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Someplace has to be Florida forever, 'cause this place I'm at right now sure doesn't feel like it! Even though the GPS and the sign at the park entrance said this was Manatee State Park, the ranger said it would be 15 degrees tonight!#$!?*!!! What's up with that? Wish you Technomadias were down here already. After the hippie wedding on the beach, we started an EggRoll Rally . . . Oscar & I followed Mr & Mrs Tumbleweed & Earthdancer's Ollie down the road to this fine park as we head down to Ft Desoto State Park on an Island south of St Petersburg, FL where we'll meet up with Meanderthal & She Boss. They were also at the hippie wedding. Seadawg & her first mate will be joining us for a bit as well. Woohooo! We're going to try and see some manatees in the river tomorrow. If we don't see any, Tumbleweed said he'd try and go ice skating for us!

Golleee Geeee Willikers Batman! Shoulda we had them boys at Hohenwald wrap the entire inner egg in tin foil to protekt us frum that there EMP thingie? I Think I'll dust off my tin foil hat befur Oscar & I head fer the hippie weddin'

More Egg-Nog & Lutefisk !

Ollie's Follies The Rolling Gnomes The Egg Wanderers The Rolling Eggs The Egg Rollers Scrambled Eggs The Eggventurers

Wow, the discussion of any demise of the forum is enough to make the Christmas Grinch gloat with glee. I understand jam49's thoughts . . . we have become an interesting community of cyber friends with a very unique item binding us together. Our Ollies are very important to us all and the wealth of information, ideas and skill sets amongst those interacting here is invaluable (and FUN as well). There would be a void if it were ever lost. It needs to be emphasized that Oliver has not given a scintilla of evidence they have any intention of pulling the plug on this forum. Our trailers are named the "Oliver Legacy Elite" out of respect for, and in homage to Johnny Oliver, who was the inspiration behind this venture. I can't imagine they would not give this their sincerest efforts for a very long term success. That being said, I'm sure the the FGRV community, over at http://www.fiberglassrv.com wouldn't mind a group of folks striking up more conversations specific to Ollie's. That forum is for all molded fiberglass trailers and is not brand unique. As to the possible gathering of a current contact list, Cherie, thanks for your expertise and willingness to consider helping, if needed. I am sure with your savvy you'd figure out a method to keep it it safe from all of our attempted spammers we're getting from Latvia, Russia, etc. Enough of this . . . I'm going to go back to the land of Christmas Cheer! May everybody have a Happy New Year! See ya'll on the Oliver Forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jam49, Fellow Texan! The 300w unit will protect 180 cu ft of space . . . I believe it would be enough to enough to provide Revilo a nice safety net against any loooooong, cooooooold spells you might encounter Aubrey, How did your temp tests work out

Aubrey, I zip tied the Xtreme heater to a 10 X 12 inch flexible, non skid, rubber mat and inserted it into the hold under the aft dinette seat. It rests just aft of the smart charger and blows the warm air back between the external shower box and the inner fiberglass shell. This helps protect that weak point Mountainborn spoke about earlier, where the short threads are on those two hoses. This morning it dipped down to 30 degrees. After my first Cup-of-JO, I went out to take some temperature readings using the infrared thermometer that I have for checking tire and hub temps. Here's what I got as I pointed the "red dot" around between the two egg shells. Shower box - 55 degrees. Back wall of trailer on street side - 55 degrees Back wall on curb side - 42 degrees (shows the air circulates around between the shells) Water lines near water pump - 41 degrees I ran a ceramic heater inside the trailer on a very low setting. The inside temp was 45 degrees. The Xtreme heater is plugged into a new a/c outlet in the fusebox using the same circuit as the refrigerator. It has 15 amps of protection which is more than enough. Thanks for suggesting this great addition to our trailers, Aubrey!

Well, yes, our "Great State of Texas" does have a lot of variety in it (topography and weather). You made someone's Christmas special . . . you were and ANGEL to them!

