Mike and Carol

Yes, deleted. It happens from time to time…

“The trailer”. Because it is one.

We rarely watch our TV. Removing it has been on my to-do list for a while. It should be easy to remove and easy to reinstall. Mike

Good suggestion, one I’ll consider. Honestly right now, what I have has been working fine over 4 different trucks and after just getting home from a pretty long trip this week I need to focus on some home things. We’re gone most of October too!

Mine didn’t come with one and I’m sure I’m way out of warranty so I’ll just stick with the I’ve been operating!

Do the new TST TPMS’s come with a repeater? I bought mine about 9 years ago and there was no repeater and no recommendation to use one. I did upgrade the B&W monitor with the color one when the battery on the B&W unit started to fail a few years ago. Mike

I normally use the griddle insert on one side of my Weber Q for bacon and eggs and veggies.

Wow, glad you were able to resolve with no accident or damage! Thanks for the write up, it’s proof how well the Oliver tows. General thoughts: Use the onboard leveling jacks. We’ve been doing this for years, to include at Discount Tire on a few occasions and at campgrounds to remove wheels. The TST TPMS shows both pressure and temperature of each tire. I keep the monitor on the dash and do a visual check every 15 minutes or so. Whatever TPMS you use, use it and keep a regular watch on tire health. Mike

A good place to camp the night before you appointment is James M. Robb State Park in Fruita. It’s only about 10 miles from ALCAN making it easy to get to a 7:30 appointment. It’s also just a couple of miles from the entrance to the Colorado Monument, a must see and a great way to spend the day there.

We were at ALCAN this morning. They do good work!

@Colin are the shirts cotton or a blend?

Welcome! There’s plenty of suspension discussion on the forum and lots of Truma expertise, so if you have questions just ask away! Mike

We’ve already got the ALCAN springs, should have done the axles at the same time, but, better late than never! We’ll spend the night in Ridgway before heading to Durango to spend the weekend with son and family. A big breakfast is waiting for us in Grand Junction while our axles are swapped out! Mike

We’re making our way to Grand Junction for our axle replacement on Friday. Currently camping near Park City in Utah.

Our manual lock has been reliable, not fancy but it works!

A little further up US101 after Tillamook just across the border in Washington is Cape Disappointment State Park. It’s a big park and was full the days we were there. A lot of sites on the beach, ours was about 50 yards from the shore but we still heard the crashing waves all night. The weather was cool and gray, probably normal for the end of August.

If you are going up US101 in Oregon you must stop at the Tillamook cheese factory in Tillamook. They have a nice self guided walking tour of the factory and a big gift shop to load up on cheese and other dairy items. We’ll worth the stop! Entrance, the cow portrait leaves no doubt where you are! This is a pretty cheesy photo, buy why not?

After Crater Lake NP we went to Carl Washburn State Park on the coast in Oregon. Nice little park, well maintained. Lots of shade. Active lighthouse.

We came in at the state park, older narrow bridge but great views! We’ve had a nice relaxing stay.

No ferry! There are a couple of bridges across to the island. It’s a different world here, for the last week the temperature has stayed between 52 and 62. Quite a difference from triple digits in south Texas!

We’ve traveled from San Antonio up through NM, CO, UT, NV, CA, OR, and WA. We’re currently at Whidbey Island north of Seattle and we haven’t seen a single other Oliver in over a month! Where is everybody?!? Mike

I assume the power for the breakaway brakes comes directly from the batteries. So, when I switch the batteries off the breakaway feature is disabled. I only switch off the batteries when in storage and I can’t move the trailer without the batteries switched on (raise and lower the front and rear jacks). In fact, the first thing I do when taking my trailer out of storage is to turn on the batteries, so I’m fairly confident that towing with no breakaway brakes is not an issue. Mike

Exactly what I did when we went with lithiums.

I agree 100%. I had the same part fail, not a clean break but it cracked resulting in a steady drip of water. I also replaced the cracked part with a brass fitting. It would have sheered off soon, just like yours did. Mike

The red one is owned by a couple in San Antonio. They are forum members @jellybean.