bugeyedriver
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Patty,
Come on by spot #7 and you'll find Oscar the Smiley Dog and me hanging out, unless we're visiting many of our good friends in the Casitas surrounding us. We JUST returned from the Miller Creek RV Resort and you couldn't find a more hospitable place to camp. When you own your own trailer, of whatever flavor, you must check it out. If you can't find me, call me on my cell and I'll hoof it back to the Wonder Egg. (830-688-9809)
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Wow, Mountainborn
I'm glad you & Butcherknife came through that experience with only a flat spot on your tire to contend with. Pepe-le-Pew was very fortunate you were behind the wheel.
Don't know what would be worse, your harrowing "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" or doing the skunk smack-down and having to camp in one very odiferous Ollie!
What brand 8-ply tires will you be going with?
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Chuck 'n Gri "n 3 furkids,
Are you saying you might join us? Woohoo! That'd be great.
We'd have 4 Olivers; three 17' & one 22' on site with all of our other fgrv buddies. Come on Over!!
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Kyle,
PM on the way . . . good luck to you!
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Angler,
I've read numerous ideas on propane level checks, from a stick on decal "thingy" to pouring a special fluid down the side and watching it change colors, and the good old standby "tap test". In your post, you mentioned tanks, meaning I suppose, that you have two. If this is the case, I'm sure you also have the automatic crossover valve. In this case you're all set.
With both tanks connected to the auto-switchover valve, operate with both propane tanks to the full open setting (full counterclockwise on the tanks).
There is a lever on the crossover valve. Place it full to the side towards one of the tanks and this will become your initial primary tank. It should last a long time, depending on use. I have 30 lb tanks and one lasted five weeks of continuous camping. (For one guy and his dog - no furnace used)
Go camping and have lots and lots of fun, occasionally lifting the cover to your tanks and checking the GREEN stripe in the view window of the crossover valve. When it turns to RED, your initial primary tank has gone totally empty and you're now running on the back-up tank.
Swap the lever over so it points at the back-up tank. It now becomes your primary. Close the valve on the empty tank and get it filled at your leisure, being sure to not tarry toooooo long. When you fill it up and put it on your trailer and open its valve full open, it is now the back-up.
By using this method, you really don't need to know the exact level because you always have a full back-up waiting to take over.
Enjoy!
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WOW!!!!!! The "Legacy Elite II" - Just like the QEII, may her maiden voyage be spectacular and memorable for all involved.
Well done OLIVER family - looks like you've hit a home run!
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Tn girl,
If your TV has a 5000 lb towing capacity you should be fine. My Oliver, the Wonder Egg, was weighed as I set out on a six week trip. With my supplies and full fresh water tank the weight was only 3900 lbs. Be sure to check the combined weight limitation (trailer + the tow vehicle) and stay under that limitation as well.
Best of luck on your quest for your trailer . . . happy camping!
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Phil & Denise,
Count Oscar & I & the Wonder Egg in on the Miller Creek Hill-a Palooza extravaganza in the Texas hill country. Beautiful campground, and FREE FIREWOOD to take off any late evening chill in the air.
It's always a pleasure getting together with you guys.
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During the birth of the Wonder Egg, I did some web searching and found a good signal amplifier supplier at http://www.powerfulsignal.com / I selected the Command Post option and had it installed on the Wonder Egg. Since then, Wilson Antenna "decertified" the dome antenna I had on the inside from being dual band to being "single band only" because it did not boost the 1900 MHz frequency as much as they wanted.
Since then, installations have included either a stronger dome antenna, or stronger flat panel antenna. I had the flat panel installed in retrofit. Here's the problem that I ran into . . . if you have a cell phone signal, say of one or two bars and you activate this flat panel antenna, it interferes with the front, receiving antenna and the system shuts down. It was only usable in EXTREMELY week signal areas.
Here's my fix: I reinstalled the previous dome antenna which works in a small way on 1900 MHz and put an A/B switch which I now use to go between the old dome and the flat panel. Here are the pics of my current system . . .
