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Woodrow_apples, We tow Ollie with a 2016 5.7L Tundra. No issues with stock Tundra mirrors over 20,000 miles, so far.

This is not rails to trails, but a nice place to ride in the winter. Enjoy riding bicycles on the beach and trails at Hunting Island SP SC. Been a while since we last camped there, hurricanes took some portions of the campground on this barrier island. Experienced heavy pollen during January, but enjoy the beach while camping there. The trail area is where some scenes were shot for the jungle portion of the movie Forrest Gump. Beautiful Sunrises

Hidalga, Appreciate your time and effort organizing this gathering. We enjoy camping in this area of SD late August and September. Hopefully we will be able to attend, too! Regards, Bill and Debbie

:) Hope Everyone has a Great New Year!!!

Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year!

RockSea, Beautiful Sunset! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bill, As you can see I take too many photos! Table Rock NC is in the background of this shot taken from Route 181, just north of Morganton NC. It's an easy hike to the top of Table Rock. Rt. 181 area has plenty of fun twistys for motorcycle riders. Table Rock, Linville, and Mortimer has many dual sport riding areas, with plenty of nice places to camp, too:

Bill, Ollie's hangar companion, Vagabond, did the skywriting! :)

Thanks, We feel fortunate to camp with an Ollie at some of the beautiful campgrounds around our Nation. Already planning at least one western camping trip for 2019. Will take plenty of photos, too! Happy New Year

Thanks! Learned about Snow Canyon State Park Utah from other Ollie owner's threads here. Appreciate all of the knowledgeable folks in the Oliver family. Merry Christmas!!!!!

Wishing Everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bill, Had a snow blower when we lived in Ohio. Have about 2 to 3" of snow/sleet so far, just north of Charlotte. Enjoy snow here, since it does not stay on the ground very long. Happy we found a place to store Ollie inside, too. We had on track Snow Blowers with military surplus jet engines to blow snow out of switches on the railroad. Parked a pickup truck too close to the track one night, jet blast with debris put five holes in the pickup radiator.

Kim and Travis, Welcome! Congratulations on your new Ollie and future camping plans! Looking forward to hearing about your camping adventures. We camped at Foss Lake State Park OK during October, beautiful area!!!! Best Regards, Bill and Debbie

Steve and Hobo, Installed Firestone airbags on our Tacoma without air compressor, been working fine for five years. Plan to install airbags on the Tundra. After reading your posts checked out Air Lift airbags, they have good reviews for competitive pricing. I'm going with Air Lift airbags, too. Thanks for the information!

John, Here's an example, stayed mostly at State Parks on our trip from NC to UT, returned back to NC only camping at SPs. All of the SP campsites used had at least electricity and not too far from I-40 & I-15 in following states: TN, AR, OK, NM, AZ, NV, UT

John, Find campgrounds with research using US State Park guide and ACE guide purchased from Amazon.

Trainman, Sounds like we camp at similar campgrounds. Started camping out west this year with Ollie. We like State Parks and Army Corp of Engineer Campgrounds. Purchased Ollie used and don't have factory solar system on our LE2, it's perfect for our needs. Ninety nine percent of the campgrounds we camp at have at least 120V available. We have a 100W portable solar panel and 2000W Honda Gen-Set for trips on the Blue Ridge Parkway when camping at Federal campgrounds without electrical connections. Ninety nine percent of the time we don't use on board LP gas system unless camping on the BRP without 120V. We use a 120V 1500W portable heater for cool nights and 120V portable induction cook top or microwave for cooking needs. Bill

Bobfirst, Thanks for the information about ASI 335 currently used by Oliver. Talked to ASI a few minutes ago about applying ASI 335 silicone, they said using alcohol for surface prep on a clean surface is OK with ASI 335. Next leak reseal, plan to use ASI 0240 adhesive remover/cleaner before installing ASI 335. http://www.thesealantandadhesivesource.com/asi-335-neutral-cure-silicone-sealant-adhesive/ ASI 0240 can be used to clean surface when silicone residue is being removed before installing new silicone. http://www.thesealantandadhesivesource.com/asi-0240-adhesive-remover-cleaner/

Ours did the same, it dripped down between the hulls, around the rear window dripping out of the window frame on the curbside bed. As far as time to do the job, it takes me 4 times longer than other folks, I would give myself a day so not to hurry and to do the job right. Once the sealant is removed, follow directions on the adhesive/sealant tube cleaning/prepping area before installing.

jhorton, We had the same problem. Probably better tools available than what I used. Used a wood paint stir stick sharpened to a dull point on one end to remove the sealant without damaging lens or gel-coat. Took my time being very careful. After digging out all of the sealant possible with the lens in place, used the same wood paint stir stick sharpened on one end to lightly pry the lens out placing plenty of cloth padding between the wood stick and gel-coat to prevent damage to the gel-coat/lens. Removed the lens twice because of leaks. Sealant used by Oliver leaked the first two times. Recommend contacting Oliver, they may be using different sealant on the Lens than sealant used during 2015. Last time used white Marine Silicone adhesive/sealant to stop the leak. Taped the lens and gel-coat with painters tape where I did not want the adhesive/sealant to contact. Placed the tape so it could be pulled off in one direction while applying the adhesive/sealant. Have not had any leaks since sealing lens last year accumulating over 12,000 miles on Ollie during that time. This is where the water dripped from the LED lens housing in the upper rear cabinet: Resealed lens:

Tom, Nice looking idea!

Agree, Mike started a good thread on cleaning Ollie window weep holes and tracks. http://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/clogged-window-weep-slots-helpfull-tip/#post-151966

DonBob, I felt the same way on our first camping trip after buying Ollie used, the dinette window leaked. Once I started looking for possible leak sources, they were not too hard to find. Oliver fixed the dinette window leak. The dampness in your closet could be from the black tank vent roof flange. I forgot to mention I removed the sealant on the black tank vent roof flange and resealed it. Some of the sealant used by the factory is easy to remove, but some is tough to remove, too. Please keep us in the loop on progress.

Bill, Hope you don't mind me posting some photos we took there last year. The Other Bill!