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Q1: Is there a way to turn the fan off while running and keep the vent from closing? We have this fan and remote (pics). Q2: How do you get the screen off for cleaning. Ours has one broken tab and I don’t want to break another. Thx

When are you traveling west? Yeah, a whole array of random stuff up there! 🤣

I use something similar to the one centered in the your picture for almost everything automotive, must be high-temp NLG #2 for bearings. This red grease is the toughest. Given you researched this, I’m thinking you are good on your choices!

This may be the answer!

Thanks, John! That’s us in the middle, just finished up. Happy to have made 5 nights on our tanks! 🤣 We’re getting better at Oliver living.

So many bad roads in these United States as well as Canada. For some reason today an Infrastructure Bill is passed and then monies are spent on perceived social issues. First line item re infrastructure is building roads. Hopefully .gov will spend necessary monies to replace all the roads and bridges damaged or destroyed by Helene. President Eisenhower RIP would be ashamed of his interstate system, except for in Texas and a few other states. I moved from Chicagoland (always potholes for decades) to Tidewater VA in the late 70s. Driving on I-64 back then was like floating on glass! We drive highways, back roads and dirt roads throughout the SW, roads not so good. Keep tire pressures on the low per the chart, drive slowly. It be a shame fear would keep you from this dream trip, IMHO. You have to ask what’s more important, the trip or the trailer. Yep, have a pair of replacement leaf springs.

Yes, and fresh in the dairy section! Chris and I were born and raised in Chicago where Bays started and didn't know of the other name brand until we traveled east. About Bays | Bays English Muffins

42K on trailer tires seems like decent life expectancy. But "severe cupping on one wheel" is odd. Could be an issue local to that wheel, or merely a defective tire. Watch that tire position for cupping on your new set of tires. But those shocks look just awful! I believe @Geronimo John is correct re the shocks. It's like mounting shocks engineered for a 1500 truck on a 2500. These Monroes, or even the same spec Bulldog shocks, would hardly dampen the 4x 2750# Alcan leaf springs and will likely fail more often and more quickly. Whoever talks to Alcan next, please ask the shock make and model number of the shock they suggest and post this info on our Oliver Forum. Thank you.

If you want a night out, great food with views of Lake LBJ, maybe River City Grill for your last night here. We’ve eaten here so many times. Love the double pork chop dinner, now at $21. Get here early as they always run out of baked potatoes and you don’t want to miss that!

Would that be Thomas or Bays English muffins?

Maybe. We’d have to be chemists to be sure. I don’t use the pink stuff, but if it’s ethanol based, I would think it could react with brass or other plumbing components to produce the simple but deadly compound CO.

Is that on one set of tires?

John, just read this again… I would check your wheel bearings regarding cupped tires. In a TV it means alignment but there is no alignment on trailers. To do so, lift each wheel off ground, hands on tire at 3 and 9 o’clock positions to check if there is any shake. Turn the wheel some and shake hard a few times. If you find ANY wobble at all then the axle nut needs to be tightened. If you have packed the bearings in the last 1-2 years, just tighten the nut. If not, it’s time to clean and pack the wheel bearings. I’m not sure but thinking bad shocks or even no shocks should not affect tire wear. Shocks merely stop the pendulum effect of spring bounce. I guess excessive bounce could affect tires, though less likely than bearings.

I’ve written thank you a dozen times to our hosts and we finally met them tonight! It’s worth repeating! TY!

I had to set John straight on a few things. 🤣 but after meeting in person, the gift of an amazing Oliver Texas Rally, we’re best buds now. What a great event!

I see the roll pin in the picture and it doesn’t look bent. What is keeping it from be driven wit a punch back into the opening. It will take 3 hands!

At the price point you could buy two extras so you could do the warranty exchange and always have two good shocks on hand. You know, I’ve owned many cargo and stock trailers 7K and 10.2K and none of them have had shocks. Are they necessary? Many Oliver Owners have 1-4 blown shocks and do not know so.

How dirty can a 1-year-old Oliver be? We got to the Texas Rally, where I thought our older hull would be the ugly duckling. Wow, there are some glossy Olivers here, some with recent CGI service. I was happy to see a couple Olivers with the dull & dirty look like ours. Don't they say, "It's what's inside that counts!"

Just checked Renewable Outdoors website where I purchased our Epoch batteries, and they did not charge tax or shipping. Then checked Epoch's website. Both have the 300A Epoch Essential back to the $999 price. Makes me glad I purchased at the right time, but not happy for others wanting to buy now. I would still wait to see Black Friday pricing and discounts since we are just weeks away.

I will certainly check out @Ronbrink's Atmos today! Sure Derek, stop by site 71 to talk. We're staying at the park today, so will be here or visiting others. I purchased Epoch during a 4th of July sale. They had just lowered the price from $999 to $899 and had 10% OFF. Last year they had 15% OFF for Black Friday. I went with Epoch to get 2x 300AH. The LiTime will likely continue to be the best price for 2x 230AH. 460AH vs. 600AH is the question, or you can do 1x 460AH Epoch Essentials (2 of the "Essential" model will not fit) as somebody here mentioned, or 2x 460AH and go all out as @rideadeuce did!

Just Campendium. Here is the listing for Yoakum County park.

Just sitting here relaxing while Olivers are pulling in, left and right. We’re in loop 58-72 and I believe @Mike and Carol will soon park in the empty spot center of picture!

Got to the Texas Rally at Inks Lake SP a couple days early. More pictures will be on the Rally thread. Spent the day today a Horseshoe Bay Resort. Adam used to play tennis tournaments here and, in the 10+ years since we had visited, they built 14 Pickle Ball courts. Marble Falls now has a brand-new HUGE H-E-B! We went to play PB today and found all the courts busy with a local tournament. If we had known, we could have entered the tournament but just spectators today!

Just a first picture!