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One person can put the awning up in a couple of minutes. The support poles can either be placed on the ground (and staked, if necessary) or secured back to the side of the Oliver. I have only had our Oliver a week and have only put it up once. I have never put one up before. I found it to be very easy.

CarolAnn, Many times I have seen that genre of trailer refered to as "Stick and Tin"

Doug, I know you will be very happy with your new Oliver. My wife, Tali, and I just took delivery on our last week. We could not be happier with it. We made no omissions to the package that comes with the Legacy Elite as the options included met all our needs. We did add the convection microwave so as to have some additional cooking options. We also added the Aluminum wheels and 8-ply tires, the lift kit, a gen-set hookup, double pane windows and the backup camera. I also had the factory modify my frame to give me a longer tongue as our current TV is a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. It has a back gate that opens like a door and we needed room for it to swing over the tongue without hitting the basket for the generator. In addition, I had them add two receivers on the rear of the frame so I can attach a rear carrier if I want to. Anything you want done, the Oliver crew will make every attempt to do as they are truly outstanding. I overheard Jim Oliver tell one of his crew "We never tell a customer 'That can't be done'." Everyone else has already been over several other very useful options and I echo their statements on them. We opted for the twin bed model. We decided that, with the additional floor space and storage room, it was worth giving up sleeping in the same bed. We also have a large dog that will be traveling with us and he needs room also. I will be happy to send you some pictures of our interior if you think it would help in your decision making process. PM me with your e-mail with any questions and I will be glad to provide any info I can...

Check the thread "Hello All". Robert addresses this issue in the last post. Not knowing the chemical makeup of the products used in the production of the Oliver shell, I could not say what is used. From a personal standpoint, however, I visited the Oliver plant 4 times during the process of getting the "Outlaw Oliver" and there was the strong smell of fiberglass resin present in the building. This would be expected since the only thing they do there is produce fiberglass products. The trailers themselves, however, don't have any residual odor from that manufacturing process. Now that she is home, aside from a faint flowery smell from the chemicals put into the black tank, there is nothing. Since there are no pressed wood products or carpeting in the trailer, I don’t think you will find any objectionable odors in the Oliver. Hope this helps...

Hi Tigrrr, Having only picked up the Outlaw Oliver this past weekend, I have no experience with cold weather usage of same. However, here in the balmy South, I can attest to its warm weather characteristics. After we arrived home Sunday, we pulled the trailer into the driveway and left it sitting. I knew its location would put it into direct sunlight most of every day so I slid a couple of the windows open slightly, opened the Fantastic Fan and set the thermostat to come on when the temp went up. The next morning I went out to check on it fully expecting it to be like an oven on the inside. The fan was running and it was actually cooler inside than outside. I worked inside for about an hour or so and the breeze being pulled thru the windows was so pleasant I decided not to turn on the A/C. That being said, theoretically if the insulation has the ability to retard heat from being transmitted into the shell, it should have the same capability to retard heat from escaping the shell. Overall, I'm very pleased (and pleasantly surprised) with the insulation qualities. Hope this helps....

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Well, we made it home with the new Outlaw Oliver, here's some pics....

Hello Everybody, Tom is right, whatever length safety chains you need they will be included with your Oliver. We just took delivery of ours yesterday (06-21-08). We had our frame construction modified at the factory and one of the mods was a longer tongue. Therefore we needed a different length chain from the standard. Don't worry, yours will be just like it needs to be....

The French Broad is a beautiful river running through North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows near the Biltmore House in Ashville. It was originally just one of two broad (wide) Rivers in western North Carolina . The one which flowed North into French Colonial territory was named the French Broad and the other which stayed in English territory (the American colonies) was named the English Broad, now just known as the Broad River.

Hi Pete, Our plan is to drive up to Hohenwald tomorrow (Thursday) evening and spend the night at the Goodenough Inn. I know this place comes with outstanding recommendations!!! The next morning we will meet at the factory and get started on our orientation. Since we are neophytes, we'll need all the help we can get. I suppose we'll spend the first day trying to decide where to put all our new "stuff." I know we'll stay the night at the campground there and then I don't know what we'll do, maybe drive on down the road and find another place to stay. It's only about 130 miles from home, so we might come closer. We need to be back home sometime Sunday afternoon. Anyway...we're excited, this is something we've wanted to do for a long time. We have the three dogs but we don't plan to include them on this trip. Storm is so big, I'm not sure how he'll take to the inside of the trailer. Maggie and Lucy would fit just fine but they're hard to keep up with. Wish us luck, there seems to be so much to learn and remember.

