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Yes. But, given the amount of room to walk around and the smoothness of the fiberglass it is certainly not all that safe to be walking around up there. I am virtually always on my hands and knees with some sort of pad under my knees. This pad serves two purposes - 1 - makes it a bit more comfortable on the knees and -2- it helps distribute the weight (165 pounds) over a larger area. Bill

Can I assume that you have close to zero interest in waxing mine when you are done with yours? Actually I don't really mine waxing the lower 2/3 but doing the roof is a real pain when the driveway is fairly sloped. As far as the solar panels are concerned - I really wouldn't think that full timing or not makes a bunch of difference. I've never seen much difference in the performance of the panels even though I'm sure that they do perform better when squeaky clean. During my longest trip every year - about two months - I travel some very dusty roads. But, it seems that the rain takes care of most of the "dirt" problem such that I have never even tried to clean them while on these trips. Bill

When they're dirty?😁

There's at least one other adjective that I can think of for this behavior. 😅

You're going to love it - very stable! Bill

"Needless"? And I thought that this was the epitome of intelligencia ! Bill

You mean something like THESE ? Bill

MrClean - Awhile back one of our esteemed Oliver owners replaced his porch lights and posted THIS thread of how he did it. Bill

Violet - common blue (Viola papilionacea) Or, I call it another blue flower.😁

Technically, those are: Iris kristata (crested dwarf iris) - at least that is what my wife says. I simply call them blue flowers. Bill

As I'm guessing that Ken has found out by now - this is not a "hard" job as long as you have the right tools. Zerks (the things that you attach the grease gun hose to) can get plugged making it all but impossible to get any grease flowing. The grease gun can be difficult to attach and remove from those zerks. The entire job can be a bit messy given that you are dealing with grease and crawling around under the Ollie. But, the job doesn't really take that long to do and it creates a good number of points for your "man" card. Bill 👷‍♀️

Last year we had a short discussion about what time of the year do the fireflies come out in the mountains of western North Carolina. Well, within the next three weeks or so some 20 varieties of fireflies will begin to do their annual ritual and this includes the "blue" fireflies that are only know to exist in very limited ranges and the synchronous fireflies that are "famous" in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park (June 1-8 and it takes a lottery ticket to get to see these which are available at Recreation.gov from today through May 3rd). Good luck on getting a ticket! Bill

And - since you asked for "nature stuff" - learn how to recognize western poison ivy. It does look slightly different than the eastern variety - see THIS - in any case - "leaves of three, let it be".

Even if you replace the screens in your Oliver with something like THIS, really small critters will still find a way in. There are many of THESE zappers/lanterns on the market and the two that I have really do work - as long as you only have them on with no other lights on inside. Another tip is to turn on those "exterior courtesy lights" on the Oliver before stepping outside. Twice now I've had a snake lounging on that nice warm paved area just at the bottom of the Ollie steps 😬 (both were harmless black snakes but I'm sure glad I saw them). Bill

I'll see your desert rodent and raise you a bull moose or elk during the rut in Fall plus a griz in Spring, Summer and Fall.😅

Not unless you ask for one. While I strongly encourage a factory tour I would hesitate to recommend anyone spend the time and effort just to take a factory tour when coming from Oregon. Adding it on to your delivery schedule would be a good idea though in that you can take pictures and generally become acquainted with how your Oliver was put together. If I were doing this, I'd plan on doing the tour one day and then taking delivery the next day. Trying to do both in one day is asking a bunch. Bill

While I believe that the guys working for Oliver are a great bunch, I really don't think that there is anyone there that cares where the donuts come from.😃 Bill

Try this for that link. Bill

You might want to contact ShallowGal - they did this exact trip. Bill

This is very interesting in that I've been using the WalMart stuff for 20 years with absolutely nothing happening. Bill

Even though it is "free" - that Oliver factory tour certainly can be rather expensive 😆. The wait is no fun, but, at least it will give you plenty of time to explore the pages of the Forum and certainly the Oliver University. Welcome! Bill

Tx - Don't worry about Jason - he'll get over it and I'm sire that he has had to deal with rejection before 😁. In fact I'm guessing that he will actually be happy for you as we all are. And, while we will miss Jay from the family I'm happy for him too. Your first night of camping at Cracker Barrel probably wasn't so glamorous, but, it certainly got you acquainted with the flexibility of your "new" Oliver. Enjoy it! Bill

Nice job - Mike! If anyone cares to duplicate Mike's effort, be sure to note where he has placed the filter on the fan - inside of the "outside" plastic edges of the fan. This is due to the size of the filter material which can be obtained from places like WalMart for about a dollar. Further explanation of this can be obtained from Mike & Carol given that I installed their channel in the wrong place before trying to install the filter material 🤪. Bill p.s. besides keeping the fan a bit cleaner, this filter material also provides a bit of "shade" from the light that comes through that fan.

St. Augustine, FL would probably offer a bit warmer weather and other than the drive through Atlanta, getting there is really not a problem. Bill p.s. That's what we did when we picked up in February.

I can just see those fur babies in the Oliver - 😃