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FWIW, and maybe not the same in the new bigger trailers, our tank will read accurate till 6 per cent, and not suck air. Also, our bubble has never been adjusted. Don't really care. If the trailer is comfortable for us, it's comfortable and ok for the refrigerator, according to Dometic, and so it goes. If we can't level completely because of a weird campsite, we hope to leave the headboard side of the trailer high for better sleeping, and level enough so the doors swing properly (not too much twist on the trailer.) Most of the time, we're within an inch or so of level, if I just walk into the trailer , feel the level, and walk out and readjust the jacks. The bubble always lies. Not a huge deal. (BTW, you can use a partial water bottle on its side as a level, if you think your level isn't correct. Old school carpenter trick.) We also have a small pencil level we carry with us. To get that last few gallons, just as any other trailer, it can be necessary to jack one side and front a smidge to fill the inlet. We don't usually get to that point. As we normally wild camp, and carry fresh water in five gallon containers to supplement the trailer tank, I do the following to conserve water on most trips: 1. All drinking water is from the five gallon jugs, run into glasses or bottles. Coffee water is run into the tea kettle too. 2 I wash dishes with water heated in the tea kettle, from the jugs, in a dishpan. I can do dishes in a less than one quart tea kettle, by being careful. I also do dishes outside, most of the time, because I like it, and hate being inside when everyone else is having fun outside. I wipe food residue from dishes and silverware with the old napkins and paper plates after meals, save the dishes up, and do dishes once a day. Why waste the water, or the social time? 3. Rinsing glasses, brushing teeth, etc., is also usually done outside, with, you guessed it, the five gallon jugs carried in the truck. And the dog's water is from the jug, too. So, basically, the trailer water is toilet flushing (minimal water), navy shower (if no other facility available), and handwashing. Not much. 32 gallons goes a long, long way if you're careful. With extra jugs, we can go weeks without having to go into town for extra water. We do have a soft bladder that we've used to refill the tanks. It's not a big deal, but an extra trip and time, and I'd rather go hiking. Or go to the farmers' market, cheese factory, or whatever... Every time we come home from a camping trip, I have several thoughts (beyond, geez... all that laundry to do...) Our home is huge (it isn't), we waste a lot of water (we don't but certainly use more than we do when camping) and omg, we use a lot of energy... and we do, but we're careful about that at home, too, but still use so much more than when camping. If we all lived at home as we do when we camp (or as I did as a kid on the farm...)....well, it might be a better world. Camping has helped me reconnect with what is really important. Both our trailer (since 2008) and our home (since 2013) are solar powered. We conserve and collect water camping and at home. Precious resources. Precious world. Love the camping lifestyle, and love our Oliver, which makes it all easier. Sherry

I know the site was quite slow once we migrated the forums here. I finally found some time this morning to get a caching system in place... which helps compress file sizes, speeding up the website. I still have a few tweaks to do to make it a little faster, but it seems a lot faster from what I can tell. gt-metrix test

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We occasionally get this question... We will be adding more videos in the near future!

We got Twist with a modified twin bed design. Originally we wanted the curb side to be a regular bed with a regular mattress and the street side to be like the one in Ron Merritt's (Windcrasher) YouTube video - a couch without the little fiberglass extension piece that is put on to hold a mattress. However, because either my wife or my fishing buddy will join me on trips, we elected to have both sides setup to hold a mattress. We still only got an actual mattress on the curb side and the regular standard cushions on the street side, but, we added "back" cushions on the street side in order to be able to use this like a couch with a fairly wide seat. Since both my wife and I (and even my fishing buddy) are not very active sleepers, the relatively narrow nature of the single bed doesn't bother us. We sleep with our heads toward the rear and with the nightstand there it really makes one feel like you are in a quiet little nest. My wife, 5'4" and 118 pounds says that the standard cushions were very comfortable. I'm right at 6' and 165 pounds and get a great night's sleep on the firmest mattress that Oliver sells. Note that all three of us like very firm sleeping surfaces. I can assure you that all other "activities" associated with this area of the camper are no problem at all - especially watching TV. I should also note that we got the reading light option but instead of the "usual" locations we had two placed in the dinette area (as usual) and the other two placed on the street side - one in the back corner and the other near the pantry. This way we have two positions for reading on the couch. With this arrangement I do not have to sleep in the same bed with my fishing buddy, we don't have to crawl over each other to get in or out of bed, for the 80% of the time that I camp alone I have a couch to sit on, read on, watch TV on, etc. In addition, I don't have to change over from a dining area to a bed and back again and I think that visually this arrangement helps open up the camper even more. Good luck with your decision - this is why they make choices! Bill

Thanks Ed and Marsha...I'm curious...do you leave the bed in that config most of the time when you are camping or do you setup/tear down on a daily basis? (BTW the pic looks GREAT! Thank you for sharing!)

We went with the standard/king configuration. We use the rear of the trailer as the "head" of the bed, so although one doesn't have to crawl over the other, we do have to crawl into the bed.

Bill, those are great photo's. Thanks for sharing! Mike

Great idea ! When Betty and I purchased hull #3 we named our trailer Ollie ! Later that year we made our Ollie a Geocaching travel bug. Here is that write up on geocaching,com : Travel Bug Dog Tag WHERE'S OLLIE ? Trackable Options notebook Found this item? Log in. printer Print Info Sheet Owner: mountainborn Message this owner Released: Saturday, June 14, 2008 Origin: Arkansas, United States Recently Spotted: In the hands of the owner. This is not collectible. Use TB21424 to reference this item. First time logging a Trackable? Click here. Current GOAL Where in the world is OLLIE now ? Ollie's mission is to wander aimlessly around the USA, finding and logging geocaches along the way. OLLIE may be found in a Wal-Mart parking lot, a State Park, a BOONDOCKING location, a Corps of Engineers lake, traveling down a interstate highway,or maybe just silently slipping down a back road to some obscure, out of the way campsite. As you happen across OLLIE, wave us down, shake our hand and come on in for a visit ! Please log OLLIE where ever you find him to help him along his way ! About This Item Sunrise after overnighting at Gander Mountain OLLIE is a 2008 OLIVER TRAVEL TRAILER and is the hideout of mountainborn and Butcherknife who have a base camp in the heart of Arkansas's Ouachita Mountains. OLLIE is the FOB, that's forward operating base, for fishing, camping, hunting, scuba diving and geocaching as the times dictate. OLLIE is often used to escape winter weather, look for OLLIE on Padre Island, or to escape the Summer heat, look out Colorado Jeep trails. OLLIE is fully self contained, and is pulled by a Jeep Wrangler into some wild, remote and wonderful places, you know, the kind of places that are "just naturally good for your soul !!" OLLIE was born in Hohenwald Tennessee and his manufacturer's home page is: www.olivertraveltrailers.com/ . OLLIE, Butcherknife and mountainborn's home page is THE MULE'S NEST located at, www.mountainborn.com . Here is the actual link from back in 2008: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=HWZDF3 A where is Ollie now thread is such a good idea ! We no longer have our Ollie and the name has became widely used as a term for all Oliver trailers. And, everyone loves to see those Oliver photos, wherever they may be !