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Like the early 2000s gm quadrasteer? I don't think it ever got a lot of public traction, but a neat idea. A forum member who camped with us way back in the day (2009?) had that feature, and it truly was interesting. I read that at least one of the ev trucks was reviving that idea. It's challenging sometimes in little awkward spots, like the one you described, and others we've been assigned in Canada. But if we hold our breath, use spotters, and are patient, omg, how sweet it is!

I don't know if the double pane small window these days is the same as our bath double pane, but I wish I had stuck with our original single pane, which had a complete frame, top and bottom. We had the double pane installed some years back. The moveable pane has no frame but the top, which is mostly silicon adhered. It separated from the top bars last summer. I forced it back into position. No fogging issues. It's just a tiny window.

We gave the only part we knew was absolutely good (eyebrow board,, only a month old) to @ScubaRx. He paid it forward with his help to someone. You can feel good about that.

Someone should let west marine know. I pulled that from their website today. Via YouTube. https://www.westmarine.com/isotherm-cruise-130-elegance-black-4.6-cu.ft.-ac-dc-black-door-3-sided-flange-18609503.html

You'll likely get some additional "venting," I think, as we did, from the little spaces between the trimmed fiberglass edge, and the fridge. After we installed the trimlock edging on ours, on the sides of the fiberglass edge,, I think we gained 10 to 15 square inches of "venting." No longer venting noxious fumes, just a tiny bit of heat.

In these days of shrinking campsite availability, it's really nice to know that our Ollies fit in spaces that others have to reject. We've been given, and found, some really awesome campsites, over the years, in small but beautiful sites.

I wish indel/isotherm offered this as an upgrade, with the order. I know I'd be sad drilling holes into a brand new fridge. Plus the extensive work of deinstall/reinstall. Good for you, ordering before install.

Just your eyebrow board is worth quite a few bucks. Sell the parts.

We've had a few double pane windows fog. We did not replace them. We took our trailer to Suncoast Designs in Hudson, and they pulled the offending windows, resealed, and reinstalled. Much more economical than window replacement. (I checked.) There are companies that do similar work around the country. Mind you, my trailer is 15 years old next month. Fogging occurred on the sunny side windows a couple years ago, at over 100k of travel. I do think the double/thermal pane windows make a difference. I have triple glass at sticks and bricks home, in Florida.

Once you're done with the install, you'll be amazed at how much easier it is to access items in the fridge, between the slightly raised height of the fridge, and the drawer at the bottom of the fridge. Every day we're camping, I'm super happy we made the change.

Even though I love my drawer, I think the shoe storage cubby is an excellent idea. Right inside the door, probably even enough height for boots, on their sides. I'd probably want a boot tray on the floor that I could remove and clean, or one of those fabric cases from IKEA that I could pull out and wash. Bonus of the fabric case would be hiding the clutter, and keeping everything contained in transit, and being able to keep favorites from finding their way to the far back of the recess. Something like these:

Santa gave me a drawer underneath, instead... perfect place for my wok skillet. 🙂 though, I wouldn't have minded a taller fridge, either.

When Oliver replaced our original Norcold with the Dometic, they told me they had to remove the door frame to do the swap. Also, (because we have an Elite 1) they had to remove the shower wall. The tightest pinchpoint for us is the space between the shower wall and the microwave cabinet. When we replaced the Dometic ourselves, Paul took it out in three pieces, and we didn't have to remove the door frame. But, our fridge was dead, and yours still works, so you likely want to keep it in one piece and sell it.... I would verify with service, as we probably have the same door rough opening, but I can't be certain of that. The good news is, the indel 130s fit through the door with the door frame installed, and just barely fit between the microwave cabinet and shower wall, as well. 🙂

If you check the specs, the tf130 and isotherm cruise 130 are pretty much identical dimensions. Interior layouts, including the low drawer, which i love, are the same The tf 130 is made for land/trucks, so no coast guard approval. No rvia approval. Less stainless, probably more galvanized. As we own a very early trailer, we can do as we wish, and did the install ourselves. Oliver can't. They have to meet rvia standards. I've seen both, and the isotherm model has better door insulation.

