Roger

John, I am glad it is working for you! One thing I have also learned about the unit is you MUST lift up the baffle at the top or it just doesn't work very well. Don't ask how I learned this (more than once 😁). I am thinking about removing the baffle so that I don't forget to open it in the future.

John, Samsung has SmartTag which is an Android version of an Air Tag.. I'm not sure if they only work with a Samsung phone. I have 4, one of which I have hidden in my Oliver.

John, I have been keeping it on the counter next to the sink. Roger

John, Mine worked fine out of the box in my Oliver with no issues and has never tripped the breaker. I would suggest you return it and have Amazon send you a replacement - it sounds like there is something wrong with the unit itself. Roger

John, Letting it stand for 24 hours allows the compressor oil and refrigerant to settle back where they belong so that you don't damage the dehumidifier. Roger

Lithionics told me at the last rally that I should cycle the batteries. Discharge the batteries to their reserve voltage (i.e. until they quit working) and then recharge them. He suggested I run the a/c on battery until it quit as a quick way to run them down. This seems to have worked for me as my batteries now show similar life remaining. The rep said that the batteries don't really know their discharge state and use an algorithm based on recharge time, usage, etc. and sometimes get out of sync. There is another discussion about this here.

@jd1923 This is a compressor dehumidifier. If you go through the pictures on Amazon, one of them shows this.

@rideandfly I used the KNKA on a trip earlier this week in the Okefenokee Swamp where the temps were in the 50s and 60s and the humidity was in the 80% to 90% range and it did an excellent job keeping the humidity down.

I recently bought the KNKA 1600 sq. foot dehumidifier from on Amazon and used it for the first time last week on a trip (I have been running it in my camper when it's parked at home). It is a compressor dehumidifier and did an excellent job. We were in the Okefenokee Swamp and the temps were in the 50s and 60s with 80% to 90% humidity at times. The unit did an excellent job pulling the moisture out of the air. I ran it the whole time we were in the swamp and it maintained the indoor humidity in the 40s to 50s with no problem. It is small enough to pack on the floor of the closet. It measures about 7 1/2" deep, by 10" wide and 14" tall. I did cover the light in front and will probably cover the light on top on our next trip as it lights up the whole camper at night. It is very quiet.

Happy Thanksgiving

@rideandfly Amazon says this is frequently returned so we will see what kind of shape its in when it comes. I always assume stuff like this has to sit upright a day or so to let before running. Thanks for the headsup.

Amazon has it for $105 again. I'm going to hive it a try.

I second everything Tony says. I had an F150 with a 10,000 lb. towing capacity. I never had any issues with it. Early this year, I upgraded to an F350 and I must say pulling my Oliver is a much better experience with the F350, especially when going downhill.

@Ronbrink how did you reinforce the handle on the closet to take a person's weight?

@Ronbrink where did you get the bins you have in your fridge?

@Steve MorrisI have adopted this mod and really like it. When you store the filter do you do anything special so that it is ready to use for the next trip?

When I bought my F350 I got the trailer TPMS monitoring system. So far, I have been very happy with it. Unfortunately, the Ford TPMS cannot monitor the spares. The nice thing about the Ford TPMS is there is no sensor to have to fool with when I manually check tire pressures and I don't have another device cluttering my cab. My practice with spare tires is to keep them inflated to the maximum allowed for the tire and then lower the pressure to the correct pressure when I use the spare. I also carry an inflator so in the worst case I can add air to the spare. I think I will add checking the spare tire pressure to my travel checklist, although it is a hassle to check the pressure on the Oliver spare. When I got my new truck, I lowered the spare and flipped it around (Ford has the spare with the valve up from the factory) so that I could check the pressure with it mounted under the bed.

Is that The Trailer or the trailer. I have owned 4 Volvos over the years but my wife knows when I refer to The Volvo it is my 1975 244GL Volvo that I sold years ago.

We decided to call ours Kimba, as in "Kimba the White Lion" from the Japanese manga series. No reason other than the trailer was white and that is what we kept thinking of every time we talked about our Oliver.

I know I have said this before, but I think everyone should get out their jack and practice changing a tire on their trailer as well as the tow vehicle. You can check everything works as well as to learn where the jack points are etc. I once had a utility trailer that got a flat and when I went to change the tire learned the truck jack was not tall enough to jack up the trailer. When my children got their driver's licenses I sat in a chair in the driveway and watched them change a tire on the car. Very entertaining. I have jacked up my Oliver several times, both at home and alongside the road but I have never used the stabilizer jacks when doing so. It is time to hit all the zerks with some grease and I will try out the stabilizer jacks when I do the job.

The few times when I have watched something while camping it has been on my tablet either streaming or downloaded before the trip. This doesn't limit me to sitting inside and I can watch/listen in front of the fire outside. Generally, I like to be able to listen to the night sounds in the background and enjoy the fire. Using ear buds keeps me from bothering anyone else if I'm not alone.

I find that I don't use the television and have been thinking about removing it altogether. I am wondering how many people have removed the television and travel without it.

If I remember correctly, the one we heard about on our tour had been side swiped in Texas. We were told that the owners then towed it to Hohenwald for repairs.

Back when I used the Andersen WTH, I placed my cables below the whale tail. That was where Oliver put them when they setup my truck on pickup and it seemed the natural place to put them there.

When I did my factory tour before buying my Oliver, they had an Elite II that had flipped and was being repaired. They told me the owners had towed it to Oliver for the repairs.