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Wishing everyone and their family a safe and wonderful New Year! Bill and Debbie Ollie LE2 #75 .

I just got one 30# and one 20# filled today for our Arizona trip in January. We leave tomorrow or Friday. As I was lifting the 30# tank back into the trailer I thought to myself that it won’t be long that I’ll be replacing those big tanks with the 20#. I always carry one or two smaller tanks anyway for fire pit/grill/griddle when I’m not using the trailer quick connect. Mike

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https://www.thedrive.com/news/broken-ram-3500-dually-shows-a-camper-can-still-overload-a-big-truck Idiot.. John Davies Spokane WA

Thought about the 30# tanks but 20# tanks just too convenient. Two tanks on the Ollie and two in dairy crates in the bed of the truck. Can get them refilled or exchanged.

We kept it fairly simple 13’w 11’h 25’L and no doors just an all steel building. Having a (3) car garage upper attached and a lower basement garage we just did not need another garage. So we had an “Ollie Hangar” built 6 months ago. Lead time from when we ordered was two weeks. In a day and a half we had our Ollie under cover. The concrete pad is 13x55. This has worked perfectly for our needs. From this - . To this-

Some interesting info in the following thread. Those handy bottles don’t have 20 pounds of fuel in them, just 15! You may want to rethink that box store cylinder exchange routine, because your usable fuel capacity just dropped by 25%. I bought a new empty 20 pound bottle at U-Haul for my new pizza oven at home, so I could get an actual 20 pound fill, by weight. My trailer bottles are 30 pounders, which get filled to 30 real pounds. https://www.rvforum.net/threads/the-cost-of-propane-and-propane-tank-exchanges.125642/ Maybe under-filled bottles is one reason those exchange ones are “easier” to lift into position …😬 If I ever start to have trouble lifting my large ones, I will just have them partially filled. John Davies Spokane WA

I became aware of this practice several years ago, and thought it was common knowledge. The *only* time I use a trade in cylinder is when I have a bad valve on the one I have. Then I'll use up the 3/4 full new cylinder, and get it filled at Landmark or similar the next time. Cheaper than buying a new cylinder.

Good catch. I suspect the reason for the "15 lbs. of liquid" notation is the class action suit Amerigas recently settled. See, e.g.: https://www.classlawgroup.com/amerigas-propane/ Instead of actually filling 20 lb. tanks, Amerigas opted to just specify the amount of underfill. Caveat emptor ("Buyer Beware").

We chose 20# propane containers for the very reasons you wrote. Hauling those 30# ones back into the trailer would be very hard to do. John

And to add to what you stated above, If the owner would have taken his loaded truck including the motorcycle hanging on the back to a scale, he would have discovered his rear axil was grossly overloaded. With that much weight hanging aft the rear axil and the diesel engine in the front end with that extra long frame, it broke the frame at exactly the point that one would expect in those conditions.

Happy New Year to everyone. We’ll be camped in Davis Mountain State Park near Fort Davis, TX on New Years Eve. Should be a lively evening! Mike

You do have to be careful what you wish for. Our pole barn door is wide and high, and sometimes got stuck if we didn't stop it early. The company came out and corrected it, while under warranty, but big (heavy) doors require big openers, and definitely check it out while still under warranty.

Almost to a New Year! Working on our traditional New Year's day brunch. We're pretty much past staying up til midnight, so we enjoy ringing in the new year with 35 to 40 of our neighbors and friends, on New Year's day. Happy New Year, Rideandfly!

Is it the New Year already?!😳 I never know what day it is anymore, old and retired does that to me..lol Ok, it’s Dec 29, whew thought I lost a few days somewhere!🤷🏻‍♀️ Happy almost the New Year!🎊

Of course - the assumption is that one "normally" exchanges the empty tank for a full one versus simply getting the empty one refilled at a propane supply dealer or U-haul or Tractor Supply. Indeed, most of the "box" stores, gas stations, WalMart, grocery stores, etc. that do the exchange only have about 15 pounds of propane in them. However, there are places where one simply can't find a place that does a refill - such as anywhere near the Vail Valley area in Colorado. In these areas you have to either wait until you move on or bite the bullet and do the exchange. There is at least one other reason to go the exchange route - occasionally. If the tank you have has an expired date stamped on it (or is very close to expiration) and you don't have a dealer nearby that will re-certify that tank at a reasonable price (like free) then it just might be cheaper to exchange the old tank for one that has a current date stamp on it. Bill

