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In approx 2018-2019 BE (before oliver) we lived in the Coachella Valley in S. California. Summers were routinely 110-120 for months at a time. I was down there trying to get the house ready for our move and spent a lot of time making a bunch of tables for the new home. At night because it was by 10pm ONLY 100. We installed a minisplit in the uninsulated garage and the mini-split would easily knock down the air temp form 100 to 80 withot breathing hard. That said, I can't recall the brand however we did pay approx $3800 for the system installed. After procurring a permit, the installation took one day.

A former Moderator and Oliver owner is/was renowned for relatively extreme mods to his Ollie. One of these mods occurred during construction where he had requested Oliver raise his Oliver to get more ground clearance - primarily for off-roading purposes. Someone here on the Forum might still have more pictures of this Oliver. Once the Oliver was "lifted" it was decided (by all concerned) that this would cause the trailer to be too top heavy and/or would impact the road handling of the trailer adversely. Therefore, it was returned to the original design. The trailer's name was Snowball and the Forum name of the owner was Overland. Bill p.s. Here's Overland's discussion of his "attempted" lift.

We stayed at Brookings and Tillamook. Loved it. Welcome to the family. Arkansas state parks are great if they fit your TN travel plans.

The problem with this is that it puts a reverse stressor on the trailer frame. Instead of bearing a load (trailer body) pressing down from above, when the rollers are dragged on the pavement they push up on the rear frame of the trailer and carry part of the load usually carried by the axles. This can bend a trailer frame and cause damage to the body (although I would think a molded fiberglass body is stronger then other RVs).

I have seen videos where skid rollers are mounted at the rear of a travel trailer to keep the bumper/under carriage from scraping on steep driveways or road grades; check out etrailer.com for such products. I welded some on a skid plate that’s mounted on the front of my TV to protect the expensive ebike rack, works great!

I bought a LE2 Platinum Twin a couple months ago. 🙂 I would highly recommend the Yellow Jacket eccentric tool. I wouldn't take a chance with such a critical component. Wall mount. I'm amazed at how quiet both the indoor and outdoor units are. No vibration transmitted to the building either. The wall mount bracket came with rubber vibration pads, but there's very little vibration to begin with. Here's the exterior part of the installation at my house:

Haven't done it to our Oliver but we "flipped" the axles on a previous trailer to gain approximately 2" for the same reason. If your Oliver axles sit on top of the springs you can have a spring/suspension shop "flip" them to put the axle tubes underneath the springs. You basically gain the diameter of the axle tubes. (Note that this could slightly affect handling since it raises the trailer's center of gravity, but we didn't notice it on our other trailer.)

Appreciate that tip on the coffee shop ! we are no longer in Leadville, but we did have a great Pizza at “High Mountain Pies” Would recommend that spot for Pizza

I have not read here that anybody has done so to date, but John E Davies who was active years ago wrote some about modifying the Oliver suspension from an Under- to Over-slung suspension. I tow in the NF and BLM of Arizona often, descending steep and deep washes and have so far never scraped the rear. This suspension change would give you a 5+" lift (diameter of axle plus height of leaf springs), and this comes with negatives. Mainly just climbing into the cabin would be a pain, reason why I tow with a 2WD truck, vs. a 4WD truck with a lift! No, I'm done with trucks or trailers where I'd need to climb up like that! 🤣 I'm not seeing a 2" lift option and only 2" may not answer your needs. I've got neighbors with driveways like yours, wow! I'd suggest leave the Oliver alone and fix your driveway. You'd appreciate it when driving your grocery-getter too. Talk to a concrete contractor or build a proper set of ramps specifically for this purpose. Please let us know and post here with pics and comments if you do convert your Oliver to an Over-slung suspension! 😎

Cool @pjt, and thank you for your input as a new Forum member! I hope very soon you get a chance to have an Oliver of your own! This thread was quiet for two days which surprised me. Handy, yeah no problem and I have flare tools from working automotive brake and fuel lines, though I may need a larger flare die. I recently purchased a vacuum pump and gauges and have restored the A/C in two of our trucks. The kit has fittings for R134A, R1234yf, R32 and R454B refrigerants. The Senville 18K and 24K BTU models I've been looking at uses the very efficient R454B which is 70% R32 and 30% R1234yf. Starting to worry about whether I need permits in our city. Hate to get .gov involved, nothing but corrupt bottom-feeders! 🤣 Much of electrical code is BS too, like having a power cutoff box at the unit, as any idiot can merely trip the breaker and I don't want the extra cost and another box mounted to the side of our home. Our city will likely add 100s of dollars in permit costs too. Glad to know that Pioneer is working out for you. We have a member here who installed a Pioneer inverter A/C rooftop on his Oliver. Most of the models are likely very close in features and quality, except for the refrigerant used. Did you sit the compressor/condenser unit on the ground or wall-mount it? In our application, I would like it wall mounted, but wondering if that would cause noise. Cooling bedrooms has different concerns than cooling a garage. Would love one in my garage but I just tough it out July and Aug when we see some real heat. Thank you for the suggestion on installation videos. I'll take a look. I'm going to talk to the heating & cooling company that I've used and trust to get some inputs on how to handle this in our area. More to come... Thanks again, and BTW feel free to ask us any questions if you are interested in purchasing an Oliver, the best little egg camper out there! 😎