WOW! Christmas Eve . . . A departure in the wee hours of night for a 600 mile trek to accomplish a "mission of a few minutes" . . .Tornado . . . unbelievable weather forecast . . . massive storm end . . . an sunshine followed by SNOW It must have been a mission of mercy accomplished by an Angel . . .

Merry Christmas to our Oliver family from Pete & Oscar . . . May you all have safe travels in the new year! We'll be seeing some of you on the beach soon . . . WooooHoooooo!

I spoke with Vince Oliver just last month. He said they are still intending to open the production line in January. I asked if they were only going to be doing occasional "batches" and he said that they were planning on keeping the line open full time. It is my understanding that they were waiting for some of their non-trailer production lines to become fully staffed prior to reopening the Oliver Travel Trailer operation. It will be nice to see them up and running again . . .

What a great idea! I took a look at the specs for the small unit and it has enough energy to warm 180 cubic feet of space. Energy use is variable, dependent on the compartment's temp and overall, it merely sips at the power source . . . very nice, indeed. Amazon.com is putting one in a stocking for the Wonder Egg. (I hope they don't accidentally drop in one of Meanderthal's "testing videos" from the amazon.com thread . . . that could be scary)

Tom, Just be glad you're not getting your silk, hot pink camo boxers with at tag that says "TESTED by Mountainborn" complete with a middle of the night pole video to prove it. HO! HO! HO!

Rocinante, welcome to the Oliver forums. I hope this will "bee" a happy place for you to hang out!

Well spoken, rings true, we all entrusted our dreams to Robert and his dedication to service for the Oliver customer. Goodbye our dear friend . . .

Hi there txbob! Welcome to the Oliver Forum

Chris, Sounds like you're having fun . . . NOT! Two thoughts: 1 - If you traded in your previous vehicle at the dealer that sold you the Tundra, is it still somewhere on the used sales lot? Could you hook up your Ollie to its "old friend" and see if it all works? If it does, the problem is in the Tundra. 2 - When I had my axle R & R'd, I hooked the Wonder Egg up to the Tacoma and had no connection / no brakes. The problem was with the grounding pin on my Tacoma. Evidently I was getting my ground through the Truck frame - to the hitch - to the trailer. After rotating the hitch 180 degrees to raise the ball, the fresh paint on the hitch precluded the ground from being achieved. The RV Tech simply made a new ground for my truck's connector and all was well. The loose wire under the seats mentioned by OB1 could also be the problem. The factory knows of a potential glitch in the grounding for the trailer connection and pointed my RV tech to somewhere under the seats. Mine happened to be OK - then the tech found the problem w/ my truck. Good luck, amigo.

Roughly, how many hookups has it been since you verified your lights and their functions?

Welcome to the Oliver forums, lasvegas! ENJOY!!!!!!

Wow! You guys must have some lead boots in the closet or something The Wonder Egg has a 340 lb tongue weight as measured at a Casita rally by someone with a good set of scales. How'd that happen? But it makes sense with what's going on with your TV if the hitch is limited to 500#. I'm just curious as to where the added weight is coming from!? Has your sweet little kitten turned into a mountain lion?

Why do we love getting outdoors in our campers? Lots of different reasons . . . here are some great thoughts on why one person in the "little trailer world" finds deep pleasure in using her small travel trailer. I received a great article in the mail from my sister in Virginia. It's a wonderful read, which gets to the essence of why we all love our diminutive trailers where we can enjoy a minimalist lifestyle while LIVING LARGE in the beauty of the great outdoors. It was written by a Casita Owner, Carol Venolia, who writes the Design For Life column for Natural Home magazine. Well done Carol!! http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/People-and-Places/60-Square-Feet-of-Wisdom.aspx

Hi Catlady! Welcome to the Oliver Forums . . . have fun

Hey LARRY! Oscar the non-barking Smiley Dog, said he'd even practice barking to add a bit of noise to the "surprise" event

Kit, welcome to the Oliver Forums ! ! ! ENJOY

When I told Oscar that Dillon & Poco were gonna fish for cats he said he'd love to help 'em whoop up on some of them whiskered critters. Count us in too for as long as possible!