Tali and I pick up the new Outlaw Oliver on Friday, June 20th. We have been buying all sorts of stuff to carry on the maiden voyage, new dishes, pots and pans, bed linens...just like moving into a really small new house. We have dubbed our Oliver the because it is a family name-no reference to any unsavory behavior! We asked the the high stop light say "Outlaw" to display this. We are excited to be joining the ranks of such a great group of travelers that have gone before us and hope to meet all of you out on the road somewhere.

All that being said.... The main thing that would keep me from wanting a diesel vehicle is the availability of fuel. The next time you are filling up at your local station, look for the diesel pump. Unless it's a major station or a truck stop, there probably won't be one. Sam's Clubs (with very few exceptions according to my internet search) doesn't carry it, Kroger (where we get an additional 10 cents per gallon off with their card) doesn't carry it and I can't think of a station in our area that's convenient that does. I borrowed my son-in-law's gigantic Ford Pickup a couple of times to go off on canoeing trips in Arkansas and several times I worried that we would run out of fuel before we found a station that sold diesel. Obviously, whenever we found it, we bought it no matter what the price. The primary reason that there are few diesel vehicles produced for the US market has always been that the infrastructure for delivering gasoline for private use is in place making it much more readily available.

Hello Everybody, I have posted a few pics of the Outlaw Oliver under construction. Tali and I visited with Robert on the fifth of June to see how the new baby was progressing. It's nice to live close enough to be able to drive up easily. This made our third trip. We pick up the Outlaw this coming Friday, June 20. It's getting close. I threw in a pic of the new TV. Sorry Mountainborn, it's not white. A close inspection of the tongue will show this Ollie will be the first of its kind. I talked Daniel into allowing me to re-engineer the frame a little bit. I have an extra 26 inches in addition to the extention. This will allow room for a generator box and have enough room to open the rear gate of the Jeep. We also added two receivers to the rear of the frame for attaching a carrier that I will weld up after delivery.

We have a back yard surrounded by a tall brick fence. There are two twelve foot drive thru gates. We plan to keep our Oliver in the back behind the fence. I have looked around locally and we plan to have a company come out and erect a steel canopy similar to the one in the picture. It is about as cheap as building it myself and a whole lot faster and easier. Has anyone had any experience with these buildings and if so, any thoughts about them?

Hey Mountainborn and Butcherknife.... That does sound like fun. Tali and I hope to be picking up our Oliver the very day you plan to leave. We got our new Jeep Wrangler Unlimited this afternoon so we're all set, just need a trailer now. We have that very trip planned for later this fall, probably around the first couple weeks in October. We want to go up around Moab also. We were out there a couple of years ago and really loved it. Thanks for talking with me on the phone earlier today. Your advice is appreciated. Hope to get to meet you somewhere soon out on the road. Would love to do some geocaching or, maybe someday, some diving with you. Keep us posted and take lots of pictures...

Actually that is the weight for the trailer the common options installed. That would not include the modifications on the suspension etc. It still allows you to add a reasonable amount of cargo and keep it below the 3500 lb axle rating. Unless you are trying to haul rocks like Lucy and Ricky did, you should be able to expect a trailer weighing in at under 3500 lbs. Hope this helps....

Hello everybody, With our new Oliver on the way, we were looking at tow vehicles also. We had a 2005 Yukon 4WD leased but that was up the first of this month and we turned it in. I have a 1992 Jeep Wrangler that would do a pretty good job of towing, but it's 16+ years old and I don't want to get too far out of town with it. We too love the mountains and have a big trip planned for this fall to the western states. With that in mind, we have ordered a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. I'm confident that if it's good enough for mountainborn, it will be good enough for us. We do plan to do a little off road camping so I think the Jeep will fill the bill for us.......Now, if we could just get the boys at Oliver to get our trailer finished...

Earthdancer, Don't feel badly, being new to the RVing world, I didn't know what all the acronyms and abbreviations meant either. Of course, every endeavor has its own terminology and doublespeak and I kept seeing these and not having a clue what any of them meant. So I turned to my best friend, Google. A quick search of RV terminology revealed this list: DW = Dear wife DH = Dear Husband IMHO = in my honest/humble opinion TT = travel trailer 5W, 5'er = fifth wheel PU = pop up TC = Truck camper DP = diesel pusher TV = tow vehicle tv = television TH = toy hauler WD = weight distribution Hope this helps....

