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<p style="text-align: right;">Any 2000 watt generator should start the ac with the "soft start" installed, I prefer the Honda, none of them will power more than just the ac at any given time, the ac draws around 1500 watts by itself. The adapter John is talking about can be installed on the end of the power cord provided by Oliver, it's 15 amp, the weak part of the setup, but it will work. I took an old 30amp rv cord and removed and replaced both plugs with a 30amp locking female and a 20 amp male, works great. You can put an adapter on the trailer, and use a heavy extension cord like John does, but again they're 15 amps, either method will work.</p>

Apples and oranges, buy what suits your needs. My personal feeling is that all Airstreams are WAY overpriced, but if you buy a heavily discounted one, the value is more comparable to an Ollie. I did not want the maintenance nightmares of a trailer with steel frame, low dangling equipment, and screwed together wood interior. Not to mention the risk of water leaks and hail damage to the exterior. The Ollie is a very low maintenance, tough and capable little trailer. The operational word is "little". Be sure you fit in the bathroom. I just showed mine to a very interested couple who would have ordered one, if he could have stood up straight in the bathroom. He was 6'4" and about 240. They will probably look for something larger. http://www.twopluslu.com/oliver-versus-airstream-review/ John Davies Spokane WA

I have the Yamaha 2400 and it is bulkier but significantly more capable than the Honda 2000. 20A: most RV adapters are 15A to 30A, so if you are plugging one into a 20A generator outlet you are technically overloading both the cable and the socket at the other end. My Yamaha has no trouble providing 19 amps through one socket, but it would be wise to use an "extra heavy" extension cord. Mine is a 25 ft 10AWG cable and it shows no signs of distress whatsoever. I do not plan on regularly exceeding 15 amps. I wanted to eliminate the factory supplied heavy and expensive 30A shore power cord when running the gennie, and this works well. And if someone steals my cord it will be cheaper to replace. 30A: if you plan to use it exclusively for the RV, that is a better choice since the amp capacity of the cable and plug is not exceeded. I haven't owned a Honda 2000 but decided on the Yamaha for its much higher surge capacity, and I already had a Honda 1000, and just wanted a change.... I have the smaller Air Command air conditioner with no soft start, and there are no issues with the Yamaha running it. Just be sure to flip off the breakers for all the other 120 vac equipment so you are not overloading the generator. And start the generator and let it run a minute before applying any load. If you have the surge suppressor you need to have the dummy plug to insert into the generator or it will not connect, unless you turn the SS off. There are a number of recent posts about this. Make SURE you get a generator plug at delivery! You should test your generator to be sure it works well with the Oliver before you leave Hohenwald. That way there will be no unpleasant surprises when you camp without shore power.... Either generator should do the job. Good luck and enjoy your new Ollie. John Davies Spokane WA

We have hull# 219, I installed the soft start myself and the 2ooo watt, 20 amp Honda runs the ac just fine. My thinking was I didn't need the 30 amp companion generator be cause I don't need to pair it with another one.

Our license plate light didn't work at pick-up, but it was getting dark and threatening mega rain. We would look at it later, how hard could it be? We had not planned on driving after dark so it could wait for another day. That other day had arrived. What we found was that the lead from the camper, going toward the license light, had power and it was the correct polarity. Red was positive and white was negative (white negative is standard in 12 V systems). The problem, we found, was that the jumper that plugs into that lead had reversed colored wires. Evidently the electrician hooking up the license plate light assumed it was correct and spliced white to white and black to red. Oops...doesn't work n this case. Evidently LED lights are polarity sensitive and don't work in reverse polarity mode. (Evidently quality control didn't get a complete check mark that day). Our solution: New butt splices from the license plate light to the jumper. We cut both wires from the light, above the splices, and reconnected. We hooked from the light, white to red, and black to white. (Remember our jumper had reversed color coding). Voila...We have light.

Our door leaked after a driving rain. Rain water accumulated under the mat. I mentioned it to Oliver when I brought it in for an upgrade and they added an additional gasket around the door opening as pictured below. Haven't had the issue since.

The regular Oliver sponsored rally is in late spring of 2018 (early May) in Guntersville, AL. I think a Western based rally would divide the population of owners by making them choose which to go to. Have it a little later and we could attend both.

That is brilliant. Durango CO in late Spring 2018 works for me! John Davies Spokane WA

Double check the fittings on the water lines that run along the rear wall of the compartment. (That was my problem)

I was at the factory yesterday. The fix is close - I'm sure they'll make some sort of announcement about it soon.

Honestly, you're never to young to retire Mike, I was forced into retirement at 52 myself and now I don't regret it at all. It took 5 years to get to where I actually feel retired and that feeling came shortly after we picked up our new Oliver :) You will never regret buying one of these trailers. Reed

Mike and Carol and Pete too. They all live in your neck of the woods. You will not be sorry for any of those decisions. Retire when you're able and enjoy life. Buy an Oliver, travel and REALLY enjoy life. Our style of travel is exactly what you describe. We wander the country, boondocking, seeing the sights, especially the units of the National Park system, just taking our time. We recently got back from a trip of about 75 nights on the road. We were only plugged in for 4 of them. Life is good....

I love the advance notice and the time of year! Most everyone can work this into their spring travel plans. Did I read zipline? on my bucket list, along with rope course.