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Very clean mod! Looks effective for its desired function! Great pix - thanks for posting.

We've used a "target" for years with our SOB and now our OTT. We only had approximately 9" of clearance on either side with the SOB, now much more with the Ollie. Whew! Parallel lines work for us - but the absolute game changer with when we added a front hitch to the TV... The camper had to been consistently placed correctly in its "spot" or like, @Townesw mentioned, we can't move stuff around it with the bay door closed. With the front hitch, you just steer the camper into place - no more "raised-voice" commands from Magnus and the lovely spouse. HA!

TWO straps fore/aft works well in our config. The 4/0 cabling holds the BBs as a "unit" the 2x 1.5" straps with cam-locks secures the entire bank to the battery tray. I'll get a couple pix to illustrate...

Understood. Frank's practice surely accounts for a lot of the guest activity. Personal preference, no biggie. What's interesting to me is this: So, there's (maybe) 1,450 Oliver hulls manufactured to date, assuming that most of those (but not 100%) of those owners are members - who are the other 6,667 forum members? And what are they looking for online? Potential buyers? General RV/Camper enthusiasts? Spouses of owners? One-time sign ups/Zero returns? All the above? At first glance, I guess it shows the folks at Hohenwald that there's a market base out there for the product. Thoughts?

As noted earlier, we are pleased with the mileage and longevity we've been getting with the Michelin Defender LTX M/S2's since 2017. Ran 3 sets on our RAM 3500 and averaged over 55k miles/set - most of which was towing a 25-foot AS. Still running them on our TUNDRA - no regrets. The Defenders match our "style" of driving for a TV - they may not meet others' style; but we'll stick with the Defenders 100%. Just my $0.02...again. HA!

Borrow a drain snake and try clearing the plug mechanically instead of chemically.

Not so inexpensive - but a couple quick and easy modifications installed this morning: 1. We became tired of hassling with the curly safety wires during hitching operations. Found some sturdier chains and hooks on Amazon, a 3/8" steel spacer, a grade 8 - 5" x 3/8" bolt and nylock, and with @topgun2's suggestion some 1" wire comb and a couple zip-ties - voila, new safety chains for about $65.00: 2. The key pad numbers on our keyless "RVLock" started peeling off a few months back. The standard configuration is a thin numbered membrane over the keypad area. For an extra $5 for a total of about $22 including shipping we received an upgraded pad. It should really be the standard pad unless someone wants to regularly replace the thin membrane all the time. The thin membrane before I started peeling it off completely with needle nose pliers: A judicious application of GOOF OFF to remove the residue of both the weather gasket and the thin membrane: The new fully rubberized number keypad neatly replaced the original white gasket: Carefully removing all the residue from the original weather gasket with GOOF OFF, replaced same with provided new weather seal: New rubberized keypad should last awhile longer than the original... Thoroughly cleaned off door surface area and mounted repaired keyless locking mechanism: One and done - good to go: Cheers!

The Belle Fourche CG we stayed at was in WY not NM, HA, just say'n! Great that you were able to link up with them - small world stories like this are fantastic!!!

Good call, Steve! So true! We'll likely chat with the HH folks once we're settled in and find out exactly what they'll allow. We have been allowed to grill at some but then not at others. No biggie - but part of the HH protocol. It may be that we'll be enjoying heavy hors d'oeuvres and a couple cold ones and call it "dinner." We're using this HH stop next Wednesday to break up the drive to Crested Butte, CO - probably won't un-hitch or even put the jacks down! HA! Will follow-up next week with pix of the trip and what we got away with doing at the HH stop. Thanks for the heads-up! Cheers, Art

Very cool, Mike! Nice pic! Seems like the older we are, the smaller the world gets.... Go figure! Cheers, A & D

We went with he 400Amp busbar for the positive terminal connections needed at the BB battery bank. The 250Amp one would likely work but we're dealing with a potential max of 300Amp in the bank so that's why we used the 400Amp option with 4/0 cable all around. The original configuration used 1/0 cables. For an unknown reason, the PO did not tie down the bank. On our model, the strap hard points are stamped into the fore/aft rails of the battery tray. We used 1.5" wide 5-foot cam buckle tie downs which worked perfectly between the BBs. Similar to what you did, we wedged polyboard cut-to-fit in the gap on between the BBs and the tray rails. Any moderate bumps could likely bounce the BBs around w/o the tie downs - the tie-down arrangement provides an element of "piece of mind." Let me know if you need a pic of the tie-downs... We're happy with the mod and a full credit "shout-out" goes to @Geronimo John for his assist in making this mod come to fruition! Good luck with your battery switch install! Be sure to post pix of the project....

Very clean rig set-up, OM. Envy creeping in... 73 de W)ABX

Remember them well.

We've been HH'ing for years and like many have mentioned, they're great - all different. We're using one next ween near Pagosa, CO en route to Crested Butte. The theme of this HH is a USDA-certified organic non-GMO beef ranch. We'll be firing up the grill on this one, for sure. Yumm. Pix to follow....

Enjoy the Races! Perfect place to take your Ollie - went there the first time in '79, fantastic!

Correct, Steve. It's just south of Ajo, AZ. In fact you drive thru several miles of Organ Pipe NP en route to the border crossing.

Mind-blowing possibilities!

@Townesw's video shows a movement between the hull and right rear frame member, as Steve mentions. I've got some time today - I'll set up a test for Casablanca, Hull 226. We'll see what happens. My original thought was that any movement detected inside was a function of a lack of jack stability. Interesting, for sure.

@Patriot - OBTW: We'll be in Crested Butte with Casablanca 20-24SEP... Another fine area in the high country to watch the fall colors, they call them "Quackers" up there not Aspens, HA!

WOW! That's a big elephant - one bite at a time... Concur with John, I'd add Pagosa and Silverton to his list. Try not to miss the San Luis Valley and the Arkansas River from Ponchas Springs all the way up to Leadville (highest aerodrome in US). There's a nice transition over Independence Pass from Leadville area down to Aspen, your Tremor will eat up that breath-taking route with 14k'ers in all directions, Mt Massive, La Plata Peak, Castle Peak, and others. Enjoy CO, we've got a remote off-grid cabin there near Antonito - love it!

Where about's in CO are y'all headed? Since you're on "our side" of the Mississippi now, you'll find that there's plenty of Buc-ee's as you traverse through TX! FYI: If your travels take you to southern CO, we're only a couple hours south of the border on I-25. Got an easy drive-through, flat site w/30amp H/U - all yours for a just a cold one! HA!

100%. ...and for general safety of occupants and passersby. 😅

Same here, Moss... These work well, IMO.

I'll take a stab at Mike's question: This section of I-10 in western NM is a "mandatory lights ON" stretch of the interstate during all conditions, especially with known dusty conditions in this area. So, in low-viz dusty conditions those vehicles with lights ON are the ones presumably driving in one of the lanes and not pulled over. If one would pull over leaving lights ON, an approaching driver (remember "low-viz") may assume the pulled-over vehicle is moving forward in one of the lanes. With rate of closure difficult to assess in these conditions - it could lead to a rear-ender. NM does not allow vehicles to activate flashers when the vehicle is motion, no good really comes out of driving with flashers on - we see this happen here all the time. But this is not the case in other states where emergency flashers are allowed for moving vehicles. It may be a stretch, but can't really figure any other logical reason for the state requirement to turn "OFF" all lights when pulled over in these low-viz driving conditions.

@Townesw: Outstanding visuals of a few of the key plumbing fixtures for the head - I'm breaking out my label-maker right now... Thanks for the effort for posting that info - very helpful!