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It is with great sorrow that I tell you of the passing of Robert Partee Sr. For those members that did not know Robert, he was the first sales manager for Oliver Travel Trailers. He was personally involved with the production and sale of all the original trailers produced in 2008 and 2009. Although Robert left Oliver a couple of years ago, we remained in communication with each other. Everyone please remember Robert's wife, sons and family in your thoughts and prayers. I will greatly miss you my friend.

We went to a big box lumber place (Lowe's maybe?) And bought this piece. It is designed to fit on the top of a rolling Husky tool box. It slides over the sink easily. We left ours snug where it goes over the faucet, this keeps it from "drifting" while we travel. It stayed snug when a drawer didn't. We trimmed the length a little, used a hole saw in the drill, and made two cuts. Simple, works well, adds usable counter space, and hides dirty dishes.

The blind are not secure and you may find one lying on the bed or floor, and it is due to improper installation of the steel brackets. On my trailer, in many cases the bracket did not sit flush and parallel with the others. This is due to the hole in the hard spacer being drilled too small. The hole must be bigger than the screw diameter, so that the screw will pull everything into position. You need to remove all the brackets and open up the spacer holes. Removing the blind frame is simple, grab at the top and bottom and pull hard toward you. When reinstalling, center the frame in the window (left to right), align the bottom brackets with the slot in the plastic, and smack the area at each bracket with your fist. Then do the top side. When the brackets are parallel and aligned, the frame will go on easily and it should stay in place. You can tweek a bracket by bending the two ears, if you find a loose one. Before: After: SAFETY NOTE: when removing a bracket with a power driver, keep your fingers away from the part since it will spin and might slice your fingers! If you want to make your blinds more functional, flip them 180 degrees, so that the dark section is on the bottom. As postioned by the factory: Rotated, now you can tow with the blinds down and the lighter shades will let lots of light into the interior: And you can raise the lower section a few inches for privacy when camping: It's easy to try this configuration and switch back if you don't like it. Now we can talk about the ugly frame color..... John Davies Spokane WA

Here is a video to help show you how to winterize your Oliver Travel Trailer. Note there are two valve configurations depending on the year model that can be seen at the 27 sec and 35 sec time frames in the video. Hope this helps!

Thanks for posting the pictures of the finished trailers. The ladybug trailer is mine and my sister's and we will be picking it up on the 12th. Your picture is the first we have seen of the finished product! Makes us that much for excited for Thursday's pick up day.

And don't forget the mechanism where the crank handle fits in to extend the awning. Mine was making a loud noise and a little shot of WD40, actually I used a lube spray they use for garage doors. It quieted right down. Stan

Matt - Instead of just doing a video on lubing a jack, how about a general lube video. This might include the jacks, the EZ Flex suspension system, doors, waste valves, Bull Dog hitch, hinge mechanism on the Maxx Air Fan, window slides, etc. Bill

Congratulations, and may you have many awesome adventures!

Canoe12 - While I don't mind the "off-white" color of my blinds (it helps offset the abundance of pure white I think), I really like your idea of a Company Store. Unfortunately, with the growing pains that have received much discussion on this Forum, I doubt that this would be a high priority item for OTT at this time. I could see a bunch of "branded" items that I would have an interest in - t-shirts, coffee mugs, chairs, fleece, etc. Bill

Jeff, having lived in Sierra Vista for years I know the lowest temps you will get are about like what we experience here in San Antonio. On those days it gets below freezing, even into the mid to low 20s, I just turn on a small space heater and open the hatches under the rear dinette and beds. It usually gets above freezing during daylight hours. We like to be ready to go year round and since the south Texas weather isn’t severe we can safely skip winterizing. If I was back in Sierra Vista I would do the same thing. Mike

Jeff, I'm not the one to accurately answer this question but I will ask and either update here or have someone with more expertise answer this.

Thank you, Matt and John, for this helpful video. I hope that someone can answer this question. We are the proud owners of a 2017 Elite II and live in SE Arizona where we don't experience many hard freezes. I have read posts from other Oliver owners that suggest that one can keep the water from freezing in the trailer's plumbing by keeping the interior warm (someone suggested setting the thermostat at 40 degrees) and opening some of the hatches (under the twin beds and/or dinette seats, for example) when expecting a freeze. This is, so far, what we are planning to do, but I am hoping to get confirmation that doing so will suffice to protect all the plumbing. I would like to know whether you can confirm that this process is sufficient. I would also appreciate receiving any additional suggestions for protecting our Ollie’s plumbing. Thank you. --Jeff

We were going to do this but the chair kept falling into the hot tub. <grin, sorry>