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Even without any details of how this occurred, its clear Olivers are built pretty tough. Interesting to see that it appears that even the windows survived. Any other SOB stick built would likely be just a trailer frame left. 🤔 Our hopes are that no one was injured.

If you are ever in the area, do not miss out on the breakfast at the Sea Shop/Gull Diner right next to the Pemaquid Lighthouse. We had to try their blueberry short stack. The eggs Benedict and cornbeef hash was also excellent. Amazing eats for sure! We got to XPLOR one of the few sandy beaches on the coast of Maine. (Pemaquid Beach) We love the shoulder months for traveling. The large crowds are gone and it’s like having campground or beach all to ourselves. Peaceful and quiet. IMG_4072.mov

The fish photo was taken from above, standing on the shore. The water is very clear. In the wide shot you can see the green water in the shade. Closer to the camera you're seeing the reflection of the blue sky.

Been there, done that! And it was a treat. Mossey

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I ordered the Pioneer. Will post updates as things progress. Tim

Surprising to hear of 3 of these incidents when they have only made ~1700. Still only a .17% rate but they tow so well. Context on why is helpful, as reaching down for a phone while towing and losing control has very little to do with the trailer.

A new contender in the fiberglass RV market for the US: Awaken RV -https://share.google/Zzpg4orVpsEvoSdpL Nice looking exterior. Autoevolution reporting a price of $82,500 and dry weight of 5500#: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/awaken-rv-s-fiberglass-morningstar-flagship-camper-is-here-to-shift-how-american-s-camp-257902.html

Saw this 2025 E2 in a salvage yard. Hoping everyone is ok. Hard to imagine a SOB trailer surviving a roll-over as well is this Oliver did. The Solo Stove in the tongue basket did not fare so well.

Good call Steve! I found the spec on this unit at 1760 watts. We run our 1500W Emeril Air Fryer all the time (installed in place of the OEM microwave). With a 3KW inverter and ample LiFePO4 SOC you're good. @Dennis and Melissa My only issue with cookers like this is storage space. At 17" L x 14" W x 11" H it will take up the entire space under the front dinette seat or more room in your TV once you store it in a case. Chris keeps a pressure cooker under the front dinette seat. A wonderful device, pot roast in a half hour, yet only about 8" dia and 10" tall. She also keeps dog food down there and several other cooking accessories.

If you want to help prevent gel coat in the wheel well area, consider a white truck bedliner 'paint'. That stuff is almost indestructable

We have 2 different TVs with our current first choice a 2023 F150 with a max tow factory package rated at 14K tow/1400 tongue (over 500 use WD hitch). I added air lift at the rear for minor leveling and have had no issues with this set for 2 years. When I had a 3/4T F250, did not use WD hitch. WD is anderson (2 5/16 ball). I try to not to exceed 50% of tow rating of equipped vehicle.

Sorry in the delay getting back we have been crazy busy and haven’t had a chance to reply. We were also thinking of using the basement for the litter box. We plan to do a one night camping trip soon and bring him along he is only 7 weeks and is just starting to use his litter box with less accidents. We have been driving him around in the car to get him used to it and so far he seems to like going for a ride. Thanks for all you help. Bill Nancy and Eli

Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse. Home base when visiting our son and his family. They have a range of different site types, hookups or not. The lakes are the big draw. They're actually green in color because "they are meromictic lakes, meaning their waters don't mix, and high concentrations of calcium carbonate suspended in the water column reflect green light wavelengths."

We were at ALCAN this morning. They do good work!

We're about 15 minutes from Cave Creek Regional park. Great area and close to downtown Cave Creek which is fun. I just paid for the 5k axels from Alcan, so my name will be on a pair and I scheduled a stay about an hour away for the night before my install. My wife will be out of town the days I drive up to Grand Junction, so it'll be myself and my little buddy Benny (our Maltese). I'll have to take a couple days off work to do this trip, but it's the best timing I could come up with. About 9 hours each way. After watching the Truma guy install the water heater, I think the next AC project I'll do myself. The water heater looked pretty simple to install and hook up. Nothing I couldn't have done myself. The Tosot and Greenland seem like good options. Right now the Tosot is about $1000 shipped to my door. The Truma quote was over $3000. I won't be going that route 🙂

Montana

When I did my factory tour before buying my Oliver, they had an Elite II that had flipped and was being repaired. They told me the owners had towed it to Oliver for the repairs.

Check out the hitch. Either the stock hitch broke during the accident or it was changed prior. Where is this located?

When we took delivery of our #1403 Elite in mid June of 2023 there was another Elite inside the gates that had been rolled and it was like looking at an absolute disaster. It did not disintegrate as a stick built would have but it was bad. The entire trailer was wrapped up up in plastic. We were told that the guy had dropped his cell phone and was reaching to retrieve it.