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I purchased the same hitch when I switched to a 2500. In addition to looking good it also allows you to reverse the balls under the truck when not in use to save your shins.

Thanks for posting. It would have never occurred to me to check this. Looks like lock tight is in order.

Thanks for posting Mike. I'm a firm believer in having spare capacitors on hand as cheap insurance because you never know when they're going to stop working and their easy to switch out. I'm using your pictures to order the spares. I'm guessing the black capacitor is an added on hard start capacitor? Do you have the Oliver factory installed Micro-Air Easy Start option on your A/C unit? I know the Micro-Air unit also contains a capacitor but I've not taken the time to look it up. I'm thinking an A/C unit wouldn't have both a hard start cap and the Micro-Air. I need to do some preventive maintenance on mine. They're easy to forget about until they don't work.

The high viewership of the Escape video could be all the Escape owners clicking to see how bad it is (Oliver owners too). The bear delivered the best lines in the spot.

This also happened to me when I flushed the toilet not realizing the pipes were still frozen. Non replicable part. I first tried to glue it with a special "epoxy plastic glue". Worked for about three days. Did the same as others and ordered a new toilet, scavenged the useful parts I needed and discarded the rest of the toilet (what a waste for such a small part) After discussing the problem with a friend, he suggested searching the web for a 3D printing file of the part. He mentioned a lot of small parts like this get scanned and the files are posted to the web. Then one can have it printed locally (or he offered to do it for me) I know nothing of 3D printing how it works or what it takes to create a file for a small part but if someone had the knowledge and resources to create such a file, they would be making an immense contribution to mankind; or at least to those of us who had to learn the art of hand flushing the toilet.

+1 to Max Burner's description. Had the same problem. One day is fine the next day all the faucets and toilet have barely a trickle. Had to clean out all the screens. Found a white calcified substance in all of them. After that all was well. Note: there is often a screen located at the connection to the flexible hose that feeds the shower head and kitchen faucet head. I never found any in the actual valve assembly. I assumed all this calcification came from the water heater but the mystery to me was how it got into all the cold water lines.

Our Honda 2000i starts/runs the Dometic A/C with Micro Start installed. You need to make sure the fridge is on gas because the fridge will default to AC if it is set to Auto. The generator can't run both. I thought I had a bad genset until I figured this out.

KE5PRE - I'm not very active. Mostly I mount my rig on a motorcycle to support charity bicycle events around the state. The MS Society has an annual ride this weekend. I'm working the route going from to Austin to College Station with an overnight in LaGrange. The other routes are coming from the Houston area so we use a statewide linked net. I usually take an HT camping with us with some local repeaters stored when we hike. Just incase we have an emergency with no cell service.

Also, when you arrive at your campground, after traveling in very cold conditions, give the trailer time to thaw out before using any of the plumbing; especially the toilet. We were caught by a quick moving cold front which resulted in traveling in temps in the teens. When we arrived at camp, I made the mistake of using the toilet before the trailer had properly warmed up. The flush valve was frozen and the give point was the plastic pedal when I stepped on it to flush. By the way, Dometic does not sell the pedal as an individual part. Instead I had to purchase one of their cheaper all plastic models to cannibalize the foot pedal. An expensive lesson. "Run your furnace while traveling" - brilliant! Best piece of advice. I would have never thought of that. (insert sound of hand slapping forehead)

Like most things, I think the future light duty diesel trucks will be the result of marketing and if consumer demand continues. The average U.S. fleet turnover is 12 years with people holding onto pickups a bit longer. So, many light duty diesels sold today will still be on the road through 2035 and beyond. But from a marketing perspective, diesels have a reputation as being "dirty" and expensive. I found this website from MIT interesting and surprising (plus fun to play with). https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore?classFilter=Pickup Truck Filtered for just pickups, it shows the diesel versions (gray dots) emit fewer greehouse gases per mile than the gasoline powered versions (black dots). Hover over the dots to see where your vehicle stands. The real fun will be to watch the development of advanced fuels and battery technologies. That will probably determine the winner.

I had the same problem with poor flow. Additionally, I had a constant weeping of water from under the handle. I tried the process where you run vinegar through the lines and let it soak. No improvement. I purchased a new cartridge and attempted to change out the old one thinking a bit of debris was the problem. I couldn't find any instructions on the web of how to disassemple this type of faucet. For the life of me, I couldn't get the old cartridge out even with the correct faucet socket. (I think someone over tightened the cartridge retension ring in an attempt to stop the weeping) I eventually removed and replaced the entire faucet assemply which fixed both problems. Hopefully you're not faced with replacement. If you are, there are some things to note. The shower head hose which Oliver provides is clad in chromed metal and is much nicer. The replacement faucet, I ordered off the web, came with a vinyl hose. The Oliver hose is also shorter. This is presumably because there are two long bolts down in the cavity under the sink. A longer hose could easily get caught on these bolts and therefore not deploy long enough to be used as a shower. My (not so elegant) solution was to place zip ties across the end of the bolts to keep the hose from getting between the bolts. In hindsight, I should have contacted Oliver to see if I could order the faucet from them but I defaulted to Amazon and had the new faucet in two days. But, I now have a full flowing shower.

Like some of the others, I have a Bak Flip on my RAM truck. It has served me well. However, I've had to repair the back latch and discovered that a well placed tire iron could easily pry the rivets from the thin sheet metal if someone wanted into the bed of the truck while parked. Couple of other considerations. My Bak Flip requires you to close the tailgate first and the cover second which is counter intuitive (at least for every delivery person that has helped me load my truck) Also, because it flips up, it prevents the use of most ladder rack type systems (we'd like to carry a couple of kyaks over the bed and still have access). Finally when fully retracted, it blocks the rear window preventing me from seeing if the straps holding my motorcycle are still tight. My son-in- law has a Peragon cover on his Raptor. I'm aways jelous how easily it opens and closes.

I think Topgun2 is right, you can only answer this question for yourself. A close friend just purchased an Airsteam for this exact reason. He liked being surrounded by windows and I will admit, in the right campground, it's a plus. One consideration is to think about the type of camping you're likely to do. Boondocking and remote campsites will offer great views. However, these days I find for the most part, campgrounds are conjested with not much space between the sites. Add to that someone pulls in next to you with a slide and you're window to window. Times like these I'm happy for the Oliver's strategic placement of windows. Also, we spend most of our time outside the trailer when camping. Best of luck on your decision. John

+1 on the quality of Foy's work. Both items make the Oliver's interior look even richer. As a side note, my wife and I tend to shower before going to bed. We place the shower mat outside the shower and replace it when we're done. This prevents either of us risking wet feet when we get up during the night to use the bathroom.