Google maps has taken us down some crazy places, I'd agree. And some extremely difficult, and nonexistent roads. Definitely not my favorite. Is artificial intelligence an oxymoron?

Some comments on our choice and install, five years ago.

Well, I hope you like it as much as I like ours, five years in. You'll need some venting across the top, as these (as you know) vent to the interior. I think that was an additional $50 or so from truckfridge. We put a shallow IKEA drawer under ours, as the fridge total capacity is larger (sans the big absorption unit), but a shorter height. I think I recall the venting requirement to be 24 square inches. We finished the vertical edges of raw fiberglass with trimlok press to fit trim. The freezer is smaller, but I make it work. I don't mind. At least stuff doesn't get lost.

Those solid vent covers look great! I wonder if they'd fit mine. We removed our original vents, and covered with visquene and insulation, and reinstalled. That really helped with air and dirt intrusion, but the solid covers would be soon much nicer. The isotherm cruise elegance 130 is probably a bit more efficient than our truckfridge to 130, as there's more insulation in the door. Otherwise, interior layout is identical to ours. (All indel b products.) I'd love to have 200 ah lithium, but no changes in store til the agms die. Even then, not sure if we'll bother. I manage ok with 400 watts solar, some portable when camped awhile, and a small genset for a string of cold, rainy days. With the caveat that we don't have an inverter anymore, nor microwave. Our fridge draws 60 to 70 ah per day, depending on ambient temperature. We installed the truckfridge 5 years ago, and it's worked great.

That can be a very real issue in areas with only one cable/internet provider. I hope that the new entries into the market (like wifi internet and starlink) provide enough competition to drive down some of that cost. When my mom still lived in a small town in Missouri, her cost for just basic cable and one extra channel (so she could watch her PBS shows) was ridiculous, but her old rooftop antenna was damaged. I tried 7 different indoor/outdoor antennae before I found one that gave her all the channels she wanted. The successful antenna was about the price of one month of cable. She was extremely happy to turn in the cable box. (She doesn't use the internet. )

We've been watching the wireless home internet for some time. In December, one of the biggest, Ver****n offered $25 a month, plus taxes, for ten years, and showed service in our area, with a 14 day free "look." We bit. So far, so good. Upload and download have been as good or better than our previous wired connection, and may prove to be more reliable in storms. We'll see. Good enough that I canceled the much more expensive wired connection, and ordered one for our daughter and my sister. We did re- install a repeater in the garage for all the devices down there (phyn plumbing alert, garage door wifi control, house battery, etc.) Good news, only one repeater needed now, when we had several in the house before. We run everything off the device that I call the cube, including TV streaming, and all the computers and devices. Bonus of 5g, when I have a phone that can use it . We'll see how it works in the long run. We have no tv cable connection anymore. Local channels on antenna, everything else is streamed. (Cut that cord several years ago.)

Yes, second look, our vents are likely similar, though the hooded indent is shorter on yours. Immaterial for us, now, with the replacement 12v secop/danfoss compressor fridge. Just a smaller space to close up. I'm really sorry for your troubles. We could access quite a bit from the original cavity with the 3way, but sometimes it required my skinnier arms.

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We've used maps.me in several countries , on several continents . Gps based, no phone signal required. In Chile last year, downloaded maps from maps.me worked way better than Google maps . It's free, as well. Still had a paper backup. But that was much less useful than the app.

Do you seriously have a true landline? We've had voip for decades, which is what the cable vendors bundle here. I don't even know if a true wired landlines is still available here. We call the "landline" the solicitor line. We give out that # when someone requires a phone #. Everyone else calls our cells. Kind of miss those landline days, but I don't miss "dialup " speed. And yes, we carry atlases and paper maps, as well as two phones and a GPS.

I'm really glad everyone was ok. Pretty surprising that both trailer and TV flipped, going only 55 mph.