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CGI guys are awesome! Kids always enjoy seeing their chickens and the eggs were tasty they gave us well. Great crew. The glidecoat protection and provided ease of keeping the Oliver shiny and clean is invaluable for me. So much, I had them do my Tundra and Jeep as well.

I’m pretty selective on window stickers. CGI made the cut.

Did you miss the Oliver Rally in Guntersville Maybe you attended and loved the rally experience and want to attend another rally this year. Here is another opportunity for Owners of Oliver Travel Trailers for October 2025. The last gathering of Oliver Owners just before most winterize. If you are a member of the Oliver Travel trailers FB Group, there is a link there to join the Ollie Rolling Rally facebook group. All the information for this Rally will be under the events tab in that group. There are 25 sites already booked , several sites still available in the park. Electric and water at most sites. the address of the park is: Lake Mineral Wells State Park, 100 Park Road 71, Mineral Wells, TX 76067 ( https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/park_maps/pwd_mp_p4503_103f.pdf ) However, if Facebook is not your thing, I am also posting on this forum. Next opportunity to start booking a site starts May 20th. Contact TPWD at 512-389-8900 and let them know you are attending the Texas Oliver Rally (or go online to https://www.reserveamerica.com/ Remember once you have booked a site, let me know on the Ollie Rolling Rally FB group or here so I can be sure and add your name, hull #, and site # to the list. Here is a link to the list if you choose to add yourself, and it has a place for you to indicate if you plan to attend the BBQ meal and/or Pot-Luck. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JPSsJth_EGWro75oJLbW6lk0SA1eYLZr5-prV1QHM-0/edit?usp=sharing Last year was our first Rally in Texas for Olivers. We had almost 50 Olivers at this rally. This year, we will have a BBQ meal provided by United RV, Reps from Girard Awning, Truma, and Oliver and we rented a hall at the park for two days, as well as a Pot-Luck lunch with live music. We look forward to seeing you there.

To see if the shock is good or bad, manually compress and lengthen the shock and either it will be feel firm the full distance up and back, or if not it is blown. If it is good, or to get down the road until you can replace the shocks you can get a set like this on Amazon or from ANY auto parts store. You may need to remove the shock or remove the nut from another shock to match the threads for the nut. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHF93PQF/ BTW, you are better off removing the shock than to have it dangling if you need to tow your trailer. Most trailers do not have shocks and the aren't truly necessary.

I’m not sure I understand your current status correctly, but if you have a 300Ah battery with 46% charge, you needed 162 Ah till full charge. Depending on weather and sun angle, and assuming you have a PWM charge controller, you probably on got 15Ah of charge for 5 hrs, and significantly less for the rest of the day. Maybe 7Ah for 7 hrs. So yield for today would be 124 Ah for a current battery deficit of 38Ah and SOC of 88%. This is not too far from your reading of 70% SOC . I would give the system another sunny day or two to catch up and see where things settle. I think you are in great shape overall. I am assuming you have the 300 Ah epoch battery, if you have the 460 Ah battery you are probably even closer to 70% SOC. Lastly, I am not familiar with epochs BMS, but on our lithionics, sometimes the SOC reading has drifted and is not correct and doesn’t reset until voltage reaches full charge. Hope this helps.

True, and some don't do internet, but have email address. Jason E told me back in Feb. that he would send out emails for me as well to let folks know about it

Yesterday morning we left Hull #634 XPLOR, with Collin and Gavin owners of CGi who gave it the CGI 3 step Ceramic coating process. We really like that they kept our Oliver overnight which allowed the ceramic coating to cure for at least 4 hours inside their shop. All we could say this morning when they opened their shop door was WOW! WOW! WOW! 🤩 Our Oliver looked better than the day we took delivery June 16th of 2020. Their work is excellent and the attention to detail is truly amazing. With over 130 Oliver Travel Trailers under their belt they truly are masters at their craft. The CGI team knows exactly how to take care of ALL things Oliver gelcoat. We also had our windows and wheels ceramic coated along with everything white on our Oliver. This was an excellent seamless experience and a valuable investment in our Oliver. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Patriot 🇺🇸 One of several of their YouTube videos-

@jd1923 luckily we are at home so not a big deal for now. No telling how many miles we ran with this thing dangling coming back from CO. Given the age of our unit #70 I will just replace the entire batch especially given how many folks have had issues with their Monroe's. For sure I will remove this one today a bit later. Thanks for the suggestions.

