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Thanks, Dusty, a fish this large is hard to handle and can take a one gallon jug under the water and hold it. The jug will suddenly pop up many yards away. It is a pretty exciting type of fishing. This short ten second video shows the jugs in a crate at the very beginning of the clip. > In this clip the fish is toting the jug right on across the lake, making a wake of it's own. The trolling motor couldn't catch the jug. We had to pursue with the boat's inboard motor.

Good to have you in here. I remember when there was just the three of us, in the old format days ! It was Jonathan, you and I.

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As we await our trailor, we keep coming up with questions, often from suggestions that people we've met have made about what we'll need. We know much of this will be worked out as we gain experience. Here are some things mentioned to us. Any feedback? Wheel chocks Hitch lock Jack pads (under the legs?) Small portable grill (any favorites?) Thanks again, Tom > I'll give er' a' try. We sometimes do things a bit different because we boondock, mostly. WHEEL CHOCKS Don't use them. If we are overnighting, our tow vehicle is attached and the jacks are likely not down. Should the wind come up enough to give the trailer a good shaking, we want to know about it, because we may need to get under something, or up next to something. The tow vehicle keys, and a small flashlight are on a hook by the door. If we are camped, the jacks are down, and there is little weight on the tires so it can't roll away. We carried them out of habit, for awhile before discontinuing, because they were necessary with a trailer that only had stabilizer jacks that could not take much weight. Even with changing a flat, the jack is down and the trailer is pretty well anchored. HITCH LOCK Definitely, we use the matched set that uses one key for the reciever pin lock and the hitch lock. The kind where the key inserts towards the end of the pin seems easier to operate than the kind where the key inserts 90* from the end of the pin. Some folks like the three piece set. With the third peice going into the ball socket of the hitch, with all locks keyed alike. That would be a good set for us to move into at the next excuse, because we leave our trailer in remote areas from time to time. EDIT: Well, I have looked everywhere and can't find the three lock set that I had in mind. Here is a single version of the bulldog hitch lock. It looks quite a bit tougher than the one I had in mind, and is a bit more expensive also. JACK PADS Like those wheel chocks, we carried them out of a habit, for awhile, before discontinuing carrying them at all. A single square of 2x8 or 2x10 for each jack foot might be in order for those times when the surface might be soft enough to need more surface contact area. The three jacks have a good sized foot on them and in most cases it is sufficient for us. Should someone camp mostly in areas where the soil is pretty soft and need a larger foot and contact area, the foot could be replaced quite easily with a shop made foot of a larger diameter. The foot attaches to the jack with one bolt. That would eliminate a storage issue, giving more room for "stuff". SMALL PORTABLE GRILL Yes, we wouldn't be without one. Many, on other forums, like the Webber, ect., ect.. We usually opt for the simpler is better approach and use a almost disposable thin sheetmetal grill from wally world that we replace annually. Small parts get lost or misplaced, or if used often, just plain old "cooked to death" We have a propane line attachment that plugs in a grill or fish cooker, near the refrigerator, under the edge of the coach, but tend to use it mainly for extended stays. It is commercially available and is called an "EXTEND A STAY". The flexible hose that connects to the larger grill plugs into the coach's propane line at an adapter port that comes with the kit. Link to extend a stay web site: http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/lp-gas/50525.htm

Buffalo Bob's office: This very nice Buck was harvested out on the Oliver spread. Maybe we can get Buffalo Bob to tell us about it. Though I have heard the story, and enjoyed it, I am afraid I might mess it up. How about it Robert, the rest of the story, please !

SeaDawg has posted on these forums that their pick up date is near the end of February, so how bout' it Dawg, gettin' close ? Or have you already picked up and checkin' out fire plugs on the way back home ? Photos ! Please post photos ! Others picking up soon, or already have ? Tell us about it !

It sure is hard to beat a great, though simple, meal like this one out on the lake ! Fresh caught catfish, home fries, home made hush puppies and beans. Note the Niece taking a quick look around to see where Mom is. She had been told to wait for every one to get to the table. Sure, Mom, no problem ! He, he, them catfish is Sooo hard to resist ! Dillon the retired drug dog, barely visible through the screen door to the rear, seems to be laughing about Brittany snitching a quick taste.

Butcherknife with one mornings catch. Dillon the retired drug dog keeps a warry eye on this mornings catch. Now, them fish look good in a photo, but, the fun is over and the work is just about to begin. Those fish have to be cleaned and made ready for the freezer.

