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I sent a message to Meridian Products regarding the difference between ASI 335 and ASI 335WS. This was the response that I received: “…The 335 and the 335 Window Seal are the same base technology, the difference is the window seal label. In addition the Window is listed with AMMA for Window Installation.” I suspect that the “AMMA” that they refer to is actually “AAMA” , the American Architectural Manufacturers Association. Bill

@jd1923 It is interesting that our tongue weights are the same but your total trailer weight is 600 lbs more than mine. Bill

Your answer is on page 2 of this thread.

Both Jason and Matt have been sent PM's in this regard. Bill

How many watts is the cooktop rated? The rating should assume full ON.

If only half of degreed EEs had your practical knowledge… Excellent work Geoff! Appreciate your design philosophy too! 😎

Yah. I figured as much. Figured it doesn't hurt to offer. Back to #1, if folks are interested I can approach my local guy about working out a vector graphics from pictures. There's design time involved with that. However, if he knew that there were a number of people queued up on that then maybe he would waive or just roll it into price of orders etc. Y'all can let me know. Thx.

Nathan - I will mention this to Matt Duncan and to Jason Walmsley (who handles most if not all things tech related for Oliver and used to work directly for Matt). However, I can tell you that Matt is very well versed in computer tech. He and I did discuss this very possibility when we initially sat down in his old office and were looking for the specific computers and memory stick backups. An additional "problem" at this point will be to identify which computers and which memory sticks might have been involved with these graphics. I'll let you know what Matt and/or Jason have to say on the subject. Bill p.s. Yes, I am a moderator. All of the Moderators of the Forum are NOT employees of Oliver Travel Trailers, and are not compensated in any way by Oliver for the work we do here on the Forum (i.e. we are volunteers). Yes, since most of the moderators have been around Oliver (for more years than we might like to admit), we tend to know a bit of history and the former and current employees that were/are involved with both the travel trailers and other parts of the overall Oliver businesses. Perhaps this is good news and bad news. Good news is that we tend to know "stuff". Bad news is that we also know that Oliver is a family owned business that does not have very much (if any) "fat". That is - they have a very lean staff with most of the staff holding down multiple jobs. Therefore, I'm guessing that it may take a fair amount of time to even get a start on the project you'd like to do.

1. If there are people out there still interested in resolving this, please tag this comment with some sort of emoji as a confirmation. More on that later. And not necessarily related to #2 below. 2.@topgun2, I don't know how the forums work around here but I assume if you are a mod you are either an Ollie employee or at least know them somewhat ... In a previous life I did digital forensics work. That means recovering deleted/over-written files. It's not always possible but sometimes ... Can you let them know I might be able to help? I can walk them through the process of duplicating the drive on that machine in such a way that a copy could be sent to me either electronically or physically to see if I can recover anything. thx

I heard that😁 But I'm no EE… just an uneducated and curious mind. The first priority in all my modifications — and frankly the cleverest aspect — was minimizing impact on the Oliver's stock functions and appearance. Most modifications can be removed without trace: no fiberglass damage, original functions intact. Everything is fully documented in a binder with detailed drawings any competent technician could follow. This should be a standard practice for every DIYer — and frankly, it's not something Oliver itself can boast based on all the speculation we see in this forum. Cheers!

Thanks Bill, I'm sure many of us are interested! 😎 No CAT Scales in our county (50 miles to the nearest Interstate), so I take advantage of the simple scale at our Prescott Solid Waste Division (the city dump). I did not get separate TV axle weights. I go one day with TV plus TT and weigh the truck wheels on the scale, then all, then Oliver only. The next day I go back, Oliver detached and I add 220 LBS for Chris and her front seat stuff and our 65 LB Springer! I also used a Sherline tongue scale and measured the same 580 LBS. Your TV is a bit heavier than ours. The Duramax and Allison are certainly heavier than our 5.9 Cummins and Dodge 47RE trans, but the real difference comes from the weight of your truck bed cap that we do not have. You can see how our weights have increased in a couple years, getting closer on TV GVWR. We always have 35+ gallons fresh water in the truck bed and have accumulated more tools and camping gear, even spare hubs for TT and TV! The increased weight comes some from more gear but mainly the many mods and additions I've made in the last 2 years. D52 Axles and Alcan Springs is a good portion of the net increase. I'm getting closer on TV GVWR and not concerned re Oliver GVWR since we now have a 10K suspension on Hull #113! Love your old-school spreadsheet! I cannot write a simple to-do list without my favorite app Excel! 🤣

This is kind of a petty question, but Im going to ask it anyways. We started to have the touch light flickering situation that others have had. I ordered some replacement lights to replace the 4 inch touch light from Amazon. I ordered some 12V 4" Obeaming 3000k lights from amazon. The lights fit just fine but were very yellow and dimmer than the lights that are in the trailer now. So we sent them back and I ordered the 5000K and they were very white , too white, and they ruined the ambiance that the original lights produced. So we decided to order another box of the 4000k lights, unfortunately to the eye they are just as white as the 5000k. So my question is has any one found a replacement light that is closer to the originals. I would imagine Oliver must have a replacement light that will match the other lights in color, but I haven't reached out to them yet. Thanks Bill

