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Well, a great number of us have no curtain. Probably more important with a composting toilet.

I've seen rhe Andersen levelers in action, and honestly, if I were new to towing and leveling, they'd be in the kit. I do think they're pretty awesome

The old school rule is 80 per cent of tow capacity. That would put you around 6100 pounds. Keep your trailer weight down, and especially, watch the tongue weight and balance. And, tow vehicle weight capacity. There are many more factors. Your towing experience, is one,,and probably foremost.

For chocks, I'm a huge fan of the relatively cheap but very effective (and heavy) Harbor Freight rubber chocks, for all our trailers. No experience with x chocks, as we have a single axle 2008 E1. Jack blocks for us have always been lumber cutoffs, salvaged from projects. They're heavier to carry around than plastic, but stackable, biodegradable, and burnable, if necessary, at end of life.

Yes, I would.

Quite true. Wood/lumber goes up and down. Steel, aluminum, gypsum and cement are all so much higher than several years ago, when we built a barn in NC. One of my brothers sells pole barns. It's a battle keeping "current " with pricing. Prices locally are all over the place. One lumber yard a couple days ago quoted me $18.50 a stick for 2 x 6 x 12 southern yellow pine. I wound up paying $12 a stick, for nice, prime grade, syp, at a different yard. (We picked up.) With the Canadian fires, I think all builders are questioning what the prices will do in a few months. It's a roll of the dice.

Also, after the rv center installed the new truma, did they supply you with results of a new pressure test?

Is your propane system shut off at the tanks? How many days? Propane is heavier than air, so it can "hang around," but several days, with a fan going, should probably clear everything. And, you'd likely smell that odor that you smelled, before repairs. When you get the sniffer, check the interstitial space between the hulls, as well. Just to be sure. The clamshell fittings should exhaust lp, but just check. You definitely had a leak somewhere, from your early posts.

You can check the composting toilet. I don't have one in the trailer, but I have one in the barn. Make sure it's venting properly.

Just for grins, try cleaning your lp sensors. Vacuum the face. Wipe it off with a microfiber cloth, after. If your propane tanks are shut off, you should not be getting alarms. Do you travel with a pet? Does it sleep near the alarm? Their "farts" can set off the alarm, as well.

If you have verizon phone service, you can get free Hulu (with ads) on their Disney pack. I have it. Haven't used it.

And, that was a wise thing to do.

If your propane tanks were truly turned off, and no use for several days, I would assume an addtional issue with a faulty lp alarm system. If I were camping in ND , through October, I'd definitely want my propane, and heat. Propane alarms are supposed to be good for five years, max, but many don't make it that long. I'd replace it. Did you smell any propane, this time?

Microfiber cloths and pads. By hand. Wax on/wax off. Really good for upper arm exercise. Lol.

@dewdev, and others, we use the west marine pink soap because it's economical (in proper concentration), it doesn't strip wax (in proper concentration), it's biodegradable and safe to use for boats in the water, and it has worked for us for a very long time. Any quality boat soap, labeled to not strip the wax you worked so darned hard to apply, is fine, imo. Don't be a bad bartender/boat tender and "overpour." The best soaps become harsh in high concentration. And, don't use anything labeled "degreaser" like dawn, awesome, etc., unless you plan to rinse, rinse, rinse, and rinse again... maybe even neutralize with a mild base solution, and then spend hours applying layers of wax to replace what you've lost. Washing frequently, with a clean soft bristle brush, like @dewdev stated, is the key. You can't expect perfect results if you wash once a year, with any product. (Use an extra bucket with just water to rinse the brush, as you go. You'll be amazed at the grime released. That grime would otherwise scrub your wax and gelcoat.) Any good wax, with uv protection built in is good. Liquid waxes tend to leave a thinner layer of protection, requiring more frequent application, or multiple layers to build up. Paste waxes are more work. Higher carnuba content sinks more "into the tiny pores" of gelcoat, for a better seal, imo. The hybrid waxes with high carnuba,,and polywhatevers, are a win win. The marvels of modern chemistry. Routine cleaning, and waxing, is really the key. Imo.

Imo, any good -50 pink rv antifreeze is fine. Concentrate may be convenient to carry, but, whoah, that price? Autozone, camping world, even walmart should have it soon. September is winterizing time, in many parts of the country. Autozone often has it year round, near us.

Little while longer

So very beautiful, @routlaw! Worth the time, and extra preparation, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing with us.

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Gelcoat is fiberglass , without the mat and roving. It doesn't look like it, but it's still porous. And, brittle, without the glassmat reinforcement. As we're aging, I'm also becoming more ladder adverse. I know a bunch of people have opted for the longevity of ceramic coating. I'm still on the fence. And, still on a ladder, from time to time. Our Oliver is 16 seasons young, so.... yeah, we're not as young as we used to be, either.

@Wandering Sagebrush, if I were going to change to a liquid wax, I'd study practical sailor tests, which would probably lead me to a Starbrite, or Collinite, product. I think the woody wax likely requires multiple coats. Since we store outside, I really need the uv protection built into the wax. If you like it, all good. I'm not at all familiar with that particular product. Woody wax for nonskid deck applications is highly rated, on all the sailing forums, where you don't want to slide barefoot on the deck! In 2009 (I know, a long time ago), practical sailor tested both liquid and paste waxes in the florida sun, near me, in Sarasota. I tend to follow their recommendations from testing, as they don't take promotions from advertising. Kind of like the consumer reports, of the fiberglass world.

And, then, there was this. Hail storm in a town in Germany, that left a foot (!) of hail on the ground. In August! https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2023/aug/07/weather-tracker-german-city-reutlingen-hail-freak-summer-storm

Do you think perhaps you accidentally set an alarm, causing the music to play "on its own?" My husband does this occasionally on his phone. Or, forgets to turn off the daily alarm setting, and I'm up at 3 or 4 am, searching for his phone...

@Steph and Dud B, the Barilla precooked pasta is a winner. Without a microwave, (like me) you can heat sauce, and heat the pasta in it. I also like the Ronzini 3 minute pastas, which usually take more like 5 minutes to cook, but less than half the time of my home favorites, bronze cut semolina pastas. (I'll take some of those, cooled at home, in flat baggies with a little evoo, but they only keep a week or so in the fridge.) The Hormel Compleats are a good choice for some, but too much sodium for our diet. I do like their Hormel no salt added canned chicken (as well as the Costco canned chicken) for adding protein to a quick meal.

"No refrigeration " and "quick and easy" is sometimes for the win! I remember one really cold, rainy, and windy night in Canada, when we tried repeatedly to start a fire with wet pine. It was a no go situation. Although late summer, it was really cold. We had dried soup mix, on the stovetop. Satisfying and good. And hot. I always have some in the Ollie, and I carry it in my luggage when we fly and camp... Iceland, Scandinavia, Australia, etc.. There's always water, somewhere. Stores may not be open. Especially landing on Sunday. Made freeze dried chili in Norway, in a dry cabin, one night, after landing in Bergen, and driving an hour and a half toward my cousins. No real stores open, en route. Good to have, as backup. Not our usual meals, but they are great in certain circumstances. Tonight's camping dinner, everything fresh. Vegetables from my neighbors ' organic garden.