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At first, I was negative re Mopeka, but after their customer service sent me a replacement pair at no cost, without shipping costs nor returning the original pair, I certainly agree with this statement! They have been accurate. Also, I used the original pair at home on two 20# tanks for our grill and home fire ring. They have been performing as well. Perhaps since they are stationery. Anyway, very happy! 😂

It’s always good to meet a fellow trout bum! I’m looking forward to the upcoming fishing season, of course. I moved here by way of Alaska and then Portugal. It’s been quite a journey.

Welcome and Congrats your fine looking Oliver. Believe you can learn to back your "new to you" Ollie easily. There is a very knowledgeable group of helpful folks here if you have any questions! Bill

Welcome! We lived in Washington for 27 years before moving to Colorado in 2019 and we enjoyed several trips to the San Juan Islands. It's a beautiful place! I'm a trout bum myself and often refer to my Oliver as my MFC (mobile fishing cabin) for fly fishing adventures here in Colorado. It will serve you well and the folks on this forum are super helpful if you have questions.

Welcome to the Oliver community! I had a friend with a lawn care business who had a bunch of the bright orange traffic cones -- we set them up in a parking lot and that is where I practiced. It was worth the time to learn ahead of time.

Welcome! Lots of expertise on the forum so if you have questions feel free to ask away. We were in the PNW last August and September, really enjoyed the area! Mike

Greetings, I just purchased a 2022 Oliver. It is the Legacy, Elite II. This is my first RV and it has been interesting learning about the various systems. So far I haven’t made any costly mistakes. I need to find my way to an empty parking lot and practice backing up. Until that becomes muscle memory, I likely won’t venture too far away from home. I hope to spend a lot of time in British Columbia, Canada. I enjoy trout fishing and I think that region will allow me to find some nice fishing and allow me to boondock on Crown Land. Wishing all of you safe travels in the sunny days ahead.

Camping in the Northeast, with the foliage, low sun angle and long shoulder seasons can change the generator calculus. That said, we never needed our generator with this trailer until my wife got her ebike.

We have a 2018 LE, with a single Epoch Essentials 300Ah battery. Two of the Epoch 300Ah will not fit into our battery tray. They will likely fit into the battery compartment if the tray is removed. Measure first; your mileage may vary. Our tray inside dimensions are 14-1/4" x 14-1/4". Two Epoch Essential 300Ah batteries side-by-side require 13-3/8" long x 14-3/4" wide (because the battery tops are wider than the bottoms and you can't snuggle them close enough together to fit into the tray). I would like Epoch to develop something like a 200Ah or 250Ah Essentials battery with Bluetooth and heat that is just a bit smaller so that I can fit two of them into the existing tray (or make the 300Ah battery just a bit narrower... but no wider or taller). I prefer using the tray as it slides out, making the connections easier *and* it provides slots for the battery hold-down straps to attach. p.s. I'm also a big Adirondack fan 🙂

@ripple963 We live in Maine and I store our 2018 Elite II outside without any cover and have not had any problems. I do clean and wax the Olie prior to storing it for the winter. In the spring, I do have to remove some rain stains on the side. I use a fiberglass soap which removes the stains. I then put on 2 coats of wax (wipe on wipe off) which generally lasts for the summer. A friend of mine who also owns a Ollie and lives in Maine stores his ouside without any cover. If I lived in the south, where the sun is strong all year long, I would invest in a cover.

Andrew, it has been a while since you installed this shade option. Are you still pleased with it? Would you do the same again or would you do the application some how differently? How did you attached the shade? Thanks for the assistance.

Yeah, my previous post was really meant to be tongue in cheek. I guess you can’t 100% substitute actual long term day in day out use with fake accelerated simulated use testing.

Will obviously now has more and better equipment than he did a few years back, and what really changed is that he discovered some significant problems with BB batteries.

Not at all getting on your case because part of my lithium battery research 6 years ago was Will’s channel and still is part of my solar/battery research. I purchased three BB batteries then along with several Oliver friends. Back then BB batteries were the gold standard. Back then Will did all sorts of testing, he went to the BB “factory”, and interviewed the owner. He was as excited about BB batteries as a little kid at Christmas. They could do no wrong back then. Fast forward to today, something changed. Anyway we do the best we can with our research and still…..🤞🤪

I've never purchased a portable generator. Our Bigfoot Class-C had a 4K Onan which I rebuilt after we purchased it (cleaned sludge out, new carb, oil, filters and plug). We used it to recharge 2 lead acid batteries and/or run the A/C in the afternoons. Later I added 400W solar, 1800W inverter and 3x105 Ah AGMs and after that I only ran the Onan every other months to keep it in running shape. Original owners ran it 660 hours, we added about 30 hours on the clock. This is my full generator experience. I can't stand having to hear the generators of other campers (or the noise of A/C units running)! Would it not be crazy to carry or run a generator with 900 Ah LiFePO4, 720W solar and a 50A DC-to-DC charger? Our Oliver is camped now on Thumb Butte Road above Prescott right now and since Friday afternoon. It got up to 90 on Friday and highs of 85F since (quite a heat spell, cooling off next week). Ran the Furrion Chill Cube A/C 2-3 hours per day. 320W rooftop solar working, no obstructions, sunny ALL day... OMG, 4 days and 3 nights and we're down to 83% SOC! 🤣 We could camp here for a long, long time... My bet is that if Bob upgrades to 600 Ah, with their style of moving every few days with DC-DC charging, they will only have to consider #2 on his list! 😎

We had two newer BB 100AH batteries in Ollie, but recently installed two 105 AH Epoch batteries in parallel. I like the physically smaller/lighter Epoch batteries for our application compared to BB along with Epoch's customer support and Epoch's app to monitor Epoch Bluetooth Smart battery condition. Really like the built in Epoch carry handles on the 105AH batteries making it easy to install & remove these 22lb batteries. We don't have factory solar or an inverter like many folks here. We have a Progressive Dynamics 45 amp charger and also charge with up to two Renogy 100W Portable Suitcase Solar Panels and Renogy Solar controller when away from shore power. Looking forward to seeing how fast the Epoch batteries will charge with 100W Portable Suitcase Solar Panels during the 2026 camping season.

Great thread. Picking up tomorrow from Hohenwald (HULL: 1688)! I'm in North AL and will be storing on a lot for the next year or so. Have been keeping up with all the cover threads and this one appears to be the most current. Does anyone have an update on CalMark newer that ripple963's 3 FEB post? If not, I plan on calling this week. I'll share the latest.

Do what DavePhelps says above! There are at least two different windows on our Ollies and have VERY different mounting methods. Call the company to make sure that you get the right part(s). Bill

YouTube is your friend. Bill

Here are recommended products by Will. He loves EPOCH and Victron.

LOL! Never is a really long time to NEVER run a generator. BTW great posting on how to increase power density of an OE trailer. Can't believe that just a few years ago 300 AH was tops. Wow how things have changed in the world of RV's and boondocking power. Glad to read your post. But NEVER? Really. 🙂 GJ

Where do I find this finished video?

Where do I find the video of the Zarcor Company staff's demonstration of the replacement of the door window in an Oliver that is referred to at the beginning of this thread?

When I get over to storage I will get the exact dimensions so I know exactly what I have to work with. I agree, the bluetooth apps are a must. Bob

1000 watts of solar does sound like a lot, especially when we are at 260. I think even if/when I find higher AH batteries I will add at least one folding solar panel. I should have done that by now. By the way, love the Adirondacks. I climbed all 46. 🙂