Has anyone had any experience with the convection microwave? We have ordered a new Oliver and were wondering which microwave would best serve our needs. Thanks for any input. Dietgal (Steve's DW)

This is, quite possibly, not the proper thread for this but I need an opinion from anyone/everyone. Robert, I would appreciated your weighing in on this also. I am considering the attached photo as the mural for the front of my Oliver. Soooo....what do you think?

Understand up front that I have NO affiliation with Oliver trailers. I have, however, studied their trailer at great length and being an engineer at heart, I have developed a great amount of respect for the quality of their trailer and admiration for the philosophy that this company exhibits. I did a quick search on google and I found this: In looking at the specs on their 17 foot trailer I saw several notable differences. This is not to imply that their trailer is inferior, only different. It would be up to each individual to see if the differences suit their needs and tastes. Their trailer has a two piece exterior fiberglass shell with an interior of vinyl wall paneling and fabric headliner. Oliver has a two piece custom molded interior shell as well as the fiberglass exterior shell. Their trailer does not offer shocks. Up to four are available on the Oliver. Their trailer has a 2-way refrigerator. The Oliver has a 3-way. Among others, the following are options on the Bigfoot (All are standard on the Oliver Legacy Elite) 11,000 BTU AC (13,500 BTU on Oliver) "Battery Ready" (to me this implies that no batteries are included) Fantastic Fan is Not Available External wash station LCD TV Stabilizer jacks (these are most likely NOT power) AM/FM CD/DVD (two speakers only) At 8 feet wide, the Bigfoot would be wider than almost anything you'd be pulling it with. Further with a Base price of $28,820, getting this trailer up to the standards of the Oliver would be a rather pricey journey. This information is based on a quick check of the information found on the above link and please, anyone that notices any discrepancies feel free to correct me. Hope this helps...

No Tom, I didn't meet you, but it might have been your trailer that I saw in the Wal-Mart parking lot about that time. That was my first view of an Oliver. I drove around it a couple of times hoping I would see the owners. Unfortunately, they were not "at home." I had never heard of Oliver and went home to look on the internet. I have never owned an RV but have lusted after one for years. Now Tali and I are about to take the plunge. I plan to place my order this coming Wednesday. Maybe we can meet someday. This family of Oliver owners is really amazing, everybody on the forum is so nice and helpful. Hope to see you out there sometime......

For the best part of 20 years I have used scuba as a nickname for almost everything. For anyone who doesn't know, that is the abbreviation for the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (an instrument used on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope)... <!-- s;) --><!-- s;) --> Just kidding, as mountainborn certainly knows, it's actually an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. It has been my email name with several different ISP's. Anyway, as more and more people discovered the internet and email addresses, it became difficult to hang on to plain ole scuba. Being both a scuba diver and a Pharmacist, I just added the Latin abbreviation for recipe (Rx) and scubarx was born. Miss Tali and I live near the Natchez Trace in Tupelo, MS (yeah, that's right-Elvis' Birthplace.) Anyone traveling along near here is always welcome to stop by and say hey. Meanderthal, didn't I see where you had stopped down at Davis lake? That's only about 25 miles from our house.

I too, am in the process of "ordering" my Oliver. I've read and re-read anything and everything I can get my hands on concerning what is available for it including probably every post in this forum. Obviously, everyone is different in their wants and/or needs, but it seems that the Oliver folks have a pretty good handle on what people want. Of course, if an option won't meet your needs I would not pay for it. I read an advertisement for a product many years ago that has stuck in my mind ever since. It said: "Nobody was ever sorry they bought the best there is..." With that in mind, I plan to buy everything that I think I might ever want because every time I've scrimped on something thinking I can live without it or it would save some money, I've regretted it and ususally ended up spending more money getting to where I wanted to be. I appreciate all the insight and good advice that everyone has shared on this forum. I am really excited to become part of this familly of Egg Owners. Does this make us all Eggheads????

It's ironic that you've posted this tonight. For the past hour or so I've been searching through different websites for upholstery material in hopes that I could find something that we like better than what is available from Oliver. I had wondered how many yards we would need to cover the cushions and anything else. You mentioned 15 yards, is that an estimate or is it an amount that Oliver has provided? I will continue to look online and will post the URL of any place that looks promising. We have a Hancock Fabric store here in Tupelo that has a lot of fine material.