I asked that very question except my question was more slanted to why did Oliver include only the DC side in going thought my shunt. Jason Essary's answer was - I have no idea. Since I rarely use my inverter (with either the old lead acid or the new lithium's) I've not changed this wiring - yet. But, I will at some point in the future and certainly I would change it if for some reason I started using my inverter more. Bill

Back when your trailer was built, they didn’t understand all the nuances of the solar system that I designed for them. The then “service manager” just couldn’t grasp the notion that all the negative wires had to go through the shunt first or the IPN Pro would not calculate the SOC properly. Most likely, the negatives from the solar controller and possibly the charger also, go directly to the negative terminal on the battery. There really should only be two wires coming out of the battery box. I moved everything else out of the box and onto some massive buss bars.

For the sake of calculations, I believe the Blue Sky Solar Controller 3024iL is a MPPT type solar charge controller. Since this is the first time charging the battery for this installation, Rolind's comment about the SOC and the BMS is correct. The SOC is a calculated value and drift is a common occurrence. Mossey

Perhaps another thing to take a look at is the routing of your main negative cable versus the location of the shunt that feeds information to the IPN remote. If you did not change this routing when you replaced the batteries and you use your inverter it could have effects on the readings you are getting. For some unknown reason, the main negative cable is wired directly from the battery to the inverter - i.e. not through the shunt. The rest of the negative flow DOES go through the shunt first. Obviously, this arrangement affects the readings that you will get via the IPN Remote. Bill

Same here Mike -

What springs are they using on the axle upgrades? I hope it is not the Dexter 1750 rated ones. GJ PS: Had a great time at the Rally! Good to meet many of our forum users and a few new owners.

Back in stock. I'm not familiar with the pricing history. Maybe they raised the price and then put it on sale! https://www.turbro.com/products/greenland-13500-btu-inverter-rv-air-conditioner-with-heat-pump

Yet another class act by the folks at Oliver.

Thanks so much for posting here. As you probably realize - there are a fair number of members here that simply do not "do" Facebook for a variety of reasons. Bill

@jd1923 Actually I have had the Epoch app from the start or actually before the start so am familiar with all of its helpful information. Just got off the phone with Ryan Gurin at Blue Sky a short while ago and he explained the discrepancies I thought I was experiencing with charging. I am now at 88% SOC so it is moving along well with this perfectly clear sunny day. Charging amps are reading at 13.7 + which is about right for my 320 watt panels, and as Ryan indicated as the system becomes closer to full the voltage should increase to 14.2 but only for a short time. Which might be the reason you have not seen it at that value. What's important here and for others who might come across this discussion later as they adopt LiPO batteries is due to my very weak acid batteries the voltage was able to shoot up almost immediately to 15+ volts indicating a very weak battery bank. Because I now have a new battery in good condition this will not happen until the SOC is near or at full. I don't know the science behind this but Ryan was emphatic this is the way things work with bad vs good batteries. So for anyone who is experiencing a rapid increase of voltage within a minute or two from turning your solar on or plugging into shore power it is a dead on indication of very weak battery bank that should be replaced. One thing you can check on via the IPN Remote is the max and min voltage your battery bank has experienced via the menus which should indicate if your bank has ever hit 14.2. Thus far I have kept the Power Dynamics out of the loop since its charge current is 14.4 amps and non adjustable as far as I know. Tech support at Epoch stated they like to see the first several charges at a max of 14.2 as it is more "gentle" on the new circuit parts until they are broken in. Sorry I don't recall what those parts were within the BMS but he was serious about letting things break in slowly and easy initially. Fine by me as I rarely use shore power. Thanks for the help and info.

Correct I do have the 300 AH Essential should have stated that in my OP. I am not so concerned with the SOC so much as why my max voltage all day was throttled at 13.6 vs the 14.2 volts I had programmed into the IPN Pro Remote. It was a clear sunny brilliant day with only a few clouds rolling over periodically. On similar days with the old LA batteries I could easily obtain over 15 volts charging for equalization. Otherwise yes your math is close enough. This morning I am at 72% with 215 amps with a Volt Diff of only .001 volts indicating the cells are very close to a balanced state from the factory. Thanks for the input.

