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My objective when starting this thread was to cast light onto a significant safety problem that many of us have dealt with (and/or may deal with in the future), share my chosen solution and then share the results of that solution with other E2 owners. In doing this, I hoped others would develop and share their own solutions and their observed results following implementation. Any deviation to this objective is outside the intention for this thread. Please try and stay on objective and if you have found your own solution, please provide your reasons for your choice, including analysis and specs, where you purchased, the total cost and your observations during installation and direct observations of use after implementation. There will likely be more than one viable solution to this problem and that’s fine. Providing the details on how you arrived to that solution and real-life towing following install should be of great help to the rest of us.

This is what keeps me interested in the Oliver forum. I was tipped off to a problem in the making which had the potential of turning into a uncomfortable situation where I would not have had the control over time or place of the inevitable outcome. Then I am able to access multiple perspectives from fellow Oliver owners on research and solutions to the problem. This greatly speeds up the processes and helps illuminates the possibility of over looking a flaw in ones thinking. One thing we have to keep in mind is that there are always multiple ways to resolve a problem and we may not always agree with each others solution. Thanks to all who contribute to this forum.

We found an exquisite site on our way to Alabama! Curiosity is gently illuminated by the stars, err, sodium lamps, with the sound of a rushing stream in the background. I mean asphalt. Cracker Barrel in Cave City, Kentucky, at the entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park.

Discount Tire replaced our Ollie's LT 16" tires with Cooper LT over two years ago without issues, but John Davies said Discount Tire would not replace his Ollie's tires less than two years ago, assume it was LT tires. Here's a 10/22 thread about Oliver changing to 15" Goodyear ST Tires.

We don't have an Anderson, but we do use bow shackles on the truck for the safety chains. Not sure how yours were installed but at the start of every season I give our pins a quick little torque with a pair of pliers. I don't think finger tight is good enough to keep the pins in.

Mike just sent me this. Great pic. Not sure what manual that is in. I could not find it.

Lay year I was told it is always the Wednesday through Sunday after Mother’s Day.

I had a 'looseness' one time, the pin was at least a full turn out, but still there. I ran 'Bailing Wire' thru the eye of the pin, and then did a wrap around above the threaded end of the Pin & Shackle with the wire. We now tow with a 3/4 T. and w/o the Anderson. B~Out,

Also not the use of zerk caps. Very good way to keep junk out of the grease fittings. 🙂

I Couldn't help myself. Two more showed up on Facebook, so I a dded them to the PDF. They won't be on printed copies. Added sites F07 and B13, for a total of 75 trailers. Now I'm really done! We are at Cracker Barrel in Cave City, Kentucky (just outside of Mammoth Cave National Park) for the evening. Deb has a 7 PM EDT Zoom meeting, so we've stopped a bit early. 249 Miles tomorrow. Google says 4 hours, 7 minutes, but my bladder and lunch say more like 6 hours or so... 2024 Oliver Rally Attendees May 13.pdf

Greetings, My wife and I are the new owners of hull #962 (LEII), we bought it from Coach and JoJo last fall. We are coming to the Oliver family after being long time truck campers. Having a TC gave us the flexibility to also tow a trailer for toys and the like. Last summer we decided to change direction and sold the trailer, toys, TC, and pick-up. All summer long I watched the classifieds and waited. Back in Oct we drove to Missouri to look at a 2023 LEII but passed on it. Not long after Coach and JoJo posted their '22 LEII for sale. They had recently completed the Truma A/C conversion and as many of you know, Coach knows how to trick out a closet. So, we couldn't pass it up. This forum is amazing, both in terms of educational information and give and take between members. I enjoy going down some of the rabbit holes you all have created 😉 We look FWD to many years of Oliver ownership and the memories that come with it. Cheers! Craig and MaryLou

On the road at Kartcher cavern SP in AZ. Since we are here for a week, I decided to Replace all tires and installed 4 new shocks at 50k miles. At same time checked springs for wear /cracks and re-lubed all Zerks. The tires had simply aged out but one in particular had an odd scalloping wear pattern. (Cause was a slightly loose bearing castle nut on that right/front wheel.) The shocks were getting a bit rusty and I decided to change as prevention. ( All 4 seemed functional upon removal.) Since the original tires were 16” LT Michelin, I stuck with the brand and now run: Michelin Agilis Cross Climate LT225 /75 R16 115R E1 BSW Shock replacement is: Monroe Magnum RV 555001 I was able to get the tires at a local Discount Tire in Sierra Vista. ( took 3 in one day and 2 the next as we had chores in town. ) Ordered shocks online and shipped to my sisters who we visited on the way here. Shocks went on quickly once the unit was jacked up so suspension was hanging. All set for the next stage of our trip where we will meet up with several owners at Ladybird Johnson for the Eclipse.

I am guessing you have this on board, but just in case you don't. Can you use a paperclip to get into the harness connector for measurement? From the manual, appears to be an inline fuse in the cable???? (Would be nice if we had schematics....😖Sorry - just had to add this)

Also, you want to clean up all the excess grease after every lube job. You can see in the pics above how grease left there previously collects more dirt. In the pic below, clean Zerk caps were fitted on clean Zerks.

