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Pickup day at Bretz RV in Liberty Lake Washington June 30. The old and new eggs. The floor plans are identical but the Oli is like a fairy godmother tapped the Casita with a magic wand.

You'll likely not be able to get it fixed in the shop. As soon as the middle shackle flips up, the other end will flip down. You can go back and forth like this for hours if you're enjoying the frustration. Just leave it alone until you're ready to travel in November. I won't hurt it to sit that way. Pull it over a 6 inch curb, listen for the bang and move on.

Thanks, this is exactly what I just did, except for using a wire nut. Worked great. Didn't check with voltmeter but all is working perfectly. Typically ground is white and hot or + is either black or red and polar opposites within the circle of contacts.

Perhaps easier than disconnecting at the harness would be to disconnect it from your positive bus, likely under the streetside bed. It will be the black wire in the photo where you see the screw unscrewed and disconnected left side of the photo. Tape it up and tie it up somewhere off the floor. I used heat shrink to cover it and wire-tied it to a cable. I would first test for power at the trailer harness (black to white wire or ground) and after disconnecting check again to see that you got the correct wire and that there is no longer power at the harness.

This is it -https://www.lowes.com/pd/EGO-POWER-56-volt-765-CFM-200-MPH-Battery-Handheld-Leaf-Blower-5-Ah-Battery-and-Charger-Included/5005381953 this is a powerful blower especially on turbo. 👍🏻 With this optional attachment - https://www.amazon.com/Drying-Nozzle-Leaf-Blower the silicone protective guard works great. It’s much lighter and quieter than my gas powered blower. It works fantastic drying the Oliver or our vehicles after washing. No drying towels needed.

Looks like a battery-operated Leaf Blower. I have a Dewalt model along with us on every trip! Blow the dirt of the vehicles after washboard roads, get the dirt, the pine needles and dog hair off the camping mat... Gotta have one! 🤣

Yes, interesting that every era of Oliver is different. Either method is good as well as the wire you disconnect is well insulated. Keep in mind the wire is hot unless you disconnect it at both sides. I kept mine connected at the harness in case of some future need.

Thanks for the tip @Mike and Carol good idea however I approached a bit different. Like you said easy enough to get the boot off the wiring harness. Turns out I had several corroded connections once inside the plug. Cleaned those, then unscrewed the black terminal wire from its connection, put a wire nut on black wire, bent it backwards into the boot which should take care of the situation. More than one way to skin a cat.

I bent the charging wire on the trailer plug back when we installed the Battle Born lithiums. There are a bunch of diagrams available, just google 7 pin trailer wiring and you’ll get a lot of hits. The cover comes off the plug pretty easily, bend the wire back and put it back on. Here’s one from e-trailer. Some diagrams number each wire.

I'm looking forward to a test drive, sometime next year. We've loved our 2008 Dodge Ram. But, It's getting a bit long in the tooth, approaching 300k miles. The simplicity of the new hybrid design is indeed intriguing.

That's a feature, not a bug. Built in sauna/clothes dryer.

I’m sure everyone is aware of the flash flood we experienced here over the weekend. We’re soggy but okay. Our neighbors north in Comfort, Kerrville and Hunt didn’t fare as well. You’ve heard about the children’s camps along the Guadalupe River that were affected, there were also homes and a couple of RV Parks. I’ve learned that one RV park had all RV’s washed away, some campers got to higher ground, some didn’t. July 4 weekend, everything was full and the river came up so fast there was little time to react. There is a huge first responder turn out, church’s, and private companies also. Our local grocery store chain, HEB, was one of the first on site with disaster recovery products, supplies and food. HEB was founded in Kerrville. I know some fellow Oliver owners have camped at Guadalupe River State Park just 9 miles from our house. I don’t have a status on the park. Please keep this area in your thoughts and prayers. There are still a lot of missing people so the death toll will continue to rise. Mike

Welcome from Hull #1045, Jolli Olli

Got it, now if I could only find the other end, would also disconnect it too. Still like the idea of removing fuses from the TV though, the simplest and cleanest of all the disconnects to my way of thinking.

Another way, disconnected the wire connected to the Aux 12V power pin in the trailer’s plug in Mike’s 7 pin diagram. The wire connected to the Aux 12V power pin on my Ollie was black, but highly recommend testing with a Volt meter to be sure it’s the 12V hot before disconnecting. I used electrical tape to prevent hot wire from contacting other pins or if you have heat shrink, it makes a nice job.

Hello and Welcome from Hull 1182!! Safe Travels!! Scott

Must be a beast running on 56V producing 765 CFM! My DeWalt runs on 20V producing 430 CFM. Works well enough though and I stick to one brand, one battery type for the half dozen power tools we bring; Dewalt flashlights, vacuum, impact and sawzall, that all share batteries. Have the battery charger mounted in the Oliver Attic! Just purchased two 10Ah batteries and one alone runs our Starlink dish for over 8 hours!

My stove one is acting exactly like your sink one. My sink one was acting up, but it seems to be fine now. I don't use the other touch lights very much. Thanks for the link. Those seem to be the very thing I was looking for.

We are happy to hear that you were all OK. We were staying a bit away from there in Bandera, in a park bordering the Medina River which also rose quite a bit, but to nowhere near a level that would have threatened us despite the campers in the lower section of the park being relocated to the upper section. It was and remains a very tragic event.

