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Greetings, I just purchased a 2022 Oliver. It is the Legacy, Elite II. This is my first RV and it has been interesting learning about the various systems. So far I haven’t made any costly mistakes. I need to find my way to an empty parking lot and practice backing up. Until that becomes muscle memory, I likely won’t venture too far away from home. I hope to spend a lot of time in British Columbia, Canada. I enjoy trout fishing and I think that region will allow me to find some nice fishing and allow me to boondock on Crown Land. Wishing all of you safe travels in the sunny days ahead.

Welcome fellow 2022'r :) Safe travels! John

Welcome to the group.

Just as an FYI, new tech is out there! Although probably impracticable for most, others might love the Safiery LP tank sensors! Check out today's new post "AI is here for your trailer!" Cheers, Geoff

There are plenty of posts about new products and technologies for our trailers in this forum, and it seems there are endless choices. But for those willing to pay for cutting edge and high quality, take a look at products from Safiery. Safiery, based in Australia, began as a Victron supplier and is now marketing their own RV and Marine products to integrate with Victron equipment. It’s a somewhat confusing array of technology that is mostly overkill for our little trailers. But I’ve been eying a few items that look very attractive: Since I titled this post with “AI tech,” then I should mention Safiery’s Smart AI DC-DC charger. Cutting edge for sure, but not cost effective for small systems IMHO. If I was looking to upgrade or replace my lithium batteries, the Safiery SOLID STATE batteries are worthy of consideration. They are expensive, but cheaper than the Oliver’s Lithionics, and they have many advancements such as 10,000 cycles, improved BMS, better cold performance, smaller size, more robust, and much safer than liquid lithium. For those with Victron Cerbo, Safiery has compatible tank level sensors for liquids and LP gas. I had been waiting for something like this before upgrading to a Cerbo. These sensors are easily adapted and competitively priced with some of the lessor alternatives. Liquid tank sensors are top mounted and use Radar for very accurate measurement, LP gas level sensors are similar to Mopeco, but with built in signal processing. How about an Electric Stovetop? A safiery induction countertop stove looks very cool and affordable for those with 2k inverters (can be drawer mounted too!). Then there is a whole array of digital wireless switching options with Multi-channel receivers, bus management, and other options I haven’t even gotten around to looking at yet. It’s an exiting new world for the tech minded DIYer! Cheers! Geoff

According to AI (for what its worth): Support & Contact For technical support or issues, the primary method is to email support@ruuvi.com. They also maintain an active community forum, Slack, and Telegram for user support. Bill

Welcome and Congrats your fine looking Oliver. Believe you can learn to back your "new to you" Ollie easily. There is a very knowledgeable group of helpful folks here if you have any questions! Bill

Welcome! We lived in Washington for 27 years before moving to Colorado in 2019 and we enjoyed several trips to the San Juan Islands. It's a beautiful place! I'm a trout bum myself and often refer to my Oliver as my MFC (mobile fishing cabin) for fly fishing adventures here in Colorado. It will serve you well and the folks on this forum are super helpful if you have questions.

Welcome to the Oliver community! I had a friend with a lawn care business who had a bunch of the bright orange traffic cones -- we set them up in a parking lot and that is where I practiced. It was worth the time to learn ahead of time.

Welcome! Lots of expertise on the forum so if you have questions feel free to ask away. We were in the PNW last August and September, really enjoyed the area! Mike

Camping in the Northeast, with the foliage, low sun angle and long shoulder seasons can change the generator calculus. That said, we never needed our generator with this trailer until my wife got her ebike.