I'm so sorry to have missed this year's Rally and missed meeting you. Hopefully we'll have a chance out there on the road someday and/or at a future Rally. Bill

Bob & Barb - I don't really know anything about Truma products - but - If it were mine, I'd unplug and re-plug any of the "control" wiring that you can find. Next, I would turn everything off for at least a minute so that any "memory" functions have a chance to clear (note by "turn off" I mean that these units should have no source of power. So, I would disconnect from shore power and make sure that all breakers are off). Finally, I'd turn things back on and (once again) do the Reset as per the Truma instructions. Hopefully this would "cure" any electron malfunction that may be present. Bill

Thank you Pete, you are spot on, these young guys are not technicians, but 💯 Magicians! 😊

Chris and I are OK with our "Dirty Ollie." After a wash it goes from dirty to pasty, but not paying the big bucks for a shine. That picture is from our very first Oliver camping trip, July 2023 to Kendricks Peak AZ, after 26 miles of dirt road. Ever since that trip, I've brought our Dewalt leaf blower which gets a lot of it off if blown as soon as we get to our campsite. Just got back from 12 days to NM and back. We hit snow then fog and rain and it's not quite as dirty this time but it is sure stuck on now. Bought gas for the pressure washer yesterday and today it's a beautiful sunny 72F day and I should be getting wet and dirty after lunch today~!

Thanks, Rideadeuce, for the tip on the Bulldogs. Installed 4 of them today, along with new tires (originals going on 8 years old). Tomorrow, repack the bearings. (note decal facing outward!)

Thanks for this info, now up $30 in just two months. I did not think labor was included, but it read that way and no reply was offered. Is that everything left-to-right? (axle, brake assemblies with drums) Must be 12" brakes with Nev-R-Lube bearings? You should be very happy with your upgrade. Just going from 10" to 12" brakes alone is a great improvement along with everything else. Best wishes and let us know re your experience afterwards.

We have 5200lb axles with 5 leaf spring packs on our LE-2 #75, probably like your Ollie. Some folks here have had one leaf of the Dexter 4 leaf spring pack (3500lb) to break, covered in another thread. Not aware of any of the Dexter 5 leaf spring packs having issues, yet. Here's the 12" brake drum on our 5200 pound axle with "Me-Pack" 🙃 axle bearings, I will continue packing my bearings so I can inspect brakes, drums and bearings during service. A few here have upgraded to disc brakes, very nice modification! Here's the original 5 leaf Dexter spring pack on our #75 Ollie 5200lb axle and spare Dexter 5 leaf pack before installing bronze bushings:

We are having them upgrade our axles to the 5200s when we are there for springs. Just for the record, the price has increased to $946.83 each and that does not include labor.

Upgraded to the ALCAN springs and have been very happy with them on the road. No more worries about one snapping in half. Matter of fact, I upgraded the leaf springs on the Tundra. Awesome upgrade as well. https://dobinsonusa.com/products/dobinsons-rear-leaf-springs-pair-for-toyota-tundra-2007-to-2019-l59-121-r/

I do carry a large Husky kneeling pad to make things more comfortable when working at ground level. I don’t have much trouble kneeling down to work on the wheel bearings, it’s getting back up that’s the issue 😂. I’m “vintage” as well.

Well crap as luck would have it just discovered yesterday while working on my Ollie installing new battery I have a broken shock or rather the nut came of the suspension loosing rubber grommets and all and just dangling loose. Must have happened on our recent trip to Colorado National Monument a couple of weeks ago. Have not been able to find anyone with the Bulldogs in stock yet but need to fix this soon.

All I do is when we return from camping trips, I pressure wash all the dirt off our trailer (and there’s so much dirt out here)! I hit the windows straight on with 3000 PSI water pressure and you see the dirty water come out of the drain holes first, followed by clean water. If I do not see this out of EVERY drain hole I would address this afterwards. As I am blasting the windows, Chris is inside with a towel to collect any sprayed water to the interior and there is generally little to none. And our Ollie can get very dirty!