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You may be "slim" but I've just got to see you in that "bread box". Welcome and as SeaDawg said, used Oliver tend to sell quickly. If you haven't done so already, have fun reading and learning about Oliver Travel Trailers. Ask questions - we'd be happy to help. Bill

Be careful what you wish for - retirement is not as easy as some people think. All the planning, all the trips, all the hikes, all the fishing, all the country to see, all the ........ But, someone's got to do it. Welcome! Bill

KWR... When I took delivery of my Oliver, I was "given" a collapsible handle for use with sockets for the wheel lugs and the Andersen socket. Without the sockets, this handle is just the right size to fit in the hole (5/8 inch I think) at the bottom of the Andersen hitch assembly. This then allows me to turn that "ball shaft" until I get it to the appropriate angle necessary for the plate. I see no problem with your method other than having to find something to attach that strap to. Bill p.s. Obviously I would never try to make this "adjustment" with the Ollie attached since it would put too much weight down on the ball.

Bobfirst - Prying off the cover is un-necessary. Simply lift the dinette seat and you should be able to see the rear of the propane alarm. Follow the wires from the back of the unit about a foot or so and you should see a black cylinder that holds the fuse. Push the two ends of this fuse holder together and twist them in opposite directions about a 1/4 turn and they should separate. The fuse will simply fall out of the holder at that point. Bill inline fuse holder - cylinder style inline fuse holder - blade fuse style

Bobfirst - About the only way to shut off the alarm is to remove its fuse. This fuse can usually be found near the back side of the alarm under the dinette seat. However, remember that this alarm is there for your safety and given the symptoms you describe, it would seem imperative that you find the source of the leak. Bill

To be fair - I do not know about the agreement between Oliver Service and QuestionMark regarding his particular situation. QuestionMark has been very nice in both reporting his difficulties and in letting us all know how things developed/were resolved by Oliver. However, in all of the cases that I'm aware of Oliver Service has given the owner the option of taking the camper to a RV repair facility for needed warranty repairs or (if they feel comfortable/qualified) to do the repairs if the owner can do the repair themselves. This is not to suggest I accept nor condone quality control issues such as those reported by QuestionMark. But, Oliver has a long history of "making things right" when things do not go according to the way they should. Yes, things of this sort should never happen and, yes, it is a real pain in the tail for all concerned when they do happen. But, contrary to virtually every other company I've ever dealt with, Oliver does whatever is necessary to make things right and to correct production QC issues if that was the culprit. Bill

Ravenper - I've not done as much pure Winter camping as compared to a number of other Forum members, but, I have camped at altitude during the summers where the overnight temps routinely get down to mid 20's to mid 30's. As Mike has said, a nice little electric heater is great for these temps and does not add any moisture to the interior, but, unfortunately, I'm rarely at a campground that has electric. Indeed, the Oliver furnace does a good job of heating the interior space but it uses a fair amount of propane and it uses electricity to run the blower motor. It also does not add much moisture to the interior because the combustion gases are vented directly to the exterior by the furnace itself. Fairly often I use a "Mr. Heater Little Buddy" propane heater : Mr. Heater Little Buddy Even though these heaters have a "tip over switch" and an automatic low O2 shut off, I never leave one of these running either overnight or when I'm not in the Oliver. The only downside to these heaters is that as a by product of combustion, they do add to the moisture level inside. So, a cracked window and/or a open MaxAir fan is reasonably mandatory. In addition, while I've never had a "problem" with moisture beneath my sleeping area, I did install 1/2 inch foam board beneath and along the sides of my mattress as a prophylactic measure. Bill

Ray & Susan - I don't know if this would help your organization but: If I want to quickly "save" a topic for future reference, sometimes I will simply right click on the topic, then click on "save as", then click on the "folder" I want to save it in (or create a new folder under my "Oliver" section, and finally, change the "save as" name if appropriate. Every now and then I will go into these folders and sort things a bit better in the event I didn't have the time to do this on the spur of the moment - i.e. - put mods into mods, campsites into camping, etc. Bill

It may seem like a long wait 'till Spring, but now that you have a bit of experience with your Oliver you are in a good position to get those things that you want to make it even better for you. In addition, you can think about the mods you want to make and the places you can take it. Have fun over the Winter while your baby sleeps. Bill

Ray & Susan - After a quick "search" it appears that you are still searching for the "bookmark solution". The former thread that I was thinking about was actually started by you - https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/4189-bookmarks/?tab=comments#comment-41671 Hope this helps! Bill p.s. Jim - Congrates! As I typed that reply the irony did strike me but I was in such a rush at that point I really didn't think that anyone would pick up on it.

DavidS has posted a number of ways to do this. Sorry, but I can't search for it now. Bill

Mike - If you liked that - try this one. I don't care for some of the music, but, that is what the mute button is for. Bill WalMart drone show December 5, 2020 p.s. fast forward to about 2:37 for the start of the show.