I give up GJ

Let it be said, let it be written, let it be etched in stone! 😂

Similar to “moochdocking” but in your own driveway.

Mike, Kathy and I have been following this terrible tragedy. Please know our thoughts and prayers are with ALL Texans who have been impacted by this disaster. We are so glad you and Carol are ok. We are also happy to hear HEB was first to step up and is doing all they can to assist those in need. Thank you for the post and update. Prayers will continue to be lifted up. David & Kathy

I have one of these, an older aluminum version. I tested it on the Oliver when I first got our Oliver. It will work, but the Oliver has an issue with the shackles flipping and this occurred using this jack. I had to tow the Oliver over a service station curb to flip the chackle back, hearing a LOUD BANG and then I know the shackle flipped back to the correct position. Just us your onboard stabilizer jack to change a tire! And get one of the bottle jack/stand combo units shown if you want to work real service like changing a leaf spring. To change a leaf spring on the road, I would use the onboard stabilizer jack to lift the tire off the ground and remove the wheel. Then I would use the combo jack to hold the axle, lift and lower it as need to take the weight off the springs as need for removal and replacement.

Let's consider the Ollie Frame as a loaded beam running to the hitch ball. The front jack is between the hitch ball and the back jacks. Raising the back jacks then shifts load to the front jack witch is retarded somewhat by the TV suspension. The higher you raise the back of the trailer, the more load the pivit point (Front jack) receives from the back jacks. But it also compresses the springs on the TV resulting in additional load as well. Can this place over 3,000 pounds of load? Not likely in my eyes, but is something to consider. So in addition to your well stated comments: I only lightly plant the front jack. Set the parking brake of the TV. Tie a red/pink flag to the steering wheel as a reminder NO GO. Collect up all copies of the TV key sets if others are around who may not be tuned in to the situtation. GJ

I stopped at a RAM dealer last week to get the latest on the truck. What’s posted above is everything the dealer knew. “Probably available 1Q26” was about all they could add. I’m liking the looks of the 2026 Ramcharger 1500 “extended range EV” (series hybrid) I’d be a bit shy about ordering one now and getting in on the bleeding edge of technology with one of the first ones off the line - but I’m already thinking it will be our next TV. Will the range be less when towing? Of course - just as my 700 mile range TV would be pushing it to get 400 miles when I hook up the Oliver. I don’t really care to drive even 300 miles in a day if possible. I’m used to refueling before hooking il the trailer again, so again - no loss of utility there. I know the “if a little is good, a lot is better” mentality is too deeply entrenched to ever be put to bed, but I’ve done pretty well with the “minimalist” approach to tow vehicles. So since the specs on this vehicle are considerably higher than my current or past truck - I think it will do just fine. The regenerative braking will put it hard and shoulders above except perhaps a big diesel with exhaust braking. The small diesels in our current and previous TVs (2.8 and 3.0 liter) have more than enough guts to pull the Ollie up and over the continental divide multiple times - and the get phenomenal mileage with and without the trailer. I don’t need 0-60 in 4.4 seconds (nor would anything in the trailer be where you left it!) but that power means this thing has serious chops both going and stopping. Before the Oliver, my driver was a 2017 Prius. I thought the way they worked the hybrid was overly complicated - but I was pleasantly surprised to find the transmission was actually quite simple. Much less complicated than a typical ICE transmission. Still, I like the series hybrid even more.

These days it is. When we ordered our trailer it was a selling point. There were legal considerations for Oliver to change their policy on the onboard jack use. I’ve used the back jacks numerous times to remove wheels for various reasons. I even used them at Discount Tire when they were putting on new tires. If you do use the onboard jacks, keep the trailer hitched to the truck. Keep the front jack down. If it’s for any lengthy work, use an additional jack to increase the margin of safety. Common sense goes a long way. Mike

Up early this morning while it was still cool here in Western NC and decided to “walk the plank” and wash our Oliver. It’s a total game changer for sure and much safer and easier than as mentioned a (3 point contact rule) hanging off a ladder. The aluminum plank is actually grooved and nonslip which is a plus. Based on my first use of this plank system I give high marks and would purchase again. It use to take me 1.5 hrs to fully wash XPLOR, now it takes about 50 min which includes drying with my electric blower. Set up and take down of the plank is approx 10 min. 👍🏻🇺🇸

This one - https://www.amazon.com/Powerbuilt-620471-6000Lb-Unijack Appears to be similar if not identical to @Galway Girl jack.

First, most TV's come with a similar jack as shown below. If yours does not, then I would purchase something like the below. But for our use, I use the onboard OTT rear jack with a stack of dunnage. As do many other owners. And yes we know what OTT and the lawyers have to say about this practice. Regardless of what jack you use, only do so for service purposes on hard FLAT ground and please never put yourself in a position of getting crushed if it goes badly. GJ

I can stand on the platform, lean on the handrail, and reach the center of the roof. Doubles as stairs to mezzanine in shop.

Your sited article makes this vehicle sound as if it’s still in development. Is it currently on the market? I can’t imagine us ever owning something like this. I like our big ole honkin’ truck just like she is.

Any of you owners of pre-shutdown Ollies with the retractable power cords have to replace the retract button? Mine just got stuck in the on position and I had to cut the power wire to it to shut it off. Looking for one with a rubber weather proof cover if possible to keep the water out, which is what I'm sure caused this one to fail.