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We were signed up but had to back out of being in Guntersville. We will be at Smokemont in the Smokies with family staying at our Maggie Valley house. I guess we have it good when our kids run us out of our house but we get to stay in the Ollie. Looking forward to a normal year sometime in the future and being at the Rally!

Yes, in my truck there is a dedicated fuse for the charge wire so very simple.

yesterdays technology. Then, the latest will be twice as much as Lithium, is today.

Another winterization tip: In order to help prevent that "dreaded fridge odor" from developing during winter or other storage of the Oliver; simply empty, clean and dry the fridge and then place several sheets of crumpled newspaper inside both sections of the fridge. Also then prop both doors (the freezer and the main door) slightly open. When it is time to take your Oliver out of storage all you have to do is remove the newspaper, close the doors and turn it on. There will be no odor at all. Bill

I store my Oliver in a 95% dark barn in Oklahoma. I wanted a cover that would provide insect and bird protection. I went with the ADCO cover, but the one received was larger than I needed. Circumstances required that I use it anyway as my summer flight back to Hawaii was just a day away. When my too large cover had a warranty issue, Ichose to go with the next smaller size stock ADCO Cover. They sent me a replacement at no cost. The one sent and shown is their 3840 stock number. I did a quick install of the cover just to test fit it. I was not trying to make a perfect install, just wanted to make sure it would fit. Hence the imperfect strapping alignments. For an off the shelf cover, it is still a bit larger than the Elite II requires, but gets the job done much better than it's bigger brother did. I would be interested if any Oliver Elite owner has tried their next smaller size. Likely to be too small I think. Yes I would order the 34840 ADCO again. If I did not have a barn, I would go with a metal carport with this ADCO cover. NOTE: I install my cover and set up the trailer so that the ground points of contact are the tires and three jacks. I do not need to use the ADCO provided wheel covers as it is a 95% dark barn. The jacks are all on 6" concrete blocks. This combination makes it harder for ground pests to get into a position to do any damage. So far, after two winters, no issues.

Yep - good for you. Certainly I do not like following the crowd - perhaps most of us that own Olivers are in this same boat in that regard - but, there is a reason (s) that the F-150 has been the best selling for so many years. It is really nice to see that the other brands are catching up (and in some ways passing) to the F-150. Choices make for a better product on so many fronts. Enjoy that truck - hope it brings you many miles of smiles. Bill

My brother loves his F150. He's in sales, in a rural territory, so he spends hours every day in his. My sister-in-law, who's even shorter than I, really enjoys driving it, as well. She towed a utility trailer with my mom's furniture from Minnesota to Florida, and was quite pleased with the experience. Hope you enjoy yours, too. For many of us, our trucks are also our daily drivers, so I think it's important to find balance in our selections. Daily comfort, mileage not towing, and overall driving experience are all factors in our decisions. Sherry

After much research and looking at used trucks online. I decided that a used 2018 F150 with the Max Tow package is my best bet for now and within my current price range. Found a really good deal in Houston and will be picking up this weekend. I have quadruple checked that it has the Max Tow package, it has a decent payload as well oh almost 1700lbs. Looking forward for this part of the "camper life" process to be complete 🤣 thanks again for all the help and advice you guys!

Thank you all for the very kind compliments. We surely hope it serves us well. This morning I did remove the Andersen WDH and will offer it up in the classifieds for half of what we paid Oliver. The Ollie sits a tad nose high, but the Tremor is empty of cargo and so is the Ollie, we’ll see how everything looks after we load up. I think everything will level out just fine payload wise. Tomorrow morning we have scheduled the Ollie for XPEL 10 mil paint protection on the front corners and we will have the Tremor done as well. We are looking forward to seeing everyone who still has reservations at Lake Guntersville. -David

You may want to check with Oliver. I believe the max GVW for the Elite II loaded up is 7,000 lbs. This will help your truck towing and payload "wiggle room" numbers even more!! You would probably not want to overload the trailer either. More numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers. We tow with an old 2008 5.7 litre Tundra with factory installed tow package. It has tow/haul. I had to install an after market brake controller (very easy plug in module) The Tundra works great. That said if $ were not important I would buy a 1 ton diesel without dual wheels. (my preference) The cost difference for 1 ton vs 3/4ton is not that much. But I am sticking with my great running, no issue, very reliable, old truck. I will be the slow truck on the steep down grades. Good luck!!!