OK the filterification of the Oliver is done and tested. Just need a little padding/bracing, I think a foam pad between the tanks is all I need. It’s so tight in there they’re already pretty secure. Here’s a block diagram of what I ended up with The reasoning is that all this filtering greatly reduces water pressure and slows the fill basically. I don’t need the Offgrid Filter (down to .5 u paper filters + UV sterilize) for the fresh water tank, just the softening is sufficient. So I have a loose “To fresh tank” quick connect line when filling, just three easy connections for waterpoint and to tank, just using the softener/Fe I open the offgrid line and snake the hose into a 5 gallon drinking water tank to fill that up. Plus power - I need to get a 12V cig output into the basement The third is for spraying off the truck + trailer. Softened so that ideally it leaves no water spots I don’t know how this worked out but somehow, with the water tanks taking up that back space (leaving room to toss dirty clothes around them) I seem to have more storage overall. I’ll take it though

Thanks that’s clear now. They use a different stove for the 2k LEI. The LEII has a two burner with different capacities. Yours is definitely wired to the inverter and is broken if it won’t turn on. More information on the LEII stove for the interested … I think part of the confusion comes from thinking of this as propane which is just a passive line from the tank. So you get whatever the tank can supply, basically full capacity. The induction, as a 120V electrical appliance has all the same caveats as the rest of the 120V system which is really easy to overload. For example, with my 3k system the stove itself does not allow me to use both burners on full simultaneously. You can set power level (1-10) or temperture, I think in terms of PL. The left bigger one goes to 10, the right to 8. But if I set the 10 to max, then start ramping up the smaller 8 burner, at some point around 4 it’ll start to drop the level of the other burner. You get load balancing between the two. With yours though clearly it’s just a broken unit.

This simple mod makes our camping life easier to organize. It's just a piece of removable whiteboard decal on the closet door for shopping and to-do lists. We also put our campground address and site number there in case we have to call 911. The final touch was a whiteboard marker Velcroed above it. Amazon: https://a.co/d/08ma1cjD

Here are my scale tickets since I have started using CAT scales. I tow with a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado LTX 2500HD with 6.6L Duramax and 6 Speed Allison automatic transmission. ARE bed topper with full bed. Both front seats occupied. Full width RockStar Commercial Tow Flap. Full diesel tank 36 gallons. Sticker FRT GAWR 5200 Sticker RR GAWR 6200 Sticker GVWR 10,000 Owners Manual Max trailer 13,000 Owners Manual GCWR 25,300 Just started using a Sherline Tongue Weight Scale Loaded tongue weight at the beginning of the current trip is 580 lbs. Full fresh water tank (30 gallons of water weigh 250 lbs). Empty black and gray tanks. Full 30 lb propane tanks (About 110 lbs). Full refrigerator. No tongue basket. No bumper attachments. Four AGM batteries. No solar. Here’s a spreadsheet that I scratched out this morning “CAT” is a weight off the CAT scale ticket. “CAL’C” is a calculated weight “Sticker” is a weight off of the vehicle placard. “Owners Manual” is a weight out of the owners manual for my truck. I tow without a weight distribution hitch. Trailer brake usually set on 4, bump up to 5 or 6 if raining and/or hilly. Front 60, rear 75, trailer 50 cold tire pressures. Tow/haul and exhaust braking on. Original brakes, I’ve installed new Timken or NTN bearings at 12k and 24k, and will install new bearings at about 36k. Just over 30,000 miles total on the trailer. Trailer stays in heated and air conditioned shop when at home. I am very pleased with how the truck and trailer operate together at these weights. I’ve posted this information for those who are interested in how other folks tow. Bill

Thanks for bringing this subject back up! From everything that I've been able to find out - The original graphics for virtually all Oliver's have been lost. When Matt Duncan left Oliver (he still does some work for Oliver from time to time on a consulting basis) and what one might call the Marketing Department was depleted of personnel, the computers and file backups were basically left unattended in the offices above the Sales floor. It appears as though the backup files were written over by "new" files and the "original graphic files" were also written over in much the same manner. More than likely all of this was done by personnel who were simply looking for access to a spare computer and had no idea of what these files represented. There still exits a small possibility that additional file copies exist but currently there is not the staff that is available to go look for them. Sorry! Bill

He seemed unsure about it when I pushed on the point. I think he was thinking about the difference between a true D35 and D52. It would be very unusual for Dexter to gimp the brakes specially I think as it would complicate inventory. Easier/cheaper to take a stock D52, ship it with the stock 1750’s and just print a new label. OK so with this new 2026 axels I’ve got, I’m having them just upgrade the springs, and I’m bringing Bulldogs with me to replace the stock shocks. They mentioned D rings, those will get replaced it sounds like, but the EZ flex and the rest of it will get reused as-is

Uh oh.

Well, I had a feeling this was coming... I hope it backfires on them in the worst possible way. Will Prowse Sued by Dragonfly Energy Over Alleged False and Misleading Claims About Battle Born Batteries

If Geoff ever sells their Oliver, the buyer will have to be another EE! 😎

Wow, well thought out and excellent quality work, too!

Awesome, now 37 pages in a dead heat with “Where’s Ollie!” 🤣

Not, something miscommunicated! Your D52 axles are labeled 3500 only due to the OEM installation of 1750 LB springs. They are the same D52 axles. With an Alcan upgrade you’ll have a 10K LB suspension, but 3500 axle labels and 7,000 GVWR legally per the DOT sticker on the body.

I have D52s rated 3500, the guy at Alcan claimed these were somewhat different than D52s rated 5200 - the brakes when I questioned him. Not sure I believe it.