Following JD's lead on this: Some thoughts about the 3 way it appears you have done all the common items: Turn the control panel up to setting 5. Park with the curbside door on the north side as much as possible to keep the solar gain off the unit. If not possible, lowering your awning a bit to put the unit into shade. Open the frig door and look in the upper back wall where the aluminum cooling fans are. On the right side of them is a white plastic "clamp" that holds the thermistor for the unit. It will slide up and down on the right most fin. This thermistor controls the cooling system. Moving it up or down will increase/decrease the temp in the box for each of the five settings on the control panel. I don't recall which way you move it go get cooler, but there there is a post on the forum. I'm sure one of the members will remind us on this detail. The Beach Lane Fans seem to be the best fan solution for a warm frig in hot conditions. So regardles of any of the suggestions, if you use a 3 way where it is hot you need the extra cooling needed by the frig. Do plan on doing this if you get yours running. Good posts on the forum on how. So now to get to the gas burner orifice. It is easy to get to and remove. Follow the gas supply valve into the curbside front of the lower access panel. It goes horizontal into a gas control valve. Beyond that valve is an air shield. The outside cover can be bent out to reveal the gas orifice. A small combination wrench is needed to remove it. Done. Hope this helps. GJ

Hull 1703 2026 LEII Has anyone raised their Oliver 2"? I have a steep driveway and the approach angle from the road to the driveway is approximately 12%. To back the Oliver up the driveway I currently have to back up until the trailer is just about to hit and then place boards under the tires until we are started up the driveway and then we are fine. Raising the height by 2" should solve my problem.

We went to the Keg Springs Winery earlier this week. They have quite a few different red and white grape varieties, but specialize in fruit wines. Blackberry, Muscadine, Peach, Cherry, etc. We enjoyed our visit.

Update: Water pump switch has been fixed. I was in Hohenwald for a furnace and water heater issue so I had them troubleshoot and fix as we are still under warranty. The issue ended up being a loose connector on the Seelevel switch. Mike and the Oliver service department were great in addressing all of our issues.

Update: W255H Issue Hull#1703 2026 LEII The furnace and water heater issues have been fixed! Mike at Oliver service was very accommodating and got us back on the road. Turns out the data cable was the issue. While trying to pull a new cable thru, the old cable broke, so I suspect, it got crimped somewhere and worked initially but as we traveled down the road it was compromised. Thanks to everyone here who tried to help me fix it without traveling back to Hohenwald and to Mike and Oliver service department!

Welcome. Looking at the map, I'd suggest the Reno, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Memphis route. Lots to see on that path. Last year we stayed at Maumelle Park outside Little Rock and visited the Little Rock River Market and the nearby riverfront park. We also visited Memphis (not the nicest city) and saw Elvis' mansion and the Bass Pro Pyramid, which is definitely worth a stop (try the restaurant at the top). Some good food and interesting places north of Hohenwald in the Nashville area, too. Have fun planning your trip!

Martin and Linda, welcome! You live in a nice part of Oregon. If you have questions, you’ll find lots of experts that will offer solutions. Mike

Good morning back to you and a big Welcome to the Forum! Amber Falls Winery is not far to the East from Hohenwald, TN (35.57895, -87.36741). This is a pleasant little winery and has a couple of red wines that are worth considering. However, I thought that $50+ for these was a bit high. There is another winery just off the Natchez Trace Parkway - north of Hohenwald called Keg Springs Winery (35.65096, -87.34441) but I've never had the chance to stop in. Good luck! Bill

I'd bet that you are no longer in the Leadville area - but - there is a coffee shop directly across the street from City Hall that has very good pastries and coffee. Plus, they have free WiFi. Bill

