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I’m not sure if I am interpreting 1UP's response correctly or not but I’ll give my thoughts. I believe the key to this discussion is tongue weight and not towing capacity. And I think the adapter or extender reduce the tongue weight capacity because they move the fulcrum or leverage point. Think teeter totter. The ones I remember had 3 saddles underneath the plank. And you could move the plank and change the fulcrum point to compensate for 2 different sized people. Susan quoted Jason and said the Oliver's rear receiver was rated at 100 pounds. Then Susan quoted Jordan saying the the receiver had a new recommended weight capacity of 150 pounds. Susan also said her loaded rack weight was 120 pounds. So if 1Up's engineers believe their 1.25" to 2" adapter reduces the tongue capacity of Oliver's receiver by 50% which would reduce the capacity to 75 pounds. That same thinking would apply to all receivers. The big difference is Susan's van has a 2" receiver that may be a class 2 or 3 and a class 2 receiver has a tongue capacity of 350 pounds. 2" class 3 receivers are rated at 350 to 800 pounds of tongue weight. So the vans greater tongue capacity is the reason the extender met 1UP's engineering approval. And then again, I may be totally wrong. Where is Raspy when you need him? 😃 Mossey

Here's another option. I posted about this rack a short while back when looking for options with our trailer. I planned to report back once I had it fully installed and tested, which I haven't yet. But so far I'm relatively happy with the bike rack. This rack can be mounted directly to its tongue bracket, or via an angled offset as show in the picture (I'm undecided on mine yet). If you're considering or have a cargo box on the tongue that would be additional consideration (room and weight). https://www.lci1.com/lets-go-aero Darren

Actually I misspoke. Our inverter only serves the outlets so even if I wanted to run AC with batteries and inverter I couldn’t. Maybe other configurations have different circuits served by the inverter. That is ok with me - we have the AGMs but I would not want to run the AC if dry camping because I would want to save the battery capacity for other things. If I wanted to run AC without shore power I would run it with a generator. We don’t have solar. Increased battery capacity is nice - I just don’t see it as a solution to running AC in normal situations

LOL, you posted this while I was composing mine. FYI, I initially ordered that version of the bike rack, but it doesn't clear the Barker jack. @mossemi has his slightly modified to attach to the cargo box I believe. So I went with a different version which attaches to the tongue. Darren

I was looking for trailers in late 2015/early 2016 and I discovered Wincrasher’s 75 min video about his Oliver; That video was a big factor in my decision to get an Ollie! I also discovered his blog, where he complained about the electrical outlet above the kitchen. I did not want the cords hanging down, and somewhere in my research I discovered Carlon pop-up receptacles, and similar from Amazon. I asked Oliver if they could put this into the kitchen, and said no because they thought it would interfere with the galley drawers. This was when Oliver was willing to do customization, which is a good business model; the three extra electrical outlets we had them put in as options cost us $110 each. I still think these type of retractable outlets would be excellent in the kitchen; there are GFCI versions. Here is a photo of our toaster, plugged into the outlet we ordered below the curbside bed.

I agree with Andrew. Bet they didn't use silicone at all. Try a little mineral spirits on a rag and see if if softens and wipes off. If so, dig as much out as you can with plastic blade or orange stick, wipe it clean with the spirits, and silicone the groove after it drys good.

Overland, It looks like the caulk was either put on to thin and the butyl tape used to seal the window discolored the caulk or there isn’t any caulk in the first place. I noticed the same problem around the rear window. When I went to remove what I thought was caulk ended up being yellowed butyl. You may want to try removing some of it with a plastic razor blade to be sure what the issue is. Andrew

Agree. They are a pain, but needed. Just like the smoke detectors in our house that seem to start the “low battery chirp” at 3am, a pain but a needed pain.

For at least 3 minutes.

Don't know, JD. I know Victron required 4/0 for mine, or actually pairs of 1/0, but it's 3000w and I've got some long runs since it's placed in the forward dinette seat.

Susan, many of us have chosen our own designs for the front graphic. Ours is the same as our avatar. I had it made locally and applied it myself.

One of the benefits of the 4/0 cable is that it is very hard to create a bird nest with it. And we all know how much you like bird nest.😀 The 2000 watt Xantrex inverter actually has a surge rating of 3000 watts which requires a 250 amp fuse. 4/0 cable is rated for 600 amps at 9 feet in length. Our battery to inverter cables are about 5 feet +/-. I would expect about 5% of OTT owners would ever touch the 4/0 cables other than disconnecting the battery cable for storage or removal. And while they are technically oversized, it’s another area where OTT's are overbuilt for our benefit and safety. Mossey

I believe what 1UP is talking about is the carrying capacity of the bike rack itself. The rack is rated to 150 pounds. When using an adapter or extender that capacity is reduced by 50%. E-trailer or other rack brands will have the same disclaimer regarding the use of adapters and extenders. Same idea though, the adapter itself becomes the weak link and the center of weight or fulcrum point moves farther away from the mouth of the receiver. For used at the back of a trailer, I would heed their guidance.

The kitchen outlet under the overheads is where we plug in our coffee maker or any other appliance we might need to use. Once used, they are unplugged and put away. We don’t like clutter. The TV isn’t 110V. Carol dries her hair with the outlet outside the bathroom using the mirror on the outside of the bathroom door. You could probably use the outlet under the dinette if you wanted to sit down and use a table top mirror to dry your hair.

Thanks for the great photos. At least we have a pickup, so carrying bikes is a bit easier, and we did this when we had a 5th-wheel. It's just a pain to have to remove a wheel. The 1UP has spoiled us, being so quick and easy to load/unload. And it hurts to think we have a $700 bike rack that we can't use unless we leave the Oliver home. Does anyone out there know of a way to remedy the situation: the expander cutting the tongue weight in half which would take the overall weight over the recommend maximum.

This is a question where items evolve, over time. Rather than crowdsourcing, asking your sales rep for current info, is probably best. Our older 2008s had 3 110 outlets, I think. Plus one outside. TV, kitchen, under the small dinette bench. Outside outlet under the awning, under waterproof cover. Oops, 4, if you had a microwave. As we did, originallly. I'm sure things have probaly changed in 12+ years. Sherry

wlonghurst, I feel for your concerns, your Truma problem should have been caught before delivery. However, you stated above: “It has not worked from the first night of camping at David Crockett State Park. We should have gone back to Oliver the next day but headed for home (New Mexico) thinking that we just had not been properly operating it.“ The whole point of personally picking up your new trailer in TN is so that you can give it a thorough shake-down over several days, testing EVERYTHING, and give the factory the opportunity to fix any problems BEFORE you end up 2000 miles away. So maybe you should consider not being so harsh on the nice folks in Hohenwald. Did you attempt to contact the Service Department to ask about your Truma before you headed west? If so, what was their response? If a buyer is unwilling to linger in TN for a few days, it seems more sensible to me to just have the trailer shipped by truck to your home town. John davies Spokane WA

We had our bath window replaced last year by Oliver because the seal on the lower sash had failed. Not covered by warranty, btw, which is ridiculous. But Oliver used a silicone sealant vs what they originally used, and over the past year it's yellowed horribly - looks absolutely awful. So is this the stuff they're using on new trailers now? I heard they switched to silicone. If so, this is a terrible mistake. And the silicone on its own is awful - I'm going to have a miserable time cleaning this stuff off and redoing it.