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I’ll guess because it’s a high profile unit? They’re coming out with a lower rated low profile one but it’s not here yet. Seems like Oliver likes low profile

FWIW I’m a noise freak, super sensitive to noise. The Truma Aventa is supposed to be among or the quietest on the market according to AI. At first I was disappointed hearing how noisy it is but I forgot that ACs need to break in. Used it yesterday, it’s really good! I can sleep with this. Don’t know why they’re switching from Truma, it’s a good combination

Gravity or compressed air or time (in a dry place)

Thank you. Much appreciated!

How did you get the water out?

This maintenance can be completed in 2 hours (by a young experienced mechanic), or you could take most of the day, taking your time. I did the curbside yesterday and did the other side today. It's not a whole lot of work. The second side went very fast today (90 min), having the tools ready. This is just what I did and I'm sure others may do more or less. It's all the required maintenance in what makes sense to me, in my experience. IMO this maintenance should be conducted annually, or bi-annually for those who tow 10K +/- miles in a year. Following is a suggested 10-Step suspension maintenance procedure: 1) On level ground, jack up one side of the trailer, using the rear leveler jack, while the Oliver is hitched to the tow vehicle (mandatory for safety). 2) Spin each tire to see if it rolls freely. Listen carefully for any unusual sounds. Try to wobble each wheel left to right (3-9 clock positions) and top to bottom (6 - 12) to observe any free-play. There should no observable free-play with the Nev-R Lube bearings. 3) Remove the lug nuts on both wheels with impact (no impact, loosen prior to lifting). Place a jack stand under rear axle, close to wheel, for safety since your body will be under the trailer to do much of this work (see pic1). 4) Use compressed air to blow through all openings of the braking plates to remove all shoe dust from the interior of the brake drums. Wear safety glasses and stay upwind from the cloud of brake dust. Blow around until you see nothing but clean air. 5) Grease all six (6) wet bolts, plus two (2) grease fittings on the EZ Flex. Use a power grease gun if available with a LockNLube coupler attached. Add just enough grease to see it ooze from an edge. Wipe up all excess grease. A straight-blade screwdriver helps to remove old grease from recessed areas. Wipe grease fittings before and after and place caps back on (I go without caps). 6) Torque all suspension bolts to Alcan specs. 90 ft-lb for U-bolts, 80 ft-lb for the 3 end-points, 65 ft-lb on the shackle wet-bolts. Once the U-bolts set and do not need tightening, the nuts rust into place and you will not need to check again in the future (not true for the wet-bolts). I go lighter torque than Alcan specs on the wet-bolts, 70 and 58 ft-lbs which is an eighth (12%) lighter. 80 and 65 just seem high. 7) Check drag on the drums. They should contact the shoes ON and OFF when spinning (shoes installed are not perfectly round). If they do not drag at all, the self-adjuster is not tightening properly (see pic2 brake assembly, adjuster at bottom). Mine were all dragging just right on like-new axles installed Aug 2025, now at 3600 miles. There are two inspection ports on the backside. Unfortunately, there is no way to reach the gear to adjust it, due to the Oliver wide leaf/shock absorber plate. If adjusters are not working, the hub/drum must be removed, thus becoming a full brake job. 8] Pull the trailer emergency brake switch and turn the drums until they stop. Check amperage draw at each wheel, placing amp meter clamp around ANY single wire behind wheel. Amperage should be 3A +/- without much difference between wheels. My LF wheel was 3.1A (LOL, the one I hear skid when the brake controller gain is up too high)! The other three read 2.8A, the two main brake wires coming out of the streetside Oliver hull read 6.1A front and 5.8A rear. Looks good to me! 9) Remove gravel from the tread of both tires, using a thin flat-blade screwdriver, while inspecting for tread wear, tire defects and foreign objects (I do this with all our vehicles every time wheels are removed for any reason and have found many screws and other sharp metal objects in tire treads, sometimes causing slow leaks that can be fixed now vs. getting worse later on the highway). 10) Mount rims, lower hull to get rim close, making it easy to place wheel on studs. Use impact on light setting and snug up lug nuts evenly. Lower hull to sit on wheels, remove leveler blocks, and torque lugs to 90 ft-lbs. Repeat all 10 steps on the other side of the trailer. Let me know if I missed something or other suggestions! 😎

I changed out the cream colored blinds to white. I have both sets and they are free to whoever wants to pick them up. The new white ones started to get tiny holes in the fabric so they were replaced but if you're not as sensitive to light then they would be ok for you. cpaula2go2@gmail.com if you want them. Paula

Alcan specs 90-80-65 ft-lbs for U-bolts/leaf end-bolts/shackle bolts. I wet with 90-70-58 which is about 12% lighter on the wet-bolts. U-bolts need the 90 ft-lbs for sure. Just my gut feeling and what I went with. No science behind it. If you go too loose, the shackles can get damaged. You will need to tow some miles and work the retorquing intervals Alcan suggests. Next time lube first then torque. Torqued wet-bolt will likely refuse grease most of the time. The brass bushing will also set into the leaf eyelets with use. Yes, everything needs to wear-in a bit. You will soon love the ride! The other day, I took a traffic circle towing at 25 MPH! I almost forgot Ollie was back there. The Oliver stood tall and proud through the turn on Alcan Springs! 😎

John, I installed my Alcan's last week and two of the shackle wet bolts would not take grease despite having no load on the suspension and the grease ports at the 3:00 position. I did pre-grease all parts before assembly. It seems to me that the torque on these bolts in this location ( 65 Ft/lbs suggested by Alcan ) might be too tight, I see that you use 58 Ft/lbs. I've been thinking about loosening mine to see if that helps. What's your opinion on that? I haven't towed the trailer as yet, do the brass bushings need to wear in a bit?