Naw, it ain't bout' fishing fer' jugs, them is too hard to fillet, especially them glass jugs ! It's about fishing for catfish, using a jug line instead of a pole. The best part about jug fishing is that the days is warmer and longer, the sunrise's brighter and the sunset's more spectacular. Oh, yeh, then there is catching some of the best eatin' fish known to mankind ! Nothing, well, almost nothing, can beat a Springtime fish fry on the lake. After a long Winter, a Spring time jug fishing trip to the lake is in order. The days is mild, the nights will be cool and butcherknife says she can nearly hear them catfish calling. Any one out there in Oliver Land doing any jug fishing ? Video clip,Sunrise on the lake, we are getting ready to go pick up the jugs: Sunset photo, we just finished the jug cast and are heading back to camp to start the nightly domino game:

Holey toledo ! I have never seen those photos side by side. No words or captions needed, the photos speak for them selves. Thanks for the link, Robert.

Hey it is good to know that a fellow owner may be available for a quick question, especially if out on the road somewhere. My cell number sent to you by PM.

Mountainborn - thanks a lot for the reply. Maybe I'll wait and see. I'm afraid I'll be a white knuckle tower for a while. Tom He, he, I'll bet that you will be supprised at how easy your towing experience is going to be. Butcherknife would drive our class A towing a Jeep Wrangler, but never was totally comfortable with it. But with our Oliver, she hooks up and tows and parks and un hooks by her self when I am tied up at work. You are just absolutely going to love the ease with which you can manouvre in congested areas such as a wally world parking lot. When we need a few items, I will drop butcherknife off at wally's front door then circle out further in the parking lot, fire up the king dome, catch the news, ect.. Sometimes the local news or weather will effect our travel plans or route.

Tom, we just love our king dome, we use it to check live weather radar often because we love to remote camp and weather is always a factor in remote areas. Our extra reciever is direct tv, so we just brought the extra reciever with us and the Oliver Techs did the rest. They asked whether we were with dish or direct, and when we replied direct, the tech said, "cool !, no reprogram", so maybe it is an in house operation. I'll bet that someone on here will have the answer to that one for us.

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Oh ! Yeah ! Now We see why we havn't been there, though we had heard of it. It is one of those hidden gems that one has to give of one's self to attain. In a remote and wild place. It is at the gateway to the Haigler Wilderness. Yep, we just gotta' go ! Here is the aerial view: Visible in the photo is the Mogollon Rim It's self, and what appears to be, going through the North South East West orientation marker in the top right, is the FR 300 which mostly follows General Crook's Fort Supply Road. This is the home of a much written about range war that all but wiped out two whole familys in the late 1800's. A very cool place Geri ! Thanks for the heads up !!! EDIT: OOps, I just checked another source, that's not Crook's Trail, that is Chamberlain's Trail or FR 200

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Tom, we considered extension mirrors also. Bought some. Thought that while we was at it, we would get some good ones, especially since we wanted to be using them a lot. Our thinking was that the added field of view was a good investment in safety. I put them on faithfully and found them useful occasionaly. Then one day I left them in the back of the tow vehicle, I had forgotten to put them on. So, I thought i'd put them on at the next stop. The next stop was lunch at cracker barrel. I forgot them, again, till' that evening when looking for a place to overnite at on our trip. We finished up the trip without them, carried them for a few trips, then quit even carrying them at all. My conclusion is that the Oliver is so trim that not much is gained by puting the extended mirrors on our Jeep Wrangler. From the looks of the Honda Ridgelines that I have seen, their mirrors are quality and you might consider borrowing a set, or buying a cheaper set to see if you want to go that way. The standard Honda Mirrors may suit you just fine. We have a couple of sets of after market towing mirrors you can use to find out, if you like. For us, it is just one thing less to have to do before we pull out. We feel lucky to be able to leave them at home. I guess the bottom line for most folks will be their comfort level with how well they can see to the rear. We have this type and the less expensive plastic tow mirrors bought at wally world. Both work well, we use neither at this time:

Geri, as a kid I lived in the Globe, Miami, Claypool area and have been to Roosevelt lake many times. Somehow we have never been to this wonderful place, and yet it was so nearby ! I have cousins that still live in the area and have heard them talk about it's beauty, but somehow we have missed it. Butcherknife and I have just added it to our Bucket List ! Here is a link to the town that isn't any more, I went to school there. It is now an open pit mine. http://www.primghar.com/rayariz/ray_kid.htm

Thanks, Tom. While we are at the user control panel editing our signature, please add a link to that online photo album, the one where you store all of those cool photos of your travels and trailer ! That way at each post you make, we will have a opportunity to go cruise through them and daydream about our next travel trailer adventure.

Since we are still in "the afraid to drill a hole" phase, we hung our storage bag using an adhesive plastic hook. The storage bag and the bags themselves weigh so little that weight wasn't an issue for the small plastic hook.

Sherry, we just added our Oliver to our existing policy. Since we have a small farm, we have insurance with the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Every time I compare prices I discover that they, ( a co-operative ), are very hard to beat. We live in tornado alley so we understand about high insurance rates.

Here is a look at our tongue extended all the way out. Note the two holes in the tongue where the lock down bolt goes, torque rating ninety pounds. We extended the tongue all the way out in anticipation of installing our generator on the tongue, using those bolt holes.

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