John E Davies

You don't need to shut off the main valves unless you expect to be blown into the surf. Just don't use the fridge, WH or furnace on gas, unless you have to, because the flame could blow out and/ or the draft could go in the wrong direction. All the appliances rely on natural convection (chimney effect) for their proper operation.In other words, normal winds. John Davies Spokane WA

Do you have shore power? That would be good, because intense wind blasts can screw up propane appliances. I used to rush outside with my sister to sit in the car to listen to a big storm passing over. Of course I was six and she was nine..,.,. Stay safe. John Davies Spokane WA

FYI the cheap “bullet” regulator does indeed protect from high pressure, but it also restricts the water flow. A full flow adjustable one is much better in the long run. John Davies Spokane WA

Actually I added that note to a stock Home Depot image. It was meant to be humor…..The tank does not say that anywhere. John Davies Spokane WA

https://www.thedrive.com/news/broken-ram-3500-dually-shows-a-camper-can-still-overload-a-big-truck Idiot.. John Davies Spokane WA

Some interesting info in the following thread. Those handy bottles don’t have 20 pounds of fuel in them, just 15! You may want to rethink that box store cylinder exchange routine, because your usable fuel capacity just dropped by 25%. I bought a new empty 20 pound bottle at U-Haul for my new pizza oven at home, so I could get an actual 20 pound fill, by weight. My trailer bottles are 30 pounders, which get filled to 30 real pounds. https://www.rvforum.net/threads/the-cost-of-propane-and-propane-tank-exchanges.125642/ Maybe under-filled bottles is one reason those exchange ones are “easier” to lift into position …😬 If I ever start to have trouble lifting my large ones, I will just have them partially filled. John Davies Spokane WA

Those exhange tanks found at box stores typically have about 15 pounds of propane.

I installed brass 90 deg “street elbows” with new short rubber hoses. One important part of inspecting the hoses is to look for cracks (weather checking) and stainless wrapped hoses prevent this. Plus they are completely unnecessary in this application. Be aware that the small check valves must be retained, they provide one way flow away from the regulator, otherwise the switch over function will no longer work, since the tanks will essentially be connected to each other. John Davies Spokane WA

The recommended grease is a regular white lithium type. It is a poor choice! Clean it out and use Redline CV2. These cavities should be well packed by hand, not like this: https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/4094-how-to-vip-3000-electric-stabilizer-jack-service/ John Davies Spokane WA

FYI if you camp in many parts of the West, where fluky, strong and unexpected wind gusts happen - downbursts, williwas, dust devils, whatever you want to call them - do not leave your awnings out when you away from the trailer. Better yet, leave them retracted all the time. That sort of makes awnings completely unusable, doesn’t it? If not for the future resale value I would take my single Fianma off completely. I very rarely open it. And tie down your CLAM, low and angled sharply downwards, not sideways, so it can collapse without harm. I experienced one while tent camping on the White Rim Road, Canyonlands NP, in late May. It was about 90 degrees, sunny, NO breeze, then suddenly a very violent gust ripped through the site, blowing my loose gear toward the Colorado River, but thankfully not into it. A minute later the air was calm. Lesson learned... https://www.weather.gov/fgz/DustDevil https://www.rvtravel.com/southwest-snowbirds-beware-wind-many-names/ I think Oliver should make the awnings optional, on both sides. John Davies Spokane WA

HH limits the number to ONE per night. If the host property is actually following that rule, I fail to see how one strange RV per day is bothering anybody at all. Except the nearby jerks….. The campfire issue is a real one but easily enforceable - just have the host put up a sign and the sheriff can vigorously prosecute any violation. The rest of this situation is BS but that comment is drifting into politics. After all, nobody forced these RV owners to that state but themselves. 😬 Happy Holidays John Davies Spokane WA

Without a volt ohm-meter (VOM) you are just drifting in the wind. You need to be able to check voltages and do some basic electrical troubleshooting. We cannot do that for you from across the country. You cannot go wrong with this excellent one, it is perfect for RV use. YIRU UNI-T UT210 Series True RMS Digital Clamp Meter AC/DC Voltage Tester with ohm, Capacitance Measurement If you are not comfortable doing that, you need to hire a pro. John Davies Spokane WA

Dihatsu HiJet, late 90s … it even has USPS stickers on the back. John Davies Spokane WA

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Speak and ye shall receive … Merry Christmas. https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/6892-how-to-connect-a-standard-sae-4-pin-harness-or-4-pin-with-backup-lights-to-your-oliver-factory-7-pin-wires/ Warning - the color coding may be different in your brand new trailer. An extra strong warning - do NOT cut open the light bar harness itself!!! The wires inside mine were incredibly tiny and treacherous to splice, maybe 30 AWG. My light bar works great. It is a very cool and sexy mod, even with nothing on the rack. John Davies Spokane WS

