Mike and Carol

John, you’ve described my box accurately. Thin aluminum, lightweight, not secure. It has a lock but I have never locked it. If some wants my homemade blocks, cheap Camco blocks and Costco leather gloves they can have them. It’s perfect for what I want it to do. I wouldn’t carry anything heavy in it, or anything of value. Mike

This is what I did. The box was about $100 on amazon. I carry chocks blocks gloves etc in it. It’s working well for what I use it for.

Ken, that’s great news. We’ll be in Nashville Thursday. We’ve been at Table Rock State Park outside of Branson this week, nice park and lots to do in Branson. Mike

Great pictures! See you in Alabama... Mike

We had that much snow 3 or 4 years ago in south Texas! Nice looking Escape, safe travels, see you in Alabama. Mike

On our way to the rally. Spending a few days here at Daingerfield State Park near Texarkana, TX. [attachment file=0276C1B6-9B51-4D48-A6AB-2559A90A13BB.jpeg]

Not in favor of slide outs, especially in a fiberglass trailer. Airstream tried slide outs for a few years and quit due to reliability and repair issues. An 8’ wide and longer Oliver would be plenty big enough for a family. Look at the 25’ Bigfoot. Mike

A western rally in the spring would be difficult for Oliver to support since the main rally is in May. A fall rally (sep/oct) in the Southwest (NM, AZ, southern CA) would be a better option. Mike

Bob and Cheryl (and Argus the WD), welcome! We can definitely get our Oliver in some places other campers couldn’t even attempt. Good luck on the tow vehicle search, you can get lots of opinions here! Mike

We’re halfway between east and west and would probably attend both. Mike

Try raising the front of your trailer. The fresh and gray tanks are very flat. Hope this helps. Mike

Hi Marie, welcome. If you have questions about Olivers or fiberglass trailers this is a good place to be. Mike

Little Timmy is a great name! You will have many memories made in that trailer. We like camping in California, just returned from a month there! Mike

Mike, no I don’t turn it off when refueling. I read everything I could find about traveling with propane on and the majority opinion was that it was ok. I do stay aware of any strange situations or fuel spills. Mike

It looks great. Looking forward to seeing you out on the road! Mike

I use a grease gun I got on Amazon, nothing fancy or expensive but it did come with a flexible hose. A couple of the fittings are a little tricky to reach and it is a bit of a mess! Mike

I’ll be interested to see what everyone does. We turned on our refrigerator 3 years ago when we picked up our Oliver and haven’t turned it off since. It’s on 110v in storage and when we have hookups and on propane when boondocking and traveling. We’ve had it on 12v a couple of times when going through tunnels where we had to turn propane off. Mike

I bet there will be spots left. Call after your surgery (hope it goes well) - it would be good to meet you! Mike

The bathroom switch should turn on the pump independent of the main switch. Something isn’t wired correctly. Mike

Glad to hear you are off on the right foot! See you at the rally.... Mike

There is a thread titled “tv relocation” that discusses relocating the TV from the corner to the middle. I took some good advice and moved my TV. I documented it with some pictures and narrative. It’s on page two of the thread below: http://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/tv-relocation/ Mike

We got the antenna and the cell booster. We don’t watch TV much, but have used the antenna occasionally for local news/weather. The cell booster has come in handy when we’re “out there” somewhere with a weak signal. You have to be close to the inside antenna for the full effect. If there is really something we want to watch on TV (usually sports) and have LTE we stream from an iPhone. I also installed a Sirius/XM receiver that is tied into our Furrion so we get all our news, sports and music channels audio wherever we are. Mike

Hey Randy, welcome to the group. I would echo some of the advice given. Do you know what kind of camping you will be doing? If you’re big dry campers then solar, batteries, inverter and composting toilet are important. If you are a traveler and will have hookups, then the regular toilet is okay and you may not need solar and the extra battery capacity. It depends on what you see as what you will be doing. If you have general questions on options, ask away! There are some very knowledgeable and experienced owners here that can give thoughts and opinions on almost anything. Mike

We pay around $70. It will be a little more this year because I got a “Texas State Parks” license plate and there is a fee for that, most of which goes to the Parks system which we use a lot. Mike

I used most all of a bottle of Rejex a couple of years ago. I found it hard to apply and even harder to wipe off. The protection seemed okay and I was getting beading after washing or rain. When it came time to wax again I went with Maguires Boat and RV wax. Easy on/off. So far I can’t tell much difference in protection. For ease of application I’m going to stay with the Maguires. Mike