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@Hokieman, you two are wonderful dog trainers. My dog is often intimidated by big dogs, but she took to Koda right away. What a sweet and well behaved dog he was. I'll look forward to meeting the new family member one of these days... Our little dog travels with us pretty much everywhere she's allowed, even flies with us. She stays with our daughter when we go to most foreign countries, but she's spent a lot of time in Canada. Many people buy campers so their dogs (and cats) can travel with them. Well-trained pets with responsible owners are welcome in at least some part of most campgrounds. If Liv isn't welcome, well, we don't feel welcome, either.

15 a on 115. Works way better than a dead switch , having to bring the jack up or down, manually, cranking. Might not be the best, but on our 2008, has worked for quite awhile. Two years, or so? Easy replacement. Spare in the seat bin. The newer switches with rubber boot might be a better replacement. But original, like the above, lasted 13 seasons, for us. (Note, our jack switches on older ollies are mounted beneath an eyebrow, above the jacks, so we have some protection.)

That is the switch that works seamlessly in our 2008. I don't know about the newer trailers.

Yes, that's our friend, Pete/ aka Bugeyedriver. Scroll to the end:

That's a clever idea, @John E Davies. Since I already own a 14" 12v Endless Breeze FanTastic box fan, if I needed to, I could build something similar for the Ollie for under $100 with 14 x 14 filters, and run it on 12v, on the little dinette table. I'm going to send this on to my BIL in New York. I suspect air Purifiers are as difficult to find there as are plywood and gensets during a hurricane warning here in Florida. I found even simpler box fan purifiers. One filter. It still works, according to testing they showed . https://pscleanair.gov/525/DIY-Air-Filter https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/how-to-make-diy-air-purifier/

I'd actually really like those to make a comeback. Great in rainy weather... I know they're not so aerodynamic, but I love the smell of rain, just don't enjoy getting wet with the window partway down.

We use our Costco visa, 4% back on gas purchases pretty much anywhere but other warehouse clubs, and grocery store coded purchases, up to 7000 annually , and mostly a Penfed card, 5 % back, on gas purchases. The Penfed deal we've had for a very long time. Don't know if the card is still offered. We're not stuck looking for a particular brand, as we were in the days of our Exxon and BP cards. We do tend to look for costco gas stations along the way, as the price is always good, for gas. (Most don't have diesel) I think we paid $2.95 for regular gas in Columbia SC a few days ago, twenty cents less than most stations. Every little bit helps.

Awesome. I know you always do your homework. I want to make sure others do, too.

That's really low, from what I've read. I know you have done mods to keep weights down. I'd make sure the tongue weight is at least 10 per cent. Likely good, with your mods. Safe travels.

Reasonable complaint. I sent it to the factory. Were it me, I'd like to have two switches.

Suction cups change capacity at altitude, and high temps, in our experience No problem 0 to 3500 elevation. We have a number of fixtures with the "red ring. " works well . You can always try command strips.

I have several suction cup baskets on our bath wall that are 15 years old. How are yours mounted?

You have many more state campsites, I think, in Texas, than Florida. Where I live, pretty much straight south on i75 and i95, coastal, is Canadian and northern visitor heaven. Don't get me wrong. We love our seasonal visitors. But, it does stink that we also can't get weekend reservations with kids to introduce them to camping. The times we've camped in popular state parks have been few. Booked ahead, or midweek. For us, not a tragedy, as winter is also sailing season. We don't care so much. But for our daughter, trying to get the little guy out camping on a free weekend is difficult to impossible, without traveling to the hinterlands. There are always places. Just not an hour's drive away. That's important for young families, with limited time.

Wow! Great installation. Hats (or baseball caps😄) off to you! Looking forward to a photo of the drinking glass holder install, as well. Have fun on your trip, and, please, watch the fire/smoke maps, en route.

If you never use your Oliver, honestly, put it up at a fair price, and let someone else enjoy a beautiful trailer. Few people actually "need" lithium, but many, many folks benefit from them. We still use agm. But, honestly, I'd rather install my own, than wonder about the prior care and maintenance, and installation, if I were buying a used trailer. Unless you need to replace your current batteries, I'd kick the can down the road. Buy a nice, quiet inverter generator that will run your a/c, and call it done. Especially if you're waffling on keeping the Ollie. You can always keep the genset for other uses. My opinion. Others will vary.

I see that, now. Is it really almost 4000 watts to run it? Or is there some iso formula I don't know? They claim an eer of 8.2, so that would be more like 1650 watts running at 95 degrees? Which would be awesome.

I split this topic off to allow it to get the attention it deserves.

Welcome, and congrats. Looks great with your truck, too!

That's a very good point. Has anyone seen the USA specs yet? Seems there are differences with the European and Australian units ( no heat in USA unit.)

Our personal experience: Several of us installed maceration pumps in our Elites, back in the day. Paul rebuilt the first one when it failed (🫣) , installed a new one a year later, and we removed it a year later. Out of the two pumps, I think we got three, maybe three and a half years. Then, we gave it up and went back to a good quality black hose. Probably will work better for you, since you're not bouncing it down the road in the small space of the bumper compartment. Flush it out well with fresh water, when finished, obviously. Btw, not had a problem dumping in our septic, over the years. And, many/most rv dumps are either septic or pump-outs vaults. The maceration pump is very helpful, though, if the tank is a great distance from parking pad. That was the original reason for our pump. When we built the new house, we put a dump port by the parking pad.

I "think" when I checked with our Costco, they would mount if I brought in the tires and rims, but they can't accomodate the trailer. That was five years ago, or so, and I haven't checked back since. I've had that "bring in the rims and we'll mount your new tires thing" done at Sam's and Walmart, for the boat trailer and other small trailers . We take the Oliver to a local independent tire shop. He sells good tires, does a nice job at a fair price. Quality ST tires have come a long way. We have run on ST tires for 150k miles, and 16 seasons. No reason for us to change upnow, imo.

That reads very much like a truly fabulous soup from one of my favorite St. Pete restaurants, Bellabrava. The fennel and seasonings in the sausage flavors everything. They boil the starchy potatoes (russets) in the broth. No dairy, no thickener, just the starch from the potatoes. Thanks for sharing. I'll skip the half and half. (I asked for the recipe, that was declined, but several questions answered.)

That's a good price, too, @Katjo. Same stuff at walmart or auto store is much more expensive, but still cheaper than gouged hands... We used similar back in the day on our propane cowl. Paid more at autozone.

Quite true. All the rvs we've delivered to Alaska had indoor switches, gas and electric, by the door . We have an indoor switch in our 2008, for the 12v dc igniter, only, inconveniently located under the bed. I tape over it, so we don't accidentally hit the switch with one of the storage bins we keep under the bed. The resoning may be that folks will hit the switch on a dry water heater, and burn it out . I don't know. If we camped regularly with hookups , I'd want that switch We don't, so never thought about it til now. Thanks.

A 2" knockout test plug might also work. Idk We have standard toilet. Don't know what the depth I'd beneath the nature's head. If in doubt, there's always duct tape, which we all have