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Headed to Bama this weekend to tailgate at the Tennessee game. “Olliebama” has on her colors!

Darn it! I wish someone would STOP this lady 'cause she's ruining my diet! 🥰

We have the LE2, but I've looked at the LE1. Its appeal? smaller, more maneuverable, requiring smaller tow vehicle, better fuel mileage. But for me, however, at 6'2", it felt cramped. The ceiling height is 6'1", the upper cabinets are shorter, the bathroom is shorter, the closet is smaller. I think it is good for less tall folks. There have been various threads on what general layout changes might improve either the LE1 or LE2. Some folks have suggested a larger LE3. Owners of the LE1 will have a more informed opinion, but I think there would be a market for an LE1 that has a taller ceiling height, perhaps moving the galley to the street side in place of the current dinette (resulting in a larger cooking and storage area), and building a smaller dinette (or perhaps couch/bench with Lagun table) in the current galley area. This (IMHO) would make for a terrific solo traveler for the taller individual. Alternatively, the refrigerator and stove could be moved to the street side adjacent to the bathroom, leaving a small sink counter on the curb side (with a flip-up counter extension in the doorway); this would leave space for a seat on either side of the isle adjacent to the bed, and a dining table could slide out from (or at least be stored under) under the bed. This arrangement would allow for beds to remain made up, result in a slightly larger galley, and provide a dining area for two.

Hello Wayfinder, I suggest you inquire about a larger rental propane tank for your “full timer” situation. For my full time winter campers the local Propane provider delivers 110 gallon propane tanks and connects them to the RV and tests all connections as well for $45.00 a year tank rental.... it’s cheap and simple as they also deliver the Propane and fill these tanks so you do not have to haul your 30 pounders into town all the time. And the price of the fuel is lower than when you refill.... it is a win win situation trust me the only question is if it’s available there in your area. Dan

We've done a bit of campfire cooking the past ten days. Today seemed like a good day for an all day fire, and pie iron brunch. My friend shared her hashbrown, egg, cheese, and onion casserole recipe. We added leftover diced ham and some sour cream. Yummy.

Probably what would happen is to find a newer Elite I and have to grab it, then decide which to sell. First world problem. 😉

I was wondering if Oliver should have bug awards like the software companies do, e.g., for every QC failure you get more points if it's an original finding, like hold down strap breaking or battery box support bolts vibrating out, vs repeatable events like fiberglass in the water line. 😉

Yes! You would be an expert on both!!

Is it OK to own one of each... 😉

Yes, we have a 2015 Ram Ecodiesel and just towed #902 from Hohenwald to Washington State. Some legs got over 17mpg, while some got a little under 15mpg. Averaged 16...

Carbs and fat grams don't count at the campfire, right? Or, is it just so much better for us out in the forest? At least the salmon was healthy... We have a bunch of campfire cooking tools in the shed, here in WNC. I know you can't carry all of them. When we're traveling, it's a couple pie irons, and a grate, pretty much. On our property, it's a much more extensive inventory, but, still most used tools.

My ‘21 Elite I appears to have a heat duct that runs from the furnace to a vent under the curb side of the bed, close to the kitchen.

Brunch waffles on the fire, today. 30 to 45 seconds each side, in a hot waffle iron, on the coals.

If you were comfortable in the Casita 17, you'll be comfortable in the smaller Elite. I just spent a couple weeks camping with my friend who has a Casita 17. Interior height is about the same. I too, wish it were an inch or 3 taller, but it's not. The overhead storage cabinets in the Elite are smaller than an E2, but larger than those in her Casita. To me, the Oliver interior feels more spacious, though, with fiberglass and no carpet, bigger side window, and the mirrored bath door. Closet is about the same size. The bath is roughly the same size as your previous Casita, but the molded vanity again makes it seem a bit bigger. The Elite battery tray is smaller than the E2, but has room for 2 105 ah batteries, vs Casita single battery. Furnace on the current E1 is under the forward small dinette seat, and the only ducting is to the bath. Our older trailers had the furnace in the kitchen, next to the big dinette/bed, so the new ones have more drawer space in the kitchen. Good luck in your decision. We really enjoy our littler Elite, but it's not for everyone.