@Geronimo John thanks for the reminder, I need to put my zerk caps on.

You’re making the best out of it Steve! Good on you! See y’all as soon! Safe Travels!

A little anti-sieze compound in the threads will make checking the shackle pins easier in the future as well as protect from corrosion. Follow that up by siezing shackle pin to the shackle with a bit of light stainless wire and the potential for having this happen again in the future will be eliminated. Shackle pins can and will back out given the opportunity unless lashed in place. Even better is monel wire as it can be re-used more readily than stainless.

Thanks - Good idea.

It’s been a few years since I used an Andersen with my Oliver, but I remember once, at a stop, noticing that the pin on the shackle had come unscrewed. It was still partially in the shackle and had not fallen off. Once screwed back in all was well. The other pin was not fully screwed in. I made it a habit to regularly check that those pins were securely screwed into the shackle. Mike

Cort: Yes possibly. How many threads do you travel with on your chain end "studs" and nuts? Has the Anderson chain anchors been moved from that which was set up by OTT? For a less capable tow vehicle I used for a year (2005 Toyota Sequoia with truck frame), I need 7 threads of tightness from the OTT setup. When I went into rough conditions, I always loosened them up to 2-3 threads. Reason was that in a dip, the geometry of the Anderson will significantly tighten to an extreme level if I did not. You likely are experiencing the same situation, but well beyond my incident. GJ For GJ

There are two more Zerks fittings in the center EZ-Flex mount on the frame - one facing fore, one aft, here's a couple pix to orient your perspective: Above pic show the forward facing Zerk... Above pic show aft facing Zerk... FYI: There's 8 zerks per side on our 2017 OTT...

I hit these on both sides. What did I miss?

@Patriot - maybe provide a link to the pix of the set-up at your home for EXPLOR to @NomadLife... You've got an awesome protective structure that he may find interesting, just a random thought. See y'all tomorrow in AL! Safe travels, brother! A & D

Welcome - Travel far, travel wide, and travel safe.

Hi Craig and MaryLou, welcome to the group. Congratulations on getting your new to you Ollie. We did the same, and couldn’t be happier.

Welcome Craig and MaryLou! MAX Burner is so right about all the info found in this wonderful forum. Happy Trails, Wendy & John

JD: If any of the posters (Other than mysself) had found a 2000 to 2401 USA made 4 leaf spring I would have bought American. But after two and a half months, I have seen zero. Not one. Like the early adopters, I had to make a call for repacements. Mine are shot and I have 7,000 miles to roll this summer when I get there. I did my homework. My mistake was trying to convnce you and others that the SOB's were not what an OE2 needs. Add to that the dishonest representation, intentional or not, of springs to the early adopters by SOB of a spring set which was way over what had been sold is bad. But what followed is far worse. Having been strong armed by several owners that by my suggesting that a 2400 pound spring would be too hard a ride, only to find that they had purchased a 2750 pound springs.... and all fall in line with that's what they need. Pure confirmation bias. Then to say that they will be running their super springs at over 20 pounds over the Michelin E-rated tires pressure chart recommends. Hopeless. And now trumping the discussion with the idea that I am not patriotic by not buying an American made spring is beyond my limits of civility. As a retired USAF Colonel who served in several war zones for 30 years, and 40 year plus engineer, I will just say that... I hope your end up loving your springs. I suggest that this post be locked until OTT advises what they are suggesting for the fleet. Further discussion is no longer healthy for this forum. I'm done. GJ

@CW. Welcome to the forum, and wishing you many happy miles and smile traveling with your Oliver! Cheers! Patriot🇺🇸

(Originally posted on Facebook one year ago. This modification has really worked out well.) Since we have a composting toilet and the black tank was sitting unused, I decided to reroute the sink drain in our bathroom to the black tank. This will allow us to stay put longer with 50% more holding capacity. Pictures are before and after replumbing. Joe/769

@CW. Craig/MaryLou - congrats on your new acquisition of Hull #962! @Coach and JoJo have passed along a wonderful example of an OTT to y'all, and you can make your mark on it by participating in these forums. As you already know, there's a huge compendium of information and experience from thousands of forum participants that await your searches for operating procedures, fixes, upgrades, and modifications. Welcome to the Oliver Family and we all look forward to your descriptions of "next adventures"! Cheers!

Craig and MaryLou, congratulations on your Oliver and welcome to the group! You’ve got many adventures ahead. Carol and I are both graduates of Leavenworth High School. Carol was born and raised in Leavenworth and we go back often to visit family. Small world! Mike

Welcome to the family! Let the adventures begin 🙂

We rolled into LGSP this afternoon and got XPLOR set up. We have never seen this place so packed wowzer! The weather is perfect and we are looking forward to seeing everyone. Safe Travels All!

This is not usually a problem, except for the elderly folks.