John Davies addressed height in an earlier post. I will address garage door width. Wider is also better. Your situation sounds very similar to ours. 4 years ago we built a 30' x 30' outbuilding to house our tractor, raft trailer and inflatable boats. We call it the "boat shed." That is where we now store our Oliver Elite II, because it has 16'-high rafters and a 16'W x 12'H garage door. The tractor got moved elsewhere. Now that we store the 7'-wide Oliver and the 7'-wide raft trailer side by side in the boat shed, we wish the garage door were wider. When installed, the garage door opening is about 15'10". With about 6" clearance on each side of the door opening, there remains only about 10" between the sides of the two trailers when "perfectly" parked. It is workable, but in hindsight, we wish we had paid the extra for an 18'W garage door. It would make backing the second of the two trailers into the boat shed much less stressful, and make it easier to walk between them. For the 26'W building to house your "Oliver and a boat," if in doubt, get the wider garage door.

John, Thank you it took a little time for it to all finally come together. We sure are very grateful to have a place at home to park our Oliver. Those lights are solar powered and we purchased them off Amazon. -Patriot 🇺🇸

They did a nice job. Love the "airport lights" and pad area. John

I don't think that, from the posts if someone routinely camps in cold temps, it would be a consideration. For those like me, who occasionally get caught in cold temps, I'd say no. 30 pound bottles are really heavy to transfaer, and we've found zero places that will fill in situ. I'll stick with my 20 lb, manageable bottles, and carry a spare or two in the truck bed, in cold temps. Everyone has a different camping style. We like sleeping cold, in the 50s. If the forecast is for below freezing for days, we winterize. A bag in a bucket works fine. Luggable loo. Overnight freezing, if days are above, not a big deal. We all figure it out, for our own style.

I installed brass 90 deg “street elbows” with new short rubber hoses. One important part of inspecting the hoses is to look for cracks (weather checking) and stainless wrapped hoses prevent this. Plus they are completely unnecessary in this application. Be aware that the small check valves must be retained, they provide one way flow away from the regulator, otherwise the switch over function will no longer work, since the tanks will essentially be connected to each other. John Davies Spokane WA

As some of you may already know CGI Detailing will be in Florida again come late January. We will be attending the 2023 RV SuperShow along side Glidecoat (Our Ceramic Coating Company) We will be at Glidecoat's booth on the 20th and 21st hopefully talking to some of you guys but none the less meeting some amazing people in the RV community. With that being said, we will also be planning to apply some ceramic coatings as well. If anyone is interested in getting their Oliver Ceramic Coated in Florida please visit our website and submit a quote request so we can contact you https://www.cgidetailing.com/ As for pricing, we start at $2,800 for the LE2 and $2,000 for the LE1. There will be a travel fee added to the price as well which will be divided evenly between each person, the more we have the cheaper the travel fee will be. We appreciate everyones ongoing support over the past year and are truly blessed to be where we are at today. Thank You!

rideandfly - From the pictures above it is obvious that You two are working too hard. You just got to learn how to relax! In any case - A happy and safe New Year to you and all of the Oliver Family too! Bill

Just testing! ☺️

In that case, double thanks for highlighting the practice of under filling in your post!

Yup. That's how we get rid of expired old tanks. We also search through the cage, for more current dates, which sometimes doesn't make the attendant super happy, but they're usually patient. Tractor supply and others will refill a blue rhino, with a good date.

Thanks for posting the follow up article. It’s pretty clear that the truck was overloaded, even though the owner thinks otherwise. The owner was using the wrong payload numbers for his specific truck. He was going by the absolute max payload number advertised (regular cab, gas engine 2 wheel drive, base model) and not using his actual payload number for his crew cab diesel 4x4. I’m glad the article pointed that out, but that owner still seems either unable or unwilling to accept the math. I’d love to see the owner post a picture of his door jamb payload label on his truck. That one simple picture would speak volumes. This also makes it pretty clear that the manufacturers don’t use a huge safety factor multiplier in designing for their payload ratings. The limit is the limit!