I would not use Rvtech & Marine Service Center ( Fort Myers ), in my opinion, but do your own research if you choose to; just a heads up.

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Check your 7 pin. If it gets water in it the on board 12v battery will trigger. see this posting https://4-ever-hitched.com/blog-articles/f/why-were-my-tail-lights-on-all-night tail lights on ??

New to posting to the forum… Our LE 1 (#454) is unhitched and on the pad in our back yard. Some of the tail lights have come on spontaneously. Anyone had this and have a fix? Thanks - Russ Brogden

When first fired up, the Chill Cube in med-high fan makes about 30% of the noise of the Dometic P2. Once the cabin cools and it's variable speed compressor and fans gear down, its whisper quiet sound must be <5% of the awful P2! It's by far the quietest A/C unit I've ever heard. Wonderful easy sound for an afternoon nap in the Oliver! 😎 And for us, power requirements are very important, so to run our A/C on battery/inverter.

Both the Chill Cube and the Fresh Jet are quieter than our old Penguin. Do we know which is the quietest? The choices for AC replacement are growing!

Have you used your jack yet, and did it extend high enough for the Oliver to not require additional cribbing?

Greetings Oliver Family -- I have a couple of items that I need help with on my 2022 Oliver LE2 and I wonder if anyone has used Mobile Techs in Florida. I'm down along the SW Coast, though I am interested in knowing about any Mobile Techs here in the state, for future reference. * Reports on Good or Bad experiences can be useful * Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

OTT needs to get with it! Brinkley installs the Furrion Chill Cube. 😎 That’s 9 less than 3 feet from a freight train! 🤣

I ran that list through the Harvest Hosts app. Two are HH sites: St. James Winery Serenity Valley Winery As an aside, we've been using our Harvest Hosts more lately. Works well out east where there are fewer options. Some favorite experiences: TLC Tree farm (with great microbrew beers) Broad Creek Alpaca farm (For Steph's crocheting hobby.) Air Heritage Aviation Museum (For me. Parked right next to a F4 Phantom.) Shenandoah Caverns (Did the cavern tour.)

Us too. We had it for a year and used it 2-3 times on a long trip last summer. We'd rather boondock when possible or stay at a NF campgrounds, half-off with the Senior Pass. A trip to Arkansas and Missouri should be sometime in our future...

That's right Lance, but I had both wheels off on that side, weight off, suspension hanging, and still 1 of 6 wet-bolts would not take grease. Loosened the nut and turned it just a few degrees and it took grease. Not the best case but it's all I had the patience for. I retorqued it where it took grease, so maybe I get lucky next time. I'm going to service annually, always jacked-up wheels off, bearings check, greasing then torquing suspension, blowing out the brake shoe dust to keep the brakes clean inside, tightening the "self"-adjusters, checking amp draw at each wheel, etc. I'll write this up in detail when I get done with this work later this week.

Nice Bill, your new Sendel wheels are beautiful 😎 and a little stronger than their same model of 10 years ago. I was wondering why the load on mine stated 110 PSI with both 3,200 and 3,750 LBS weights listed? Yours has PSI ratings 80 / 100 and load ratings 3,300 and 3,960 LBS, so the load weights must be based on the two PSI numbers. Most of us run 45 - 55 PSI and carry 6K +/- LBS GVW. I built a weight table for our upgraded Oliver Suspension: If your still towing on OEM Dexter 1750 springs, then 7K is Max and you should worry about this common point of failure until you upgrade. Installed the 4-pack Alcan set? Then @ 2,250 each, 9,000 LBS is the Max Load. Oliver EII DOT stickers all state 7,000 GVWR anyway. If you've seen Steve's custom interior work and other additions, the weight of Hull #50 is right up there at the top in Oliver GVW! 3x may be an exaggeration, but if it's >10K then we have a 10K suspension with these upgrades, legal or not.

If you like nerding out on details ... Here's the control boxes, yay more LED's to cover at night. But see below, this might be just the PP model, or an early idea Here's the Ecoflow. That spot is blank on mine, unfortunately I lose cabinet space for no useful purpose The battery looks like a standard ecoflow bolted in there, with all the electronics and casing. No space to do a side by side like with the Lithionics. 5 kWh base, I have about 9 kWh with the Lithionics upgrade (which cost $$). Jason says it can be supplemented, maybe he means the Ecoflow daisy chaining feature with an external battery They dropped the vents. Those Ecoflows have built in active cooling and fans, maybe they figure that's good enough? Still need to dump heat somehow Different picture on the websidte compared to the Austin demo model. Two control panels and not one on the side pantry wall. Bottom is the tanks, the top looks like the Truma with the control knob. Probably something similar.

Thanks for catching me in time 😅 Yeah it's the two most forward that are the troublemakers. I'm off to mooch camp this weekend I'll do it there. I'll be over near Alcan this summer so just set up an appointment. Unfortunately they won't install my GM TPS - Oliver decided not to do it either. Having a hard time getting that taken care of.