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Steve, I agree. The front hitch would be a nice addition for a long reversal of direction on a narrow path. The jack wheel might be useful in some cases to turn the trailer around in it's own length too. We went about 7 miles up a very narrow path where it was not possible to turn around and all the way up I was hoping for a spot to turn around or an intersection. Finally found a wide spot at the top. Sand is another concern out in Death Valley. A spot we go has about 6 miles of flat sand to cross to get to our spot. I'm not against airing down the trailer and the truck and keeping the momentum up. I'm not going to install a winch, but a winch and a Fortress anchor could be handy there. I always shave a compressor on-board. Another good piece of recovery gear is a heavy duty brush guard front bumper, like the one on your truck, to help "recover" from a deer collision that could easily disable an unprotected truck. Forget about getting stuck in the mud, a bashed in radiator, in the middle of the night, way out on a lonely road, is not fun. I just can't plan and prepare for every imaginable problem. Pretty soon we would have so much gear we couldn't go, and I could still imagine more potential problems to prepare for. Much better to be prudent about what we venture into, than planning on getting stuck and bringing all the gear needed to get out. Even stranger is expecting Oliver to tell us how to get out. An impossible question for them to answer.

Mark - You might already know this but .... The current fridge in the Oliver has an "automatic" setting. When using this setting it will default to 120v and then to propane if no 120v. AS soon as 120v is available again it will automatically switch back. In order to get to 12v you must move the switch to that setting and once placed there it will stay on 12v until you move the switch back to "automatic" or to "propane". Bill

I know of at least one other person who has installed the same hitch, though I’ve shown it to quite a few interested owners. A jockey wheel is pretty much required for the hitch, since you bump the trailer when hitching up and it would be easy to damage the factory jack that way.

Hello, I am picking up my Oliver this week, Thursday the 10th and will be stopping in Asheville on the way back but not hooking up to shore power. I purchased the Legacy Elite II with almost all the options including the power inverter and the new soft start for the AC unit. I want to go ahead and buy a generator to take and use on my stop in Asheville so I can have AC. It is my understanding that you now only need 2000 watts to start the AC with the soft start installed. I believe it was 3000 before. So I am looking at the Honda 2000 but one has the 30 amp plug and the other 2, 20 amps. My question is first am I correct in that I only need 2000 amps to start and second which Honda do I need? I will throw another question in there about the Yamaha 2400 amp. Someone else on the forum said that is a good choice in general. Since the soft start only became popular and offered by Oliver after the 2017 rally, there is not much info on this matter. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Pete - As has been said many times before - when (if) you see a used one for sale, be prepared to make a move quickly. There are even fewer Elite I's around as compared to Elite II's and they really do not stay on the market long. Good luck! Bill p.s. stay in touch with the sales office at Oliver. Many times they will know of a unit that is coming to market before you will see it posted here or over on FGRV Forum.

I would highly recommend folks that like boondocking to invest in a battery monitoring system. It truly is like a fuel gauge for the batteries!

The Zamp system is a work horse and my test has been going on for 4 hours and my batteries are 100% fully charged. This image shows total amp hours used and the zamp controller showing amps coming in. Notice the blue light on the controller is off because the batteries are 100%.

Pete, are you looking to buy new?