Yep - that's the spot. Interesting that your model will accept decimal format right out of the box. My nuvi 2797 which is about 4 years old and now the new RV890 will not accept that decimal format without the adjustment I mention above - strange. On the other hand we just might be talking about two connected but separate things here. I just noticed that you use the "search" function to input the decimal coordinates while I was trying to enter coordinates via the "where to/coordinates" function. Your way seems easier and quicker than the way I was doing it, but, I'm still surprised that these two functions aren't the same. Bill

Jairon - THANKS! However, it is a slight bit more complicated than that. First I had to change the "coordinate format" and the "datum" to "h ddd.dddddd" and "WGS-84" respectively. Once that was done and "saved" I was able to do as you suggested and the location in Google Maps and the Garmin are very close. Bill

A number of years ago, prior to finding Oliver, I was camped in Yellowstone National Park. Unfortunately I got up one morning and found that my battery was almost dead. Not having a generator nor solar panels I was left with the Toyota Tacoma and its convenient outlet at the rear of the truck which produced 110v power. I did have a smart charger with me and in a matter of minutes I had everything hooked up with my battery soaking the juice in. About that time there was a knock on my door - it was the camp host. He informed me (which I already knew) that generators were not allowed in that campground. I explained that I was aware of this, but, this is a vehicle at idle - not a generator. Unfortunate for me, his definition of a generator was different from mine. Later, in thinking about his definition, I understood. Perhaps I was a bit quieter and perhaps a bit more discrete but, indeed, I was using my truck as a generator. At least in some camp grounds JD's potatoes will not be needed. Bill

I don't own a drone but I've been impressed by various videos shot from them. It sure is impressive what these drones can be made to do. Happy Holidays! Bill Drones.mp4

Yesterday I was doing some initial planning for my 2021 Western fly fishing trip when I stumbled on a "problem" with converting formats for GPS coordinates. While I don't know or even care about the various names of the several different types of GPS formats that exist, I've always assumed that when converting from one to another (there are numerous programs for this purpose - just Google it) the results of the conversion would result in a location that is reasonably close to the original location. Unfortunately, my results yesterday for one particular location that I have been to before were 200 to 300 yards off. For most purposes this magnitude is really not all that important. However, I can see certain situations where this could result in "problems". This is the example I was dealing with: In Google Maps, the coordinates 43.456592, -109.547743 will result in a nice boondocking spot right on Torrey Lake which is located east southeast of Dubois, WY. In order to get this coordinate into my new Garmin 890 (or any Garmin for that matter) I had to convert this decimal coordinate to the "old" degree, minutes, seconds format that Garmin uses - yes, I'm aware that Garmin can use several different GPS coordinate formats but the decimal format is not one of them. So, using a converter I got N 43 degrees 27 minutes 23.731 seconds, W109 degrees 32 minutes 51.874 seconds. When entering these coordinates into the Garmin, the result on the Garmin map is a location 200 to 300 yards further to the east northeast as compared to the Google map location. This result is close enough for my purposes and would even be sufficient for anyone that had never been there before because it is obvious where to camp once you get close. However, close by at Google map coordinates: 43.446988, -109.543162 there are some petroglyphs (just up the hill mostly on the west side of the rocks) that simply would not be found if one was 200 to 300 yards away. At first I assumed that the difference between to two formats was caused by Garmin's only accepting two decimal places under the "seconds" and I had to round off that last digit that the converter gave me. But, that is not the case as I found out when trying to force the Garmin format to be more precise in pinpointing the exact location I had identified using Google Maps. I have not nor do I really care to reverse this experiment since for most (if not all) my purposes either Google Maps and/or Garmin will get me "close enough". But, at least now I know that there is an issue here - be careful. Bill

It comes down to exactly what kind of camping do you wish to do (on average). As you probably already know - there simply isn't a better built RV out on the market today whose price is anywhere near that of the Oliver. The durability, quality, resale value, fit and finish are all above the rest. But, if your planned style of camping is to stay in established RV parks and you "need" more sleeping/interior room than the Oliver has then you will probably not be happy with the Oliver purchase. On the other hand - if you want to explore with a freedom and ease of movement combined with generally lower maintenance, the Oliver will fit the bill nicely. Good luck and please let us know what you decide. Bill

While neither of the Ford F-150 has let me down nor have they disappointed me, ever since I owned a Tacoma I've had a spot in my heart for Toyota. This Tundra looks like it just might give Ford a real run for the money - I hope so anyway. Bill

GJ - When I did mine several years ago I simply drilled and placed a bolt through one side only. I figured that this plus the original catch would be enough and have never had a problem with either. Bill

So cool - let that Ollie fly. Neat plane and neat camper. Could not be happier for you guys - congratulations. Bill

Stan - Glad to hear that you are going to be making the trip. I doubt that I will be going but I'm sure that you will have a good time. Bill

Yep - good video. I really appreciate the time that you took to film this - I always see or learn something that either I didn't know or that has changed over time. Be sure to keep this video for you records in that in the event you have to or want to repair or change something, your video will possibly help you in identifying where things are in the area you plan to work. Bill p.s. this video took a bit of time to download to my computer - so, don't give up on it if it takes five minutes or so.

Sak - See the recent discussion/thread about covers for the Oliver HERE. This will give you a start on this subject but there is much more that you can read on this Forum via the "search" function. Bill

You might ask Phil to get you a photo of your choices in either a Oliver they have in inventory or in the little dinette they have as a sample area in the Sales Department. This dinette sample area is not exactly what you are asking for (i.e. doesn't give you as big an area sample as either a inventory Oliver would or a current owner's Oliver would), but, its better than nothing. Good luck. Bill p.s. I too found this fabric/flooring decision the hardest of all.