Not at all getting on your case because part of my lithium battery research 6 years ago was Will’s channel and still is part of my solar/battery research. I purchased three BB batteries then along with several Oliver friends. Back then BB batteries were the gold standard. Back then Will did all sorts of testing, he went to the BB “factory”, and interviewed the owner. He was as excited about BB batteries as a little kid at Christmas. They could do no wrong back then. Fast forward to today, something changed. Anyway we do the best we can with our research and still…..🤞🤪

RV owners should know the height of their trailer or rig. For the last ten years 9’ 7” has been in my brain just in case we encountered a low overpass. My thinking has always been if it’s under 10’ I’m turning around! Some years ago we came to an overpass on a back road somewhere that was 9’6”, there was no traffic and I was able to easily back up turn around and find another route. On our trip home from Hohenwald a couple of weeks ago we were on I-35 South between Dallas and Waco when our GPS showed a red road ahead and recommended we exit and take back roads. That’s what we usually do anyway so we followed all the other folks doing the same thing. We started out on normal county roads but after a half hour or so we were put on a small, unnamed road for a few miles before intersecting with a major highway. We were one of many, there was a big boat and two long travel trailers ahead of us. The road soon narrowed to about a lane and a half. Basically one way traffic unless you moved over to be half off the road. There were a few oncoming vehicles, so we slowed and moved over. We could see the highway ahead so we ventured on with everyone else. When we got close to the highway we saw that we had to go under the highway, make a sharp left and continue on the access road before merging onto the highway. As we got closer we could see a big sign on the overpass - 9’10”. The boat ahead went right under. The 30+’ travel trailer stopped and two guys got out, scratched their heads, rubbed their chins looking at the overpass and their trailer while traffic is backing up behind us. They turned around and announced they couldn’t go under and would back up to get out of the way. This is on a 1.5 lane road, with a curve and a line of traffic. Cars started to scrunch over and he proceeded to back his long trailer with his big dually pick up. I put my truck mirrors in, there was about 12” clearance as he went by, slowly. Once he passed the guy in front of me came back and asked me “how tall are yew?. I said 9’7”, how tall are you? He said he had no idea and wasn’t about to measure now. He said I could just go around and then he’d do the backup thing too. When I looked at the line of traffic behind and the narrow road I estimated that it would be a better choice to break my 10’ rule and go for it. We pulled around the other long trailer and moved slowly to the overpass. Carol jumped out to watch and I was checking my mirrors. We had at least 2” to spare. I heard cheers and “he made it!” being yelled as Carol jumped back in and were were quickly on our way. Worst case I figured I might have to replace my noisy Dometic AC, but alas it is still there! Mike

Our Ollie is the first trailer we've owned. Moreover, the truck we pull it with is the first truck we've ever owned. As luck would have it, on our very first trip, having just picked up the trailer from Hohenwald, we were rerouted off of the highway due to construction. After a few miles we came across a beautiful covered bridge. 9 ft. I had no choice but to perform a "3 point" turn. Right in front of someone's driveway. After my 3rd or 4th (very clumsy) attempt, a car pulled up behind me. Of course, it was the owner of the driveway. And I was blocking her way. 🤪 She was extremely understanding, even complimenting us on the pretty trailer. Thank God for nice people. Another couple of tries and we got turned around. She smiled and waved us on our way. In about 20K miles of towing since then, we have not encountered a single low bridge. P.S. I am a little better at 3 pt turns now. 😁

Your previous post about all storage being well utilized and some weight gain over the years (for the trailer not you!), plus this post leads me to ponder your miracle of physics. Maybe: Was your board warped? With the new tires maybe they are not as tall? A run to the scales to verify weight, but with the D52 and 5 leaf Alcan’s, you surely would be taller than spec. With the Cube being behind the axle, possibly you had the nose high? Maybe your Cube has melted a bit? Real low tire pressure? Your tape measure is so old it has stretched out three inches.? Glasses Rx needs renewal? Just having fun on this one. Knowing you, it is assured that your trailer is exactly as you measured it. Good news. GJ

I found myself on one of those small back roads one time, a couple of years ago, and could see about 1/2 mile ahead a very low overpass. While I had my specs for my Oliver etched in my brain, I decided it was time to get out and measure, since I had never done that. Just to be sure! Everything worked out, but that narrow road condition with a low overpass and no place to turn around is not a comfortable place to find oneself.

