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Build it and they will come. Pick a place, pick a date(s) - and they will come. Foy and Mirna have some experience with that. Bill

Perhaps those deer are interested in your Oliver? A nice clean, dry, relatively warm place to spend the rest of the winter.☺️ Bill

As with a bunch of things, the answer to your question is - "it depends". In this case the "it depends" is - how much energy do you use? If you are conservative with your energy usage - don't leave lights on, don't use a bunch of fans, hair dryers, heat (the blower takes electricity), don't run the water pump too much, etc., etc., then you certainly should be OK for 3 days. Yes you can hook up a suitcase solar panel with clips - just be sure that the panels have a charge controller. Oliver does "allow" solar hookup without rooftop panels - simply have an exterior solar port installed either during production or by the Service Department after delivery. The key to the whole "solar thing" and "battery usage thing" is to know and/or manage your energy consumption. Bill

Yep! I've had experience with Dual Lock being used on motorcycles for the attachment of "air foils - wind deflectors". At speeds in excess of 130 mph these "Velcro" attachments didn't budge or even think about coming apart. Bill note: these speeds were obtained on a closed course racing circuit

I'm not aware that "Dual Lock" is available with the "Command strip" feature of being removable from what it has been attached to. As far as I know Dual Lock is only available with the very sticky VBR type of adhesive. The difficulty in "taking it apart" that I refer to has got to do with separating the two parts of the Dual Lock from each other. In several applications that I'm familiar with, a flat bladed screw driver had to be used in order to get the two parts separated! Bill

Be aware that if you wish to try Dual Lock it can be rather difficult to take apart. Bill

John - You are reading way too much into my comments. Velcro tends to come with the "hook" side of the two pieces in one of two forms - tall hooks and short hooks. Sometimes the low hooked version is called "low profile". I believe that this low profile version lasts longer and is easier to clean as compared to the alternative and looks better (for applications where that matters) and is much easier to keep clean. Bill

JD - I see that you are using the "low profile" Velcro - a very good choice from almost any perspective. Bill

No matter what any one of this body of owners tells you there will always be that lingering feeling that since we own one we must be in love with it. No matter how much we say that we are unbiased the fact remains that we still own an Oliver. Don't take our word for it - schedule a factory tour and see and feel it for yourself. Or, at the very least, schedule a visit with a current owner near you to take a look. Bill

Richard - Welcome and congrats! There will probably still be things that you will want to do to your "new" Oliver and now you have it for the balance of the winter so you can start getting those things done. Perhaps start with a nice cleaning and polishing of the interior? Anything we can do - just yell - there is always someone here to help. Bill

Yes - they still do make Jiffy Pop and it is as good as it ever was ☹️. Bill

Most owners install these gutters a bit closer to the windows in a fashion similar to the picture below. Anyone that is interested in this mod should read and re-read the installation instructions and various owner's tips here on the Forum. Bill

Just remember - it is rather difficult to quickly get that bag of fresh popcorn by just leaving it sit inside that "storage box".☺️ Bill

Fritz - Yes - that "gutter" has the main purpose of directing water away from the windows. THIS is the product. There are a number of threads about it and the installation of it on the Forum. Bill

Of course with a 1,000 more watts you can always run more "stuff" at the same time . Bill

A bit of a "formal" welcome to you Fritz. I guess that we finally wore you down? In any case, it is good that you're here and we look forward to that day when you post pictures of your new Oliver delivery. Bill p.s. Time2Go - its now time to really start getting excited!

Bruce & Cheryl (Forum name Cheryl) - long time Oliver Elite II owners designed and made window shades for their Ollie some time ago. Perhaps one of them will chime in and/or a PM to them might get info on how they did theirs. Bill

You sure that the "sulfur smell" was from the hot springs?😝 Another very nice coin laundry is located in Cody at 1728 Beck Ave. While you do the wash you can catch up on this Forum and emails with the free WiFi too. Bill

SeaDawg - Perhaps you have already taken a look at this ONE. Bill

There are a number of owners here on the Forum that have done what you are talking about and there have been a number of discussions about it here. Try the "search" function using GPS or security or safety or -------. Bill p.s. for instance you might want to look HERE.

Yep - Overland's cooktop orientation is/was the original and - probably - the safest in that one does not have to reach across a potentially lit burner in order to get something off the back burner. A cheaper way to keep the bed from getting "splashed" is to get something like THIS. However, while this splash guard can be moved around and even folded and put away in a drawer, it does not give the added counter space that Overland's mod gives. Bill

I've also had a couple of those "dull" patches since new and I've tried (not very much or very hard) to polish then out by hand with no success. I'll be interested to hear how this recommended product works. Bill

That's how we keep the Martians from reading our thoughts!☺️

A number of years back - corian was tried in the Olivers but was deemed too heavy to be practical. I thought that the stainless top was done by Raspy. Bill

And, welcome to you too. Given the current weather down in the Sunshine State, I would think that you could have that 2019 setup in no time and on the road. Let us know if you have questions! Bill