Wilson 301133RV - spring mounted, dual band cellular antenna on the outside
Power supply - 12V plug mounted inside front storage bin
SOHO Amplifier hooked to a DIAWA CS-201 A/B RF switch in middle bin. (You need a switch capable of 2 Gigahertz to do the job) Take it to your local Ham Radio shop and they can make you the connector cables. I have a 8 inch cable with a type-2 connection to the amplifier and a Type N connection to the switch. Two six foot cables with N-connectors to go from the switch to the antennas.
Two pics of the original dome antenna, model number WE 301123 (even though they say it only does the low band, it works well enough for this application on the high band)
It can be identified by the three mounting screws and the "Wilson" logo on the bottom
Finally, the Dual Band Wall Mount Antenna mounted near the front dinette seat. The bracket to its left is so I can reposition it to radiate out the side of the trailer to use the laptop & cell phone outside, under the awning
This should provide me with 5 bars just about everywhere I go. If I'm in a deep crater, I'll crank up the Ham radio.
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A very Merry Christmas to all, from the Hill Country of Texas. Oscar & I had a wonderful time with family & friends and hope you all did as well. See ya'll Jug Fishin'!
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Kitty report . . . Kitty report . . . !?
How's Kiki doing during her maiden voyage? Is she knocking over the Christmas tree or trying to unwrap presents too soon?
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Chuck . . . If you have TV beaming at you from outer space,
you don't need a local TV antenna This is for us more simpler types -
DCKiefer,
What a great idea! Fit my needs perfectly. With the solar panel up topside, there's no room for the KingDome. Until the last 15 minutes, the only way could get TV was by plugging into the RV Park's cable hookup (if they had one) After reading your post and hopping on the internet a few minutes, I blasted off to Best Buy and bought an RCA Digital Flat Antenna, model # ANT1400 for $32. It is a multi-directional antenna that does not require aiming. They have one that is amplified, the ANT1450, for $49, but it would have required A/C plug in and the inverter running if I was boondocking. This one needs no power.
Next, I stopped in at the nearest Radio Shack and bought a Gold Series 75-Ohm High-Isolation A/B switch for $16. I hooked the incoming cable antenna, the RCA Digital Flat Antenna, and the Jenson flat screen tv to this and POOF! I had 8 local "free" channels.
I nestled the antenna amongst the wire bundles that go to the third break light (no hardware required) and wedged the A/B switch at the top left of the same area. Total time for installation - 5 minutes.
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Sounds like a gatherin' of the most relaxing kind . . . fishin', nappin', walkin', dominoin', lotsa gooood eatin', story swappin', & such great company to be amongst too!! Count Oscar & I in!
Sombody's gotta enjoy life . . . might as well be US!
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I'm here at the Madagorda Madness and see another Oliver pull into the camp . . . its DougI.
Doug set up his site and wandered on over to say hello. He took a look at my City Water hookup with its perpetual drip, drip, drip from behind the fitting and said. "Pete, would you like that to stop dripping?" After an enthusiastic "YES!" Doug pulls out a 1/2 inch Allen Wrench and some Teflon tape and goes to work . . . two minutes later, NO DRIP! Doug is now my new hero!
Here's the simple fix for those others of you who may be plagued by this mysterious and pervasive drip that leaves a puddle underneath your beautiful Oliver.
1 - Insert 1/2 inch Allen wrench into the center of your water fitting.
2 - Rotate counterclockwise and remove from the trailer, to expose the pipe thread on the back.
3 - Apply Teflon tape to the threads.
4- Reinstall centerpiece of water fitting using Allen wrench and snug nicely.
5 - Turn on water and notice the absence of any water leak.
6 - Smile
Thanks, DougI !!!! My new hero!!!!