Somehow with Alcan springs and a new Chill Cube A/C, spec about 3.5” taller than the Dometic, we measured Hull #113 at 9’ 8.5” tall. After installing the A/C, Adam up on the scaffold, held a straight 2x3 on top of the A/C, hanging off the curbside, as I measured. I found the number hard to believe, so the next day we measured again, same number. Did the same off the street-side, exact same number. I believe this number to be accurate!

My thoughts, exactly. There were plenty of scrape marks in the concrete above! The ALCAN springs probably puts me closer to 9’8”. Doing a backup exercise with no room for error for a couple hundred yards convinced me that a Dometic sacrifice was worth it!

You were lucky on that one! With our new air conditioner and new axles/springs our new height is 9’ 8”. My personal comfort zone is nothing under 11’! I have many times wondered what the real height is under a bridge seeing new looking conduit or some other pipe hanging under the bridge and/or a new layer of asphalt on the road. Hence my 11’ lower limit. Of course having an old Dometic air conditioner is sort of like curb feelers for the roof! No real loss if it takes one for the team! 🤣

2021 LE2 Sold my Dometic minus the Easy Start for $400 on Facebook Marketplace....took a couple of months. BTW.....a Honda 2200i will most definitely run the Truma with an installed Easy Start.

John, I took all three of my jacks apart about six months after I purchased our 2017 LEII. I took mine apart because one jack was (is) very loud running in either direction. The grease used in the gearboxes in mine is a white lithium type. I didn’t think there was quite enough used so, I ordered a can of white lithium and added much more. What was factory installed was soft but just skimpy IMHO. The extra grease sadly didn’t change the sound so I’m no longer concerned that the gears may be running dry.

Thank you! This is awesome! You have a gift for accurate technical writing and precise documentation. This will be big help to a bunch of us. Thanks again.

I used Redline CV-2 grease. It should flow better than the thick OEM glop. This big syringe made it easy to inject grease where I wanted it. EDIT: Redline CV-2 Magic Grease Big syringe Fill up the lower case. Be sure to get grease under the big driven gear: Fully surround the two upper bearings. There is no need to fill the entire upper cavity. I added a small amount of black silicone RTV sealer to the torn area of the gasket. Reassemble the gearbox. Clean the old grease from the slotted coupler and add some new: Reinstall the head unit to the tube. Make sure the pin engages the slot! Secure the three Allen screws, connect the wire and secure it with black nylon ties. Function check the jack. I was disappointed to discover that there was no change in the sound. level..... darn it. John Davies Spokane WA

Maybe it's my long-bed, long wheelbase truck, but I do believe it's the nature of the Oliver EII. It sure takes a long stretch of road just to straighten out TV and TT after it's been cocked from a turn. The only 3-pt turns I'm doing is where I can back into a driveway, a side road or field with short brush! Our truck is also 2WD, so in any maneuver, I must always keep the rear truck tires on solid ground. 😎 We travel FS roads all the time and use the Motor Vehicle Use Maps as a guide which they have for most AZ National Forests and other western states. These maps show road kind and size and mark where dispersed camping is available (see Prescott NF example). No drive-thru fast food lanes for us when camping! We travel to get away from all that! 🤣 When traveling up some FS road, we (Chris too) keep our eyes out for turn-around opportunities while thinking how far we would have to back up if the road ahead became impassable! Not the Oliver, but towing a similar-size dual-axle trailer, once I had to reverse over 3 miles on a road in North Texas, when the thunderstorm had turned the road ahead into a huge lake. At least, it was a straight paved road, but it was pouring so hard, near impossible to see out of the sideview mirrors. A major sigh of relief when we finally got to a crossroad! Yeah, the thrill of camping in the back country of "The West!" Prescott NF MVUM Front.pdf