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The brake controller that we use is a Tekonsha Prodigy. It is activated by a wire that becomes hot when the brake is stepped on. You can adjust the timing and intensity of the controler, from the drivers seat. The Oliver has electric solenoids that apply pressure to the brake drums. The controller's "electronic brain" applies voltage/current to those solenoids. The first setting is pretty simple. You can apply the brake manualy while in the pickup bay at the factory. Those guys at Oliver are really good to help with this in the way of advice. From a slow roll apply the brake manualy so the brake's don't lock up, but apply firmly, stopping the tow vehicle and trailer without hitting the foot brake in the tow vehicle. Most of the brake controler manufacturers have complete instructions for their preferred initial settings on their web sites. The prodigy has a electronic readout to assist in the settings and does a systems check upon start up and will advise of simple failures such as a shorted brake solenoid, ect..

We definitely want to eat ! Please register us for the dinner. Larry & Betty Harmon

Just got off of the phone with Sherry and Paul ! They couldn't resist the opportunity to meet up in VanBuren with Chuck & Geri, Steve & Tali and Betty & I. Phone service was a little bit spotty but they are camped in Lake Ouachita State Park, enroute to the RVER II ! Yep this is gona' be a fun thang !

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Under storage ? WOW ! Pictures ! Pictures ! I wanna see ! That is the very way we would like to carry solar instead of on the roof !

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The vuqube is small and compact alright. It runs about $700 before taxes. http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skunum=37042&src=SRQB They have different ones for dish and direct tv. Seems like we use our King Dome mostly out West where timber overstory isn't as much of a issue, unless at altitude. When boondocking we often leave our much less expensive dish outside when away. I'll bet we would be more cautious with the more expensive VuQube. A good way to compact a $10 yardsale dish would be a cool thing I think.

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Nearly all of our favorite campsites are covered with large old growth oak trees. Those locally, that is. September, October and November are some of our favorite months to camp and enjoy the outdoors. We usually enjoy the start of the television new program season that is also about that time of the year. Maybe it's the fact that it is getting dark outside earlier in the day ? Anyhow we find ourselves turning on the TV so we can view the new offerings. But we usually plan the next days activities around the weather and getting a live radar view is often very important. We set a portable dish in a opening so we can access a satellite. However, that dish/tripod setup is a pain to carry with us. Though not very heavy, it does take up more space than we like. We often leave it behind for that very reason. So, my question is this. Anybody ever taken a hacksaw to that infernal contraption ? You know, to make it smaller. Maybe put hinges and snaps on it somehow so it would fold up smaller for transport, then unfold, for use at the campsite ? We have all laughed at some of the Redneck solutions to technology photos that circulate on the internet. Betty says that she is worried that I may be the star of one of those photos involving a satellite dish !

The Junkyard may never be the same again ! Wow, Old home week at the factory ! You guys have fun !

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This set up is made in Australlia ? They responded to my email "shipping to the US too High, suggest using a US supplier". It has a carry case,folds and the controller is mounted on the panels, just plug it in to your Ollie's batterys. Here is the link: http://www.energymatters.com.au/folding-portable-120watt-12volt-solar-power-with-regulator-kits-p-817.html

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The National Weather Service is tracking two Tropical storms that they expect to increase in intensity as they reach the warmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean. As wet and crazy as this August has been, should we expect trouble along the Southern and Eastern shoreline ? Those of us that have retired may be able to put a few things in the trailer and go inland to visit kinfolks for a few days. If you live in an area that may be effected by those storms, do you have plans along those lines ? Any thing that those of us that live inland aways can do to help ? I remember how during our last big ice storm, we were out of power for two weeks plus. It sure would have been nice to have a place to go, even if it was just for a weekend !

They have followed our journey through fiberglass RVland with intrest. Not as much at first, but increasingly more as time went by. When we were talking about downsizing from a 34' class A MOHO, it caught their attention. They had been thinking about somekind of a camper, but, not nearly as large as a motorhome. While we were looking at Casitas and studying their features, their intrest picked up a bit. Then we found out about Oliver Travel Trailers and suddenly, that was all we could talk about. We knew immediately that the Oliver met our needs, and so, they also, began to learn about Oliver. In early September they will be traveling to Charleston SC for a ships reunion. The USS George Washington, a SSBN, ( Submarine ). Their plan is to trace our fiberglass journey, somewhat. They plan to go to Rice Texas to the Casita factory. Then spend a couple of days with us in Arkansas, before going on to Charleston. On the way back home they plan to go by Hohenwald and visit the Oliver factory. Betty and I plan to put them up in our Ollie while they stay here. We will have everything hooked up out in the Oliver shed so that they can experience everything first hand. Our large carport, it held a 34' moho, won't let the king dome access a satellite, so we will have the portable dish hooked up. I'll bet that after the tour in Rice, the overnight in our Ollie and the tour in Hohenwald, that they will have enough information to be able to choose the fiberglass Rv that will work best for them.

I know that the rain has some folks in Georgis smiling also. The drought has been so bad for a few years there. And there is another hurricane in the gulf ! More rain yet ? Boy, what an August this has been. Sherry, sitting under the awning in a gentle downpour is quite pleasing. Almost as fine as being ten years old with your favorite hound dog, napping togather on a musty old couch, out on the porch, at deer camp, while the rain falls on the cabin's tin roof.

Seen RADAR ? .. .. .. .. SEEN RADAR ! You just won't believe how many times I have been ON RADAR !! Or, maybe, more accurately, has RADAR SEEN ME ? You see there was this time out in West Texas, the speed limit was eighty miles per hour and there was this long gradual downgrade coming out of Siera Blanca .. .. .. .. .