The terminal post fuse is there to protect the wire(s) between there and the main 250 amp fuse. Otherwise a big cable could short out and cause problems. The factory wires are completely unprotected (electrically speaking). As delivered mine were not wrapped with plastic split loom and were wearing on the top edge of the steel battery tray. The insulation was about 1/3 gone. 😳 The tray sits on fiberglass, which won’t in itself conduct electricity, but the center bolt is attached to the aluminum floor support and then to the main frame. The floor has an aluminum “core” so anything attached to it (with rivets or bolts) will conduct through that path. John Davies Spokane WA

JD Good questions. I cant give you the answers except that we were in some of the higher elevations Breckinridge Colorado no WiFi loss we did have cell service problems with at&t some said Verizon is better out west. We did need cell service one time. We used the Onstar operator to make a call. And Onstar also found us the nearest camp site and made all the arrangements. At the time Onstar complete pkg was $65,00 a month with WiFi if I ever make another 6mo voyage I will use the Onstar system again. Short trips just the WiFi works well.

Welcome, we are in Calvert county if you have any questions or need a look

Just finished Winterizing and have the composting toilet. Fearing the geyser of water then pink stuff all over the bathroom and myself when purging the small toilet line, I went to Ace and bought a sink line ($10) and cut the top from one of the empty antifreeze bottles. Worked fine for mess-free winterization of the toilet line behind the Natures Head. Maybe three drops of pink stuff to wipe-up.

I downloaded the app, it is much more informative than your basic “speed test” app. Here are some screen shots, first on my iPad Mini 4 with my home wifi (usually the max speed is close to 200 mbps). It tests BROWSING speed using five popular websites: And video speed at different quality levels: And it gives you a final results page and score: And here is my cellular, which is 2 bars LTE, and reaaaaaaly slow. It could not even begin the video test and created an error message. You can register, so your data gets uploaded and added to the main website database, and you can access the download coverage maps from within the app. I think this is very cool. John Davies Spokane WA

It's a really big decision. We literally looked at every smaller trailer in the market, back in 2007. Still enjoying our 2008. Typing this as we're camped. About 24 weeks so far, this year. Look at width, and tracking, hull and frame, and look again. You'll figure it out.

Welcome! Glad you’re considering and Oliver along the Escape and Bigfoot. Each are a bit different. Tennessee isn’t too far from Maryland, a trip to the factory is educational as far as build quality, features and factory support. Let us know what questions you have. Mike

Welcome and glad that you "found" Oliver. Besides visiting an Oliver in your local area (a great first step 'cause seeing is believing), if you live anywhere close to the Oliver factory, be sure to take the tour. Also, for both the tour and your visit - take your camera. It will help you remember what you saw and help with questions that you may have in the future. Good luck and let us know if there is any question we can help you answer. Bill

Hello Everyone, We only started looking at Oliver Travel Trailers a couple months ago due to a need we had in the family. After reading everything we could find and watching lots of videos we decided it was the one for us. On our way home from a 36 day driving vacation out west, we decided to get an appointment to tour the factory and talk to someone in person. We met with Anita on 9/23 for the tour and discussion. As someone mentioned earlier there were several Ollie's sitting in the parking lot awaiting pickup. However, there was also one whose owner had a major health issue and was not able to pick up his 2021 Elite II. Anita told us to take a look at it. We fell in love. It had more options than we were planning to purchase, but since it was a 2021 the cost was within our budget. We bought it! And we pick it up next Wednesday, Oct. 6. We are so excited and can't wait to take our first trip. We have learned so much from these forums and are looking forward to learning a lot more from you pros. We are totally new to camping. We both recently retired and looking forward to many years in our Oliver. Thank you all for the wonderful information you have shared. Kathy

Welcome! When we were trying to decide what RV to buy we also looked for a year before we saw the Olivers. It was the first thing we agreed on so that was a good sign. 🙂. Seeing one in person is great for feeling how the space would work for you. We also thought the trip to TN (from NH) to do the factory tour was well worth it. In fact it was the deciding factor. Good luck! Lots of good info on here from people. Paula

I changed my mind on this. Initially I intended to make it easy for a future owner to convert it back to a flush toilet. But I didnt like it so I eliminated the tee and put in a straight coupler instead.

About four years ago I found Oliver and these forums while browsing the Airstream forums looking for our 1st Travel Trailer (some tenting camping). The next four years consisted of mostly reading these forums, sending for brochures, to "unofficially" spec'ing out ours (dreaming), to using the referral program to see one in person, and to finally scheduling a tour this past Monday. I was impressed with the detail and thought that Oliver puts into these but not surprised since so many on here had prepared me without any of you knowing it. We sat down with Jason and went thru all the options then the question came, "do you want to secure a production date?". I couldn't have been more happy to tell him absolutely. So we now have a delivery date next July (15th I believe). We are newbies to the travel trailer scene and look forward to meeting many of you over the next few years. I will continue scouring these pages to help me finalize the options before April and to help prepare us for alittle life on the road.

This one appears to have been dropped from my last post. These are stacking bins for produce in the cubby next to the pantry.