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Horace and Dianne, Nice Shot! Hope to visit there during 2018.

Bill, I monitor NOAA when the weather is questionable. My radio does not automatic alert feature. http://kaitoradio.com/ka350grey.html This Kaito radio has automatic weather alert: http://kaitoradio.com/emergency-radios/ka550y.html Here's all of their emergency radios: http://kaitoradio.com/emergency-radios.html

Mike, Beautiful Rainbow shot!!!!!!!!! Bill, Yes, we see folks trout fishing at Stone Mountain NC and Blue Ridge Parkway is not far away, for beautiful scenic drives.

Here's the small/inexpensive Kaito KA-350 radio we used for 4 years, so far. It's has hand crank power, solar charger, AM/FM, Shortwave, flashlight, and NOAA weather. Only used the headphone outlet so far, it also has USB-out & 5V-in ports.

Tommy and Jason took care of issues as warranty when our Ollie was out of warranty. That was much appreciated, too. We've had a couple window leaks, the issues are now corrected. Ollie is our favorite of all campers we have owned.

Here's the leak we had with rear Oliver light fixture/sign above rear window. The water traveled around exterior lens sealant into LED light fixture dripping between insulation & hull coming out at the top of the rear window. Removed and sealed rear Oliver sign/lens stopping leak where it entered hull:

Reed, We had two window leaks in the Ollie. First leak was top of dinette window last year. Oliver resealed outdoor porch light fixture above window including hole where wire passes into the hull. Another leak appeared at top of rear window, too. Decided to makes repairs at home this time. Found water coming in around rear exterior Oliver sign/ LED housing above window. Appeared to be 3m 4000 marine sealant holding Oliver sign lens in place, took some time to remove old sealant. Resealed with Starbrite white marine silicone. Did not want to use 3M 4000 sealant again, used something flexible and easy to remove. Happy to report no leaks in either window after very heavy rains.

Brad, Thanks for posting weights. Agree, like how Oliver balanced the Ollie. Hope you don't mind me posting our rig weights, too! We will carry up to 150 additional pounds of gear in the Tundra and 20 to 30 additional pounds of gear in the Ollie when heading out on a camping trip: Here's results for our Ollie E2/Tundra rig without water in tanks and Tundra with two souls on board over 1/2 tank of fuel (38 gallon fuel tank): Steer Axle: 3340 Pounds Drive Axle: 3200 Pounds Trailer Axles: 4480 Pounds Gross Weight: 11,020 Pounds Tundra with two souls on board with 20 additional pounds of gear and 72 additional pounds of gas compared to Tundra's weight with Ollie. Tundra was about 6088 pounds when weighed with Ollie on previous day: Steer Axle: 3560 Pounds Drive Axle: 2620 Pounds Gross Weight: 6180 Pounds Ollie weight 4932 pounds Tundra weight 6088 pounds Backed into tongue weight of 452 pounds from above weights, plan to order a tongue scale next.

John, I've been using a Valterra, too. It got so stiff going on and off, thought I was going to break something. Started using Danco waterproof grease on the plastic locks and O-ring. Working fine now.

We used aerosol spray close to Ollie's dinette and set off the propane alarm last year. Our propane alarm works great, too! Were any aerosol sprays used previous to the alarm? Here's additional information about aerosol spray and propellants used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosol_spray

John, If you cut the round portion of the handle off where the 1/16" roll pin goes through, would that give enough room to place a metric nut on both sides of the handle securing the handle on the threaded cable end? Bill

Matt, fine ideas! If this section is always seen on the forum home page, it would be beneficial to prospective Ollie owners and also helpful to existing owners seeing new places to camp. Have seen beautiful photos posted here already, but currently hard to go back to find them all! When Mike started "Where's Ollie", it's a fine idea. That thread is not always seen on the home page. When I see someones post, would be nice to go back a year or two from now and find the post, maybe the new section could have photos/descriptions by state or region? Just a thought. Thanks, Bill

We've used this Lasko Ceramic heater while camping for about 5 years with our previous camper and Ollie. Place it in front of the entry door at night so the bathroom door is not blocked. Prefer to use an electric heater whenever we have shore power so we don't use LP gas. Have used it down to upper 20s so far.

Agree, Will post shots in "Where's Ollie" and hope we get a section on the front page seen all the time. It would be a great place to let Ollies be seen in use at wonderful places we camp. Sometimes we meet other fine forum members camping, too. Mr. Trumpetguy:

Posted photos in the "Where's Ollie" thread, but it's not always seen on the home front page. We need a section always seen on the front page. While camping with our Ollies, it's so easy to see beautiful scenes. Most are not planned, that's why I keep a point & shoot camera in my pocket while camping. Here's an example, walking on the beach in SC one morning while camping: Here's another one on the Blue Ridge Parkway: Bill

Tried the video instructions without success, too. Another possibility could be cables slipped out of receptacles in back of Furrion unit, requiring the Furrion unit to be moved out far enough to reconnect cables. When playing DVDs with our Furrion AM/FM/DVD/CD player, 2015 E2, automatically has DVD movie sound in all four speakers with or without being connected to the Jensen TV. Use the TV remote source button to place the TV in HDMI mode to connect the Furrion unit to the TV. Bill

Kathy, Agree, would like to see an "America the Beautiful" forum section for photos and location descriptions while camping with our Ollies. Thanks for the idea, Bill

Thanks for the fine video! Winterized Ollie with RV AF last Sunday. Used an inexpensive, not previously used with tranny oil :) , Pennzoil transmission/differential style hand oil pump, when pumping AF into city water, fresh water, and black tank flush inlets. Adapted the outlet pump hose to a male threaded garden hose fitting for connecting to the Ollie.

Top of ball to ground is 22.5" no load on Tundra with empty pickup bed. Have not measured how much rear of Tundra lowers after connecting to Ollie. No modifications to Tundra's suspension and Ollie's Tongue weight @ 450lbs. Trailer weight 4950lbs with empty water tanks, using 1" lift ball mount, and not using WDH.

Here's another shade thread about replacing shade cords with manufacturer information. http://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/daynight-window-shade-questions/page/2/#post-49155

Congratulations on your beautiful Ollie! Will check out the Natchez Trace RV campground, too. Thanks for the tip!

The 1" increase in ball mount length increased clearance for my Swaymaster installation. Probably already doing this, connect Tundra to the Ollie and turn left. Place the Swaymaster & cables where you plan to install the unit to give an idea of clearance before installation. Our Ollie weighs in at 4950lbs with tongue weight of 450lbs, ready to camp with empty water tanks. Our Tundra's operators manual requires a WDH when towing trailers over 5000lbs, not using a WDH. Use a Swaymaster, since a sway control device is required for trailers over 2,000lbs.

Spike, Tested a Drawtite #40330 forged ball mount today, I'm going to use this ball mount with the Tundra/Ollie/Swaymaster rig in the future:

Overall had good results dealing with Oliver's service department. Like Bill said go up the ladder if you can't get desired results. We used to install 50 and 60 series Detroit Diesels in industrial applications years ago. Really liked it when Roger Penske owned Detroit Diesel. From the first call to DD, if the issue was not corrected in a certain amount of hours, it ended up on Penske's desk. No one at DD wanted that to happen, so they were motivated to take care of service issues.

Dave, Thanks for the tips! I need to replace all of our porch light fixtures, too.