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Cherie & Chris,
Looks like love at first sight! I'm sure Kiki will fit right in with your routine, providing lots of affection and entertainment along the way. I bet you could modify the stripper pole
a bit by adding some shag rug covered climbing boxes for Kiki. That'd just be the cat's meow. -
DCKiefer,
Good question. I picked up the Wonder Egg on march 27th and happen to know its #14 in "birth order" with the last 6 numbers of the VIN being 305014 . . . so I use Hull # 014 in my signature. Logic would make yours the 28th off the line. I imagine this general "rule" would work for the first 99, then something else will occur in the VIN sequence.
I'd imagine next year's 21 footers will have a different VIN makeup.
I think its GREAT being in on the start of a quality product that's made to last a lifetime!!!
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Mountainborn said:
"Any ideas on how to secure panels sitting 50 feet away from the Ollie ?"
Shoot, Mountainborn! All ya need to do is put up a small poster next to your solar panel with your picture of the Camo-Wearing Masked Chain-Saw Killer and a note saying "This solar panel is protected by a high velocity bullet, aimed by a long range sniper scope, gyro stabilized, on a boat so far away you can't see it sucker . . . go ahead, MAKE my day!!!"
If you do go with the portable panel idea, be sure to check with Astrocaster about his super-deluxe mounting system where you can easily point it at a any location in the sky. Its the best I've seen.
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The earth SMILES as Earthdancer is 39 . . . (again)
,Pete
Woof woof arf woof arf woof woof arf! ,
Oscar
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Herm,
I'm sure when you come up with a name it'll be perfect! I've only used my heat strips three times. No problems noted yet. When I'm connected to shore power, I usually use a very small ceramic style heater that sits on the floor. It works great. I only use the furnace when I'm away from shore power like tonight in the Redwood Forest.
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Herm,
Welcome to the family! Your trailer and graphics look great.
I've got the Polar Cub 9200 matched with a 46lb Honda 2000 watt generator. They work great together. I've been camping in south Texas during the summer at 104 degrees outside and had to turn up the temp so I wouldn't freeze Oscar.
With the wall mounted thermostat, I can place the A/C on cool, heat or fan only and place the fan on low / high ON or low / high AUTO. Haven't figured out how to make it walk the dog yet, but I'm still reading the manual.
Congrats on your trailer - have you named it yet?
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DougI,
I've got th Polar Cub 9200 and initially was concerned about the sound. After speaking to other seasoned RV'rs I discovered that it is not much different in sound level from theirs in other small trailers. I guess it'd be hard not to hear a compressor cycling on only 5 feet from your ears, no matter what A/C you had.
Anyway . . . after a couple nights, my brain totally tuned it out and I find the gentle hummmmmm to be soothing instead of attention getting. Not concerned with it at all right now as I'm traveling in the greater northwest at this time. I find the propane heater makes a sudden sound when it comes on, but the brain has attenuated to that as well.
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Looking good Mountainborn! I'd go with #2 and just barely change it up by "slightly" rounding the very top of the driver's side corner but still maintaining a straight line down towards the bottom. I fear the dome on #3 might fall off!
Very cool idea . . . (now, if you could also incorporate a boat, some jugs, and a HUGE catfish)
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The 3900 lb total weight is the combination of the 3560 lbs on the axle and 340 on the tongue.The wonder egg is an Elite without the King-Dome but with two 30 lb propane tanks, a 100W solar system, Cell phone signal amplifier, upgraded suspension, 15 inch wheels, and an aluminum generator rack on the tongue. (the 340 lb tongue weight is without the generator) There are various other additions that do not add any appreciable weight ie: ham radio cable, extra 12v outlets, etc.
I weighed the Wonder Egg to confirm adequate safety margins for my rig. I am very satisfied with my current set up of Wonder Egg & Tacoma 4 door w/ factory towing package.. The Combined Gross weight of the loaded truck and trailer was 8400 lbs, well under my Tacoma's 11000+ lb capability.
MPG has been averaging around 17 @ 60 mph.
We'd have 4 Olivers; three 17' & one 22' on site with all of our other fgrv buddies. 
This is for us more simpler types 
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Yeah, but will Butcherknife be able to tolerate Mountainborn's whistling as he goes on down the road lookin' so "Spiffy?"