johnwen

Thanks much, Rolind!

Welcome, Gene, you've come to the right place! Most problems you will encounter with your Oliver have been discussed throughout the years and you won't find a more friendly or helpful group than this forum. Newer trailers incorporate new problems to solve but this is one heck of a synergistic group to work with. Best of luck and hope to see you "out there" one day :) John

Thanks!

Mike, I got me one of those after Hurricane Hugo...worked great until the next hurricane came along (7 years later) and hooked it back up on top of the pipe. That's when I found out about the leather gasket. Dried and shriveled and beyond repair! John

Hi All, My 2 Epoch 300 ah essentials batteries have been working great for 6 months after initial installation...until today. One of my batteries no longer shows up on the Epoch app. I tried turning the bluetooth off and back on and rescanning but to no avail. I'm updating all of my apps at the moment and I'll retry scanning. I've tried on wife's phone...no luck seeing the 2nd battery either. All wiring looks fine and I've made no changes to hardware or software. If one of us is connected via the app, the other phone won't see or connect so is there a possibility someone else at the campground has connected to one of my batteries? Of course Victron is closed for the day and I'll call them tomorrow. I don't see any unusual drain...still at 90% using the inverter for the television and device charging. I could uninstall and reinstall the app on my phone but am hesitant since 2 separate phones are having the same issue. Any ideas ? Thanks much, John

Was that very difficult?

Ditto...

We are full timers and use ours a lot these past 5 + years. 3 replacements of the "blues", because of leaks, had me looking for something else. No arguments here, just wanted a better fit for us. Just my opinion and do really like the easy way both the gray and blue wrap and store in our front basket :)

Very true...we use a short non collapsible one for that :) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894GTNZN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Ditto on the Zero G for us. Get the dark gray hose, not the blue ... we went through several blue ones because of leaks and finally tried the dark gray, the end fittings are much easier to screw onto a faucet. I'm not sure they still make the blue hoses but if you find one, do yourself a favor and don't buy it. We are very happy with Zero G. Best of luck, John

Hi JD, I came across this post of yours and really enjoyed reading it. Do you remember the shop you found your t shirt? We leave Sunday for points north and would like to take 1 more trip into Telluride to peruse through the LIG clothing. Ditto on the caulking comments! And we need to talk about the jack lubing next time we see ya'll. I just replaced my front jack and would like to know the right method for lubing next time around. Steve L. has been helping me through a few issues :) Congrats on 70....72 for me next week :) Happy Trails, John

Yes... only an o-ring on ours as well...no Teflon tape.

Try opening a faucet for a few seconds...usually you can hear a change of the pump sound as it primes. Then close the faucet and see if the pressure builds. You may have lost the prime as you traveled.

Yes...that is what Oliver sent me a few months ago. I like them better. Bezel was difficult to twist off the first time but easy after that. 3 screws and slightly different hole pattern...NO MORE RIVETS...YAY! Good luck John

These 90+ degree days are brutally hot beneath the black fabric on the Girard awning. Googling/chatgpt reveals some options for different fabric colors. Has anyone tried a lighter color?? The main concern for me is the invitation to mildew/mold issues. I have no problems now...I think the temps on the black fabric has some effect. Any help is much appreciated. I plan to call Carefree of Colorado tomorrow and see what they have to say. Thanks, John

Hi Tideline77....the first and only time it happened to me I didn't know what to do so I called and talked to Hannah in service. She said run the nose jack all the way down. I did and nothing happened. So she said to run the nose jack all the way up and be prepared for a loud pop. And sure enough the shackle popped back into place. Of course raise the rear jacks when you raise the nose so no binding. Good luck, John

JD, thanks much...hope to visit there soon...safe travels!!!

John, is this pic in Sunshine Campground? Haven't been there but will be looking for cool weather in a week or two :)

Thanks, JD...will do 90#

FWIW...I've had the springs and later, axles, installed by Alcan. I had a wheel stud snap off and Alcan said they would take care of it. I went to them and sure enough they took care of it. They did say the stud is indeed pressed in. I don't know about the splines. I have been torquing at 100# and have not had any issues...don't know why the one snapped. While I was there I asked them to remove all the wet bolts and had them installed so the zerks are all on the inside as to not have to deal with tire clearance for the zerks. The only issue with that is I have to lube from beneath the trailer and that is ok for now... I can still get under there! I had some issues with the zerks accepting lube so I wanted the bolts removed and inspected, all was fine, and put back with the zerks on the inside. My thought was since I rotated back to front every 5000 miles and lubed every 3000 miles, I compromised in that at the 4000 mile point I would remove the tires and lube. Maybe the lube hardened up and couldn't accept lube, I don't know. I did replace all the zerks in case they were filled with whatever, and that didn't work. And I do use caps on the zerks. So the happy ending is Alcan replaced the stud and reoriented the wet bolts the way I wanted and since they reused the bolts...they did all for no charge. No labor charge either. Alcan is top shelf IMO. John

Manti - La Sal National Forest, Devils Canyon CG, Utah...45 degrees this AM (furnace on) woohoo! Spending the night in a hotel in Moab for 41st wedding anniversary and doing the tourist thing. We tackled some awfully wicked hiking trails today in Canyonlands NP and will need some time to recover tonight. John

We really enjoy our time there! No, we are in Devil's Canyon National Forest, Utah. We have to place our spot in the "top 5" for our past 5 years of full-timing. A little hot during the day but you can't beat the night time temps :) Have fun out there and stay cool

JD, Are you at Buffalo National Grasslands just north of the Badlands NP? Next to the cliff?

After having Alcan install their springs and me installing Bulldog shocks and Alcan installing Dexter's beefier axles 4 months later I was ready to ride off into the sunset. Then a wheel lug bolt snapped off, who knows where, and I began having issues with the new wet bolts accepting lube. I talked to Lew and he said he would replace the lug bolt, no charge. No other issues along the way to Grand Junction. When the axles were replaced I discovered I was supposed to have retorqued the wet bolts after the original spring change, not just the axle u bolts. So after the the axle change 4 months later some of the wet bolts were pretty loose. After my first 50 mile retorque I discovered some wet bolts were way loose and when tightening I did not understand the need to keep the bolts stationary while only tightening the nut in order to keep the bolt's grease ports horizontal. So, no way to know where the bolt heads should be positioned to provide the horizontal position. Today, Tucker at Alcan did his magic...replaced the lug bolt and took all wet bolts out, turned them so the zerks were, per my request, on the inside so I don't have to take the tires off to lube. But I do have to crawl under the trailer to lube ...that's plenty fine for a few more years :) And he lubed the bolts so I'm good for another 3000 miles. Now here's the point for my post... I went to pick up my trailer and Tanner informed me that Tucker did all of this work at no charge! All of my equipment, wet bolts and bushings, were reused since they were newly installed and the labor rate was graciously not applied. These people are top shelf and we are very thankful to have them work on our Bessie :) John