Too low! You need a 12 foot high door, at least. You also need a 16 foot ceiling in the garage so you can get up top and do maintenance and cleaning. In other words, an RV bay, not a garage. My door is 10 wide x 14 feet high. If you do not build it as a standard RV bay it will make it a lot harder to sell the house later. The older generation that is downsizing and investing in big RVs wants a bay and a small house. Out of the 25 houses on my street, 8 have attached RV bays. 43 or 45 feet long. John Davies Spokane WA

I looked in the online manual and did not find a drawing for the Elite. THIS one is for the LE2, but it shows the difference between 6 v and 12 v wiring. Your setup should look like the area in the yellow box. Pull out the tray drawer again, ID all the terminals polarity and write POS and NEG beside each one in large letters with a silver Sharpie pen. After you have corrected the wiring, write + and - on the actual cable ends. Did you take a picture before you took everything apart? If not, bad boy! John Davies Spokane WA

These couplers are heavy duty forged steel and I see no way for one to bend without any other signs of damage. The big coupler is rated for 12’,500 pounds! You need more info from Service. What exactly is damaged? The hinged door or its pin? The only way that could happen is if you towed with the door open (not latched). Maybe the manufacturer should get involved. I am sure they would want to know about any faults. IMHO you would see the ball snap clean off before the coupler failed. Good luck. John Davies Spokane WA

Thanks, I remember VIVIDLY an old black and white TV safety commercial circa 1960, a little girl is cutting out paper dolls, seen from her own viewpoint, she gets up with her pointy scissors and runs to greet daddy, and falls. The screen goes black. Very haunting, that is why I think, what if somebody tripped onto that pole. But the bottom line it is so I can see the poles more easily when backing into the garage and when running the snow thrower in poor visibility…. which is why they have stripes painted on them. John Davies Spokane WA

I went out this morning to scrape off a dusting of new snow…… what did I find? Hmmmm. Not your normal vehicle, skinny tires, narrow track, and the driver goes in at out over the right front tire. https://japancardirect.com/blog/what-is-the-best-kei-truck-to-export-from-japan-part-4/ Sure enough, there was a package on the porch. John Davies Spokane WA

What is the battery voltage or state of charge? In my experience a blinking RED light is a bad sign, don’t ignore it. Please add your model and hull number, and tow vehicle info, to your signature. Without that we have no clue what you have. John Davies Spokane WA

Very pretty structure? Got power? “Mouse” is as always safely out of the weather, and there has been snow on the ground non-stop since mid November, I could not even get the leaves up or cut the grass and fertilize 😤😤😤 . I do not normally have to clear my back yard for the dogs to run, using the snow thrower, but I did it once already and it is not even winter yet… What is your typical snowfall in MA? John Davies Spokane WA

I agree, I was an A&P and thus did not have to fuel airplanes 😬 like the “ line boys” did. Have a BIG rolling fire extinguisher well back, connect the grounding cable between plane and tanker, touch the nozzle to a metal surface first. Pay attention! No chatting on your phone. Anything else besides NO smoking?? I never saw a fuel fire, but I did see an owner hand -prop an old Cherokee with the throttle wide open. He refused a jump start from a line boy. It bounced over the chocks, OVER the owner who was now flat on the ground, screamed across the ramp and rammed a brand new tied down Beech P-Baron near its left wing root. The Baron’s fuel tanks ruptured in a CLOUD of gasoline vapor. But it never lit off. The Cherokee owner was on his knees with his hands over his face saying “Oh shit oh shit oh shit….” I got to help put a new left wing assembly on it….. I never did hear who paid for it. John Davies Spokane WA

And then there is the risky infrastructure of H2 storage and transport…. https://www.eenews.net/articles/lng-explosion-shines-light-on-42-year-old-gas-rules/ I read somewhere that a LNG tanker explosion hit by a terrorist missile could take out a city, and burn the skin off any person within a mile radius. John Davies Spokane WA

I am pretty sure that having tens of thousands of occasionally poorly maintained hydrogen fueling stations would be a fire marshal’s long term nightmare. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/80th-anniversary-hindenburg-disaster-mysteries-remain-180963107/ Of course there were mitigating factors in this case, the dope they used to treat the outer skin was basically dried rocket fuel. 😳 I am sure that Toyota won’t do that. BTW I LOVE that pic if the four men leaning over their H2 engine. It appears to have a plain paper filter, not a spark arrestor like every marine engine of the time had. POOF! No more hair on the younger ones…. FrankC, did you ever get flash back up through there? How is your hairline?😀 John Davies Spokane WA