Mike and Carol

It’s your trailer and nothing is off limits! Unscrew those port holes and check out what’s behind them. Lift the basement covers under the mattresses and check out what is there. If you are out in the middle of nowhere it’s good to know everything you can about your trusty Oliver. Mike

Bryan, as I recall I just used traditional tools. With the tray empty and pulled out it was not difficult to access. Mike

Congratulations and welcome! Feel free to ask any questions you may have, lots of knowledge hanging around here! Mike

William, it was good talking to you as the diesel was flowing! After encountering MAX Burner I was not expecting another!! Thanks for stopping and hopefully we can talk about your Alaska trip. Mike

I was pumping diesel into my truck at a random gas station in the New Mexico desert north of Albequerque when I hear “Hey Mike”. I turned and saw this biker dude with his biker babe on the other side of my truck. Obviously, my deer-in-the-headlights look sparked the biker dude to say, “It’s Art Flynn!” With the helmet, shades and new-since-the-rally beard it took me a second to focus! He had seen me pull in while going in the opposite direction and turned around to say hi. We had a nice chat. Thanks Art and Diane for the making short detour to say hi and welcome us into your home state! Mike

In my 2016 the check valve is is in the basement against the back of the trailer.

Mine are fine. We’ve put about 5,000 miles on the ALCANS and all is well! Mike

You’ll need to salute each time you exit! 🤣

We’ve heard both are great places to camp. You need to make reservations early, we were never able to get in even checking availability weeks in advance. Goblin State Park is another popular park, we tried there, too and it was full.

Seems like it would be easiest to just turn the PD charger off. Mine is off most of the time, solar charging has been enough in most cases.

Looks nice! I did something similar back in 2018, not as refined as what you did but it did the trick. Haven’t used it in a while, though. Twin Bed Conversion Mike

We have stayed at Dead Horse SP a number of times and agree that it provides good access to all the local sites to see. Sedona is an easy drive. We camped on Zion for a week. If you are there over a weekend I recommend you stay on the park. Traffic getting into the park on the weekend was ridiculous, backed up for miles. We were there in Janyary and in the off season you can drive anywhere on the park that is open. During the high season you have to take a bus to most sites. Not sure what off season dates are. There’s a nice USFS campground near Bryce, Red Canyon campground. No reservations. We arrived around noon and had a choice of campsites, all pretty nice. No hookups but a very well maintained campground with great views. There’s a nice BLM campground in between Canyonlands and Arches, Horsethief CG. It’s closer to Canyonlands but easy access to Moab and Arches too. Good luck! Mike

Good luck! Hope to hear from you on your return….

When we pulled the wires from the axle there were wear spots in the middle of the wires too in several places. Mine are now zip tied to the outside of the axle. I had service check when they replaced my brakes in May and they left the wires on the outside. Mike

We spent last week at Ridgway State Park, just 20 minutes north of Ouray. We drove up from our son’s house in Durango but didn’t take 550 this time. We took the western route which is about 40 minutes longer but provides with some different scenery. It takes you by Telluride. It was a nice drive. This is just a few miles outside of Telluride on the way to Ridgway. Another stop on the way up to Ridgway. Our site at Ridgway State Park We did a walk around the town of Ridgway. This is the town park in the middle of town. Downtown Ouray. Downtown Ouray. Hiking around the Ridgway Reservoir. Nice hike, good views. More hiking.

Looks great! Fun to watch owners making their trailer unique! Mike

We did too.

Our coupler was black when new. I touch it up annually with Black Rustoleum. Mike

I think most of us got the recall notice. Just need to look at the top of your hitch and make sure it says 7000 lbs, not 5000. Here’s what mine looks like, the red thing is a lock.

We’ve spent time here, our son went to New Mexico Military Institute here for a year before going to West Point. Ruidoso is also a favorite camping spot!

That’s the goal! Looking forward to the nighttime temps…. Mike

We’re on our way to Colorado to escape the south Texas heat. Overnighting in Roswell, NM which does not get us out of the heat! It was 106 when we pulled in to our campground. No sitting outside, we’re enjoying 70s inside with our loud Dometic AC. We’re at the Red Barn RV Park, very small but clean and convenient. We’ve stayed here at least a dozen times on our way to/from Colorado. Yes, that’s a Red Barn. It’s the office, rec room, rest rooms. She keeps a cooler there with bagged ice, food, ice cream and drinks. Farm field behind us, there’s only about 12 sites total and several are long term folks.

We’ve done both and south is definitely better. You have good campgrounds, visitor center, hiking and more access to the canyon. We camped in B Loop when the weather was cold at night and we were happy to have electricity for our little electric heater. I was just pointing out that the north side is an option, especially if you’re staying at the state park.

You can access the canyon from the north side, near Crawford, CO. Crawford State Park is a nice little park and only about a 20 minute drive to the north side of the canyon. There is BLM camping there. The access is limited compared to going into the NP but it does give you the sense of the size of the canyon! Mike

We’ll be in Durango for the weekend the up 550 to Ridgway State Park outside of Ouray for a week. Then we’ll head to Utah for a couple of weeks before heading back to Colorado for the rest of the month. Mike