Yes I did use the shower house. It needed service the first day and night, no hand soap or toilet paper in one of the stalls. It was much better the second and third days. It turns out that one of the camp host couples left for an emergency on our first day, so they were short handed. The replacement hosts actually showed up about an hour after we did, but didn’t begin working until the next day. All of the spots were clean and level, but ours had a little more privacy due to the fact that it was actually a long drive way with two spots and we were in the rear. There wasn’t any access problems for us as the front spot was only used the first night by the replacement hosts. So I’ll give the park a B rating overall, as we would visit again and hope for cooler weather. Mossey

I use two of these Andersons - and have found them to be very user-friendly. Picked up a couple wheel chocks from Harbor Freight (cheap), this and a few well sized wood blocks and we are ready for most any spot. Quick, simple.

We’ve got 12 months of camping left before we winterize. Will re-assess in 12 months, but will probably go for another 12 months! I think I know quite a bit about my Oliver, but since we’ve never winterized I don’t have a clue how to do that. Mike

To expand on Dean's questions, Does the warming feature trigger when there is a demand on the batteries, or does heating occur all of the time at temperatures less than some threshold (e.g., 37 °F)? In other words, do the batteries heat when the trailer is in storage below 37 °F or only when in use? If the batteries only heat when in use, then how do the batteries recognize "in use?" Does the heating stop when the batteries reach a certain low-voltage threshold, regardless of temperature? If so, what is the voltage threshold? What is the best strategy for maintaining charge during winter storage? Trickle? If not trickle, then...? If trickle, is that enough to maintain battery temperature during cold periods? I understand that the lithium batteries will charge in 4 hours. Is this with a 30-amp connection, or with reasonable solar gain (e.g., 10–15 amps)? It seems that to charge 320 amp hours (80% of 400 amp hours in two 200-amp hour batteries) it would take ~ 10 hours with a 30-amp connection, and with 15 amps from solar it would take twice that long…. What am I missing here? Are there risks associated with overheating batteries when the trailer is stored (or otherwise experiencing) temperatures in excess of 100 °F? Will periods of cold temperatures (e.g., < 10 °F) or excessively hot (e.g., >100 °F) decrease overall battery life? What conditions or maintenance is required for batteries to last 10 years or more? Thanks!

My primary reason for the solar option was to replenish draw-down while traveling. So far, traveling 6 hours a day during mostly winter daylight hours, it has served it's purpose. Even on cloudy days I've found there will be some solar charge current produced. The vehicle charge line may assist to some degree but the only reason Oliver provides this connection at all is because the main batteries are used as the breakaway power source for the brakes. Applicable standards require this TV charge capability.

Hello Susan, So glad to hear you have chosen the Pro package. It is a worry free design. We worked with Oliver to get the best package for their trailers. You can leave LiFeBlue battery connected to any charge source of any voltage up to 16 Volts. Once a single cell is saturated (fully charged) at 3.8 Volts, the BMS will inhibit all charge current and report "Battery Over Voltage" on the event page in your Smart Connect App. Don't let that scare you. It just means the battery will not accept any more charge because it is full. For long term shore power use, your charger will lower the voltage to 13.8 Volts. Hope this s helpful!

Correct. Unless you rewire your tow vehicle and trailer, you'll get minimal charging even with AGMs. Think of it as a maintenance charge. With LFP, think of it as irrelevant. That's nothing specific to Oliver - same with any trailer. It's easier with RVs and vans since the house batteries are in close proximity to the alternator, connected with heavy gauge wiring. Trying to charge a 400Ah battery bank with 30' of 12 awg wire is futile. This comes up all the time. No one would connect their solar panels with 12 gauge wire, yet everyone expects their truck to be able to do it with that - and at four times the distance!

We use a pretty big trash can from Simple Human, but it stays tucked under the dinette. And since we don’t use the dinette for eating, it’s never been in the way. If I were to ever do anything with the dinette area to convert it to counter space and storage, I’d try to add a dedicated spot for a trash can there.