Actually I added that note to a stock Home Depot image. It was meant to be humor…..The tank does not say that anywhere. John Davies Spokane WA

@SeaDawg Thank you. 😊 We are located in Western NC and we rarely get very much snow at all. And not having any frost in the ground during winter what little snow we do get does not last long. Our roof on the Ollie Hangar is snowload certified/rated for 35# per square foot. We sure hope it’s never tested.

It looks to be standard shielded Cat 5e cable.

I did cut the cable. For the length, I measured the distant from ceiling to the bottom of the trailer plus the width of the trailer and gave it about a few feet of slack. It wasn't too bad fishing the cable down. I basically followed the existing satellite coax cable. I imaging it would be very easy if I used one of those fish tape but I didn't.

Lovely olllieport, @Patriot. Could you remind folks where you are? I don't think snowload is a big part of your equation. But, I could be wrong.

Our opening is 10x10 and worked fine. Important that the top is full 10ft. We have sliding barn doors vs a roll up.

So the answer is…five straight days of morning freezing temperatures, mostly mid 20’s but one of 12. One 36 hour period never above freezing. I had the Varioheat furnace at 68 and the Truma water heater on Eco. I did not open the basement door. All seems well after the fact. The outside shower is functioning normally. I used two and one half 20 pound bottles of propane. I left the Truma water heater and Varioheat on continuously.

I recently replaced my aging rubber hoses with some stainless steel braided hoses that had pressure gauges on them. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZCRFLHD?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details In order to eliminate the acute angle of the hose run, I turned each of the tanks' connections "outwards" on the trailer about 30° which made for a nice smooth curve of the hose. Be sure to always have a bottle of propane gas leak detector with you to confirm no leaks every time you connect your hoses to the tanks. https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Gas-Leak-Detector-Dauber/dp/B0006JLSMO/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=propane+leak+detector+fluid&qid=1672186001&sr=8-6

That's an awesome looking rig you have there. I saw in your signature line that you already have a new truck that's pretty awesome but it still sounded funny saying it. Love the decked system. I've seen that on some YouTube RV channels and looks like a great way to organize gear in the bed and still be able to get to everything.

It seems to me that the brass 90 built into the 12" replacement hoses you bought would reduce the stress on the hose connections, likely increasing the useful life of the assembly. Does anyone know why Oliver doesn't install 12" hoses with the brass 90's, instead of the longer hoses that must be bent into a tight curve to make that 90-degree turn from the tank to the regulator connection?

We travel with ours down to take stress of the tv mounts and have tightened the hinges bolt also. Running 55# tire air pressure differently helped. It would be nice if there was a tv setting to invert the picture so you could watch it while it was up. 😀

THere are a few things you can do to address this problem. On the mount assembly: 1. The hinge bolt should be just tight enough to hold the TV in any position and require some force to change the angle. 2. The gold anodized latching bar should likewise be tight enough that it doesn't spin freely, but not so tight that it can't be turned with two fingers. 3. When pushing the TV up to the stored position, conclude with a downward pull to fully seat the latch. Lastly, for insurance, find some foam packing material or pool noodles and cut some pieces to wedge between the TV back and overhead cabinet. These will keep the latch under tension and cushion any TV wobble.

Hello from Hull 275, an Oliver Ellite ll 2017. I have been wanting to replace the Dometic air conditioner because my wife HATES the noise even when using earplugs. So I went to last week to D&N RV service located in Guntersville and asked to order me the Houghton H3400 caravan air conditioner. They placed the order and 3 days later they called me to tell me that it had arrived. Today, Monday August 23, I took the trailer at 8 am and they had it installed by 1 pm. This unit is a game changer, it is so quiet that my wife and I can have a conversation and watch tv within the horrendous noise we used to have with the Dometic unit. The remote control is great as I can have it on the nightstand and change the temperature without getting up. It doesn’t need the soft start as it has a ramps up without it. The only drawback was that they could not drain it with the drain that the Dometic use that drains the water down below the bottom of the camper but I will be installing a gutter so it doesn’t run down the window. Best ever. By the way the RV tech is name Brandon and he has won twice the National Championship of RV Techs. This was his first time installing this type of unit and he loves the unit. So it you are in the Guntersville area and want to have them exchange your unit, give them a visit.

Those exhange tanks found at box stores typically have about 15 pounds of propane.