Likewise, good to hear from you again Claudia. We've conversed here before and I remember you being quite DIY capable! 😎 Re your statement above, it means two things to me. First, I've always noticed that ours works a little better on LP which is the opposite condition. And that has me thinking about what you wrote, when temps are over 80F. Have you installed a better fan in the exterior vent area? You might think, why would that matter when it cools properly on AC/DC? I'm not certain, but a viable hypothesis may be the fridge on LP creates more heat than when powered by electric. Our fridge used to perform on-and-off and ever since adding the Beech Lane large dual fan it performs excellently under any power source. When we set it on #4 the freezer will approach 0F and the fridge will get down to 32F (Ruuvi temp sensors) and when it does so we switch the cooling level to #3. Chris was a restaurant chef for a few years and she keeps me well nourished! 🤣 That means she keeps a very FULL fridge! We now have an extra fridge in the truck, always with space for grocery shopping. If you reply that you already have a similar fan (not the little OEM fan), then I'm at a loss in what to advise. But if not, do this before you do anything else. My installation is presented at the bottom of page 1 on this post:

You're welcome, Robert. That's great that you are in Colorado! You should definitely visit Alcan like I did on our trip, purchase parts at a minimum, get the Alcan Leaf Springs and get their U-bolts also to mount the springs. Your Oliver is a 2022, mine a 2016 needed everything. I'm assuming you have the HD EZ Flex kit installed from new. For example, if you have towed 50K miles in 4 years, your EZ Flex equalizers are likely shot. There is a section in my post about the equalizers. They wear cock-eyed inherent to their design. If your mileage in 4 years is much lower say 20K miles, they may be OK to be reused. Shocks don't matter much. If you had Alcan work the spring install, you could ask them to test the shocks. If bad they could replace them if available, or just reinstall them as-is and you could DIY new shocks at anytime, a simple task. Many on this forum and elsewhere are adamant about the wet-bolts installed in a certain 3 or 9 o'clock position. I'm not sure that matters, I worry less about some things. Since the Alcan wet-bolts were not splined, I just mounted ours in random positions. When I grease, I usually get one Zerk per side that will not take grease (yes wheels and load OFF). I just loosen that bolt, give it a 1/4 turn, apply grease and retorque. To date, only one Oliver owner had issue with the Alcan shackles, where they got buggered with use. The same owner went with an extremely light torque setting, hence the damage. No other complaints from what, 200 Oliver owners with Alcan Springs! If you believe in the 3-9 positioning get a HD splined set instead. I also thought afterwards, I could have bought the full HD EZ Flex set saving money. If needed when there, purchasing Alcan wet-bolts would be fine. One thing I can tell you is they will reuse everything good and are not the kind of outfit to upsell their customers. Another thing I would have done differently? If Alcan had in stock the axles I needed, in hindsight, I would have had them do the whole job when I was there. They charged others a very reasonable $600 for labor, and got the job done in a half day. I enjoy DIY on my vehicles, always pay for parts only, dislike paying for contract labor! But to install axles and springs was a long hard job for one old guy at home (my son helped when asked), pacing myself I spent a few days! They certainly would have fit me in vs. allowing me to drive off that day! They measured our Oliver and spent so much time with me. Our Oliver is one of the few with the 50" axles, while Alcan had a whole pallet of 50.50" axles for their Oliver customers. My axles had to be custom ordered, so having them do the work while we were in CO was not in the cards. You have a lot to consider. I suggest you keep the installation option open. Call them and talk to Lew or Tim. Let us know how it turns out for you!

Good morning to all. This is Martin and Linda from S Oregon. We live near Jacksonville and the Applegate valley. Wonderful wineries and cider makers in the valley. We just picked up our 2019 E2 and are searching for places to go as we head to Tennessee next summer. New to this site also so hopefully this post works. Enjoy

Cottonwood Lake USFS campground on Cottonwood Pass, near Buena Vista, Co 3.5 miles of miserable washboard dirt road , nice campground, no water available as the well has been broken over 5 years with no plan to repair 🤔 campground is all FCFS and fills up Friday mornings too much dust with folks driving 25 mph in a 5 mph campground One pic in Leadville, Co

Thank you for this detailed information we are roaming around Colorado and I was thinking about contacting Alcan to check on appointment availability for the upgrade. Maybe we will just pick up the springs and haul them home to complete the job after we gather all the other parts , shocks, EZ Flex, Shackle U Bolts and wet bolts Thanks a million

We probably have the same Dometic unit though I have never checked its model # but my hull is #70 so not too far apart. No issues on mine so far. Given your description I would be inclined to think you might have to take the unit out of the Oliver to work on. You are already much further down the pike of knowledge on this thing than me. Best of luck with the repairs and working through this. Rob