MERIDIAN

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI, OVERNIGHTING
Left the Montgomery Alabama area in the rain early this morning. Drove in the rain to Meridian Mississippi where we are camped just East of town in a newly renovated KOA Campground. Setup in the rain and it is still raining.
Our physical address is, 3953 KOA Campground road Toomsuba, Ms. 39364. We are in campsite #1 right by the office, come on by and see us ! Wev'e got the coffee pot on and we are ready to show you the beautiful 2015 Legacy Elite II ! Click on the map below for a larger view. Call us at 479.243.5450

MONTGOMERY

Montgomery Alabama overnighting at K & K campground 1808 I-65 service road E, that is across the river and is near Millbrook, Al Located right by the K & K camping center. Here is the web page link: http://www.kandkrv4u.com/ the coordinates are N 32* 27.329' W 086* 23.000' Call us at 479-243-5450

We are located where pin “C” is at on the map. Click map for larger version.

We are looking forward to your visit !

DIXIE

The Oliver road team has left Florida and is heading North up I-75 to near Macon, Georgia where we will turn West on US Highway 80 which follows, somewhat, the old Dixie Overland Highway, one of America's oldest Paved coast to coast highway...s. This "Heart of Dixie" route will take us all the way to Dallas Texas where we will head South towards the Padre Island National Seashore. There is so much history along this route that we will be going slower than the usual Interstate Highway speeds, so, call us at 479243.5450 and we will show you the 2015 Oliver Legacy Elite II that we are pulling ! Here is a look at our route.

HIGHSPRING

The 2015 RV Super show is in the History Books ! We are North on I-75 at High Springs Florida. Staying at the High Springs RV Park ! Stop in and visit for a spell ! Since we were dry camped in a parking lot, we need to catch up on the usual camping chores of tank fills, dumps, laundry and so on and so forth ! I will be looking for your visit ! Here is a link to the RV Park Reviews listing.
http://www.rvparkreviews.com/…/high…/high-springs-campground

SUPERSHOW

We arrived at the 2015 RV Supershow in Tampa Florida and are having the best time ! There are thousands and thousands of RV’s to see and many cool street performers to watch.

Tram trains cruise the many parking lot’s to give rides up to the entrances.

Poco and I are napping as this tram passes by.

One of the entrance gates.

 

Riding the tram to the gate.

The half scale wall is at the show.

Betty talking with visitors about the Oliver Legacy Elite II.

This fifthwheel can haul your cycle in a slide out !

Busy days here at the super show. Wish you were here !

SUPERSHOW

The 2015 RV Supershow in Tampa Florida !

Are you going to be there ? We are ! Starting Jan 14th and running for five days according to the video, It is the world's largest Rv show ! We will be overnighting in the Tampa State fairgrounds parking lot, they charge $12 per night. Here is a promotional video of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yW7L3T1D20g If you haven't ever been to the show, it's hard to imagine how big it is until you see the video.
The seadawg's and maybe other Oliver owners will be there with us. If you can, come on down to Tampa and let's have a big old time while looking at all the newest that the RV Industry has to offer ! Here is a link to the show's web page:
http://events.frvta.org/florida-rv-supershow/
We will be in the Pony Express and pulling a 2015 Legacy Elite II that will be available should some want to see it. Here is what we will look like.

We hope to see you at the 2015 Supershow !

SACRIFICIAL

Today’s fuel efficient design’s for RV’s and indeed trailer’s in general, are prompting the use of aluminum frames  for strength, rigidity and weight reduction, that will result in the owner reaping fuel savings.  Axle’s and suspensions, because of their very nature, are almost always made of steel. And there is the engineering rub. That rub has a name. Galvanic action, or, as end users, like many of us, think of it as, two dissimilar metals in contact, causing corrosion. A solution is the use of the sacrificial anode, like those pictured below.

One method to reduce galvanic action is by isolating the steel suspension assembly, from the aluminum frame, by first mounting it on a heavily galvanized  bracket, before it is mounted to the frame. Here is a look at one manufacturer’s anode installation’s. This anode is located on the bottom of the frame by the Galvanized bracket and suspension.

  This anode  is located on the bottom of the tongue by the Oliver Legacy II’s  Bulldog Hitch.

Most of us have replaced the sacrificial anode that is in many RV hot water heaters, and are used to checking that anode on a annual basis. But if we have an aluminum frame, we probably need to be checking on our aluminum frame’s sacrificial anode’s also.

Should replacing these anodes yourself, be your goal, they are available from your manufacturer, or on eBay. They are strategically placed nearby dissimilar metals and attached with a pop rivet. Readily visible on the bottom of the frame, they are easy to check and replace as needed, using a drill and pop rivet gun.

So, if you Winterize your RV and you are in “salt on the highway” territory, it might be a timely thing to check or replace your aluminum frame anode’s.