and table leg for several thousand miles without incident. I do not know if this qualifies for anything like a long term endorsement.

It took me forever to find a source for the clips to hold different size tubes. These are the ones that I ended up buying. There are eight different sizes available. You will need The 2" size for the table posts.

No, the included rafter is straight. It is, of course, adjustable in length. There are brackets mounted inside the closet for its storage.

Yes, there is a center rafter that is included with the awning that is installed on the Oliver. You will not need another rafter for the Fiamma Privacy Room.

Not in this neck of the woods. The Oliver crew will be hard at it.