Geronimo John

MaxBurner and I were looking for a way to gain some storage in our OE2’s. Both of us were not making effective use of the space at the front end of our wardrobe. We looked at Chiwald’s expansive closet shelving post, but needed to simplify and modify for our primary use of hanging cloths. So, the idea morphed to two shelves as pictured below. For scaling the two toilet paper rolls are “Max Size” rolls. The time-consuming part is making the two templates for the shelf shapes. The shapes of the shelf curves are not the same. After more than a few hours in the closet, we had the templates needed. We used synthetic wood 1” X 2” to support the shelves along the front surface. We chose this material as it easily can be bent and secured with a lot of short screws and MaxBond carpenters glue to the hull curve. It is also the right color (white). The shelves were cut from white laminated wall shelving from Home Depot. The front edge is 1/16” thick aluminum flat stock. For “G” loading purposes, we installed stiff legs on the left side as shown. All fasteners are Stainless Steel. When completed, the shelves are amazingly strong. In GJ’s “Ollie”, I mounted a 13’ telescoping ladder with an EPDM Rubber Tie Down Strap to secure the ladder top. To keep the ladder feet flush to the wall, I cut out a piece of lumber and attached it to the floor. The ladder leg sits into a hole in this “foot plate. The folded towel on top prevents noise and damage to the wardrobe wall. For Art’s “Casablanca” they have their “Pleasure Plank” (AKA Snuggle Shelf) mounted in a similar manner. GJ & MaxBurner

Frustrating for sure. Likely you have an air leak at the boondocking port. Most likely the hose gasket is bad there. GJ

Voltage is not ALWAYS a sure bet. When not under load, a wire may show full voltage, but not have the ability to pass the current to meet the need. My preference, which is a lot easire to check on drum brakes, is to check the amperage going to each drum. Having a clamp on amp meter is my first go to tool. Per dexter, the stock OEM drum magnets should show 3.2 to 4 amps each. GJ

Do these hoses "shrink up" a bunch when not under pressure or just go flat? When storing do you need to twist them when coiling around your arm or placement into a bucket/box? Tried to find a video of them was was not successful. GJ

If it is still serviceable, I would put a new nut and rubber mount on it and roll on. Then replace it at my time of choosing. GJ

The Airstream skin used to be near bullet proof. Not so for some time now. I saw one a few years ago where 1/2" hail destroyed it. The owner said it was to be totaled. Only other option was to have it reskinned at $48K. That's when I chose to go with Olliver. MaxBurner saw six ollies take 1.5" hail at the mother ship with zero damage. As far as I am concerned, push outs are a maintenance nightmare! GJ

What springs are they using on the axle upgrades? I hope it is not the Dexter 1750 rated ones. GJ PS: Had a great time at the Rally! Good to meet many of our forum users and a few new owners.

I believe one would also need to remove the jack foot plate from the unit to pull it out. Easy to remove the plate bolt from below the foot plate. True. OTT provides the bracket to Barker who welds it on to their standared jack. Point is that it may be a OOPS by either OTT or Barker. Or maybe both??? GJ GJ

That is strange. Time to submit a ticket on this one. GJ

See you at the Ralley!

Roger. Thanks.

JD: SOME mfg, like Battle Born, specifically warn not to keep their batteries on charger at 100% for long durations. You may want to verify what your MFG says. GJ

And I "ASSUME" that you have run a #4 AWG all copper cable from the frame to the B- terminal as well. I have to adopt a different set of charging parameters, and once done will check performance. If it does not improve, then I will likely try adding such cables to the anderson connection at the TV rear bumper and battery. Would certainly prove your hypothsis. BTW: Assume is often spelled Ass of You and ME. LOL

Crazy Horse said use gasoline. But I think rocket fuel would be more effective. GJ

Ty J: Is this a drain tube? If so it would be simple to penetrate the hull on both sides and pipe them down via the existing Dometic drain tube. GJ

Art is bringing my hydraulic crimper too the Rally. If you have the measurements (with a bit of slack of course), the right cables and lugs to fit THAT cable, I would be glad to mechanically crimp them for you. This cable size and lug ID issue has stumped some of the best of us, so I highly recommend buying them from the same vendor. GJ

Wow you are of of the VERY few that are actually seeing 30 amps from the 30 amp model. I hope you will be at the rally so I can your setup. Good job. GJ

You are correct in that OTT video says two gallons as well. I use 2.5+ gallons. Just a matter of how long your stroke is! 🙂 GJ

Flooded Lead Acid (FLA) starter batteries usually employ maintenance-free designs. But FLA deep cycle batteries require regular maintenance to each of their cells. The plug you are showing typically serves as a vent path. They are not intended for service, but on many battery's they can be removed for adding DI as you suggested. The question is does this vent provide a pathway that DI will flow equally to all the individual cells? Regardless, doing so can be very dangerous. A small droplet of sulfuric acid splashed out of the battery can easily blind and/or disfigure. Personally IF it were mine, I would not even consider trying to refill these batteries. Just not worth the risk. Especially since they are 5 years old. Bad news you need new batteries. Good news is you need new batteries, and it is a perfect time to upgrade to Lithium. See JD's and several other posts on DIY battery upgrades. Good luck, GJ

Scott Oliver's design is amazingly effective in giving us a very safe towing trailer. Heavy, compact, non-swaying, a shape that reduces side loading of gusts, tandem axle, four shocks, EZ flex, the strongest frame of any trailer in this weight class, E-rated tires, and the Anderson Hitch transferring weight forward for those that need it and an extra long tongue. The amazing part is the design. Even more amazing is that it is Stock on all our trailers. GJ

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Actually IF I were Dometic, with all the really bad publicity they sadly have received about A/C units that owners have despised so much.... I would wait about 5 years before introducing a new one in the USA. After that we all will have totally forgotten about our mutual bad experience and they will come out with an inverter unit with internal drainage, a fan selector switch tied to the AC Compressor run, and a remote T-stat/thermistor. In a lower profile unit using a brand new even more efficient refrigerant and sold at half the price of their competitors. GJ

Another approach is to remove the old wash cloth bar assembly entirely. Here is a teaser about it. There is a full DIY that Art wrote up I beleive. DIY - Art's Bathroom Cabinet Magical Transformation.docx

Diane: Thank you for posting back. Frankly the cost is super reasonable.

Dear Santa: I've been a good boy, can I get one of these? GJ

Thank you Geoff. I will be adding three likely so it would not work well if they are not matching to the OEM. I do appreciate your suggestion. I do agree that the OEM ones are not the best for their intended purpose though. If the OEM ones are no longer available, I may just bite the bullet and replace them all to match. $$$ though.... GJ