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These boxes are absolutely top of the line. Jim Oliver swore by them.

Tow vehicle for LEII?

Possibility of death

We've never been into boats. Don't particularly like the water or the beach. But, this thread has gotten me to thinking. If I take up something new, I like to go all in. No messing around and trying to just "get by." This boat has recently come on the market and we are seriously considering it. It looks pretty good, comes with two helicopters, 60 foot tender, 10 man submarine (yellow, of course), a bunch of smaller boats and watercraft and several land vehicles on board. Hey @bugeyedriver, you want a job flying one of the helicopter's, includes free room and board. I really believe there would be plenty of room on board for all I like to take with me, plus about 100 or so of my buddies. If we do plan to tow it, I'm gonna need a bigger truck, might go up to a 7500. Hey, don't laugh it's no more ludicrous that pulling an LEII with a Tacoma. At least the 7500 actually has 4 wheel disc brakes. I wonder if Foy would like to redo the woodwork on it.

The yearly Oliver Owner's Rally in Guntersville traditionally starts during the week after Mother's day. Then there is the Oliver Rally in Maine that is (this year) in early June. I don't know if there is a set time for that Rally each year but this is the third year in a row it has been held. You will not want to come too close to either the Guntersville or Maine Rally or the owners that would like to attend both won't have time to get from one to the other. Oliver spends a lot of money putting on or sending staff to the Rally's so you would not want to interfere with that. We plan to attend both the Rally's this year. We would come to yours also if the time it is held didn't obstruct getting to the other two. Distance traveled is not a problem for us. We enjoy being with other owners.

What time of the year are you planning on having it?

That's cheating...

Will you be at the Maine Oliver Rally in June?

We had a 2008 Elite with one the very few twin bed setups. We pulled it all over the US, up to Maine and twice to California. You've got a good setup.

The lodge is 500 feet above us and about 2-3 miles. You will drive to it. The pavilion may be within walking distance of your trailer. That will be up to you. But you will be able to drive anywhere you want to go.

Folks are giving you advice, it's seemingly just not what you want to hear so you keep asking. Since you've chosen not to answer all of my questions, I can only assume you had not thought of these issues and you don't have any answers. All of them are pertinent and important to the application you propose. It could be done (as can anything, if you throw enough time and money at it) but it would not be easy or necessarily safe. I had a long list of reasons with explanations of why this is a bad idea but since you chose to ignore my questions I'm going to let you figure this one out the hard way, but believe me, this will be a CWOT that is destined to fail and possibly hurt someone.

We had an earlier model Sierra we bought new and I thought it would be the perfect tow vehicle. It had a crew cab, 6.2L engine with Max Tow Pkg., 4WD, all the bells and whistles. It also had a dismal payload of about 1500 or so pounds, but I was not smart enough at the time to realize how much difference that made. Your sticker shows that your truck has a max payload of 1635 pounds with 360 pounds of people and dogs. The tongue weight on a new LEII will run somewhere in the mid 600's. This will leave you with only 600 pounds for everything else in the truck. From that 600 pounds has to come the weight of everything else, Camping gear, cell phones, box of tissues, everything you've added, anything that was not attached to the truck the day it rolled off the assembly line. Do you have a topper, subtract another 200 pounds. You will have to use an Andersen Hitch, subtract 65 pounds. The numbers will work but that's not real life. In our case, that truck really struggled in the mountains and was constantly overheating (despite the Max Tow Package). Transmission temps would routinely rise above 220 degrees. Basically, as many of use have discovered, a 3/4 or 1 ton diesel truck will do a much better job, your fuel mileage will be better and you will have a very pleasant (rather than a constantly worrying) towing experience. Plus you can haul anything you want without overloading the truck and you don't have to fool with the Andersen Hitch. We've been through four different tow vehicles over the past 10 years (Tahoe, Sierra 1500, Silverado 2500HD Diesel, Silverado 3500HD Diesel) with this trailer. If I had known in 2013 what I know now about towing, I would have bought a one ton diesel truck then and would have saved enough to buy a brand new 3500 today in the doing.

Come find us in E-05. I'll be happy to take a look at it.

An excellent analogy and in the majority of folks, very true.

That one was a throwaway, what about the other questions?

I can see how that is a big design flaw. As usual, Oliver has found a field fix. Hopefully, Truma will respond with a better shroud design.

Steve's Theorem: Stuff will always expand to fill the entire space that is available.

I suppose that depends on how you interpret the original question "Who has the oldest Ollie?"

Would an unsealed countersunk screw that leaked allow water to enter the cabin or only into the inner workings of the A/C?

Please don't ask if it's OK to tow an Elite II with a Kia Sorento. There are thousands of hours of written discussion here and on other forums about towing.

The Red "Jelly Bean" Hull #010 owned by Brandi Schaffer is the lowest numbered hull that I know that is still on the road. It was originally delivered in January of 2008. She said that she'll be at the rally. Larry and Betty Harmon (mountainborn) bought the first Oliver sold Hull #003. It was delivered in September of 2007. I have seen it once since Larry sold it over 10 years ago. The Black "Gambler's Edition" Hull #009 was spotted behind an old building in Reno or Las Vegas several years ago. I don't have any more current info about it. But, if you take it one step further and look at who has the lowest Hull number AND is the original owner that would be Paul and Sherry Cavanaugh (SeaDawg) in their Hull # 012 originally delivered in February of 2008.

Depending on lots of things, this may or may not be a good idea. What size Generator? Single rear receiver or two? Will you be planning to move it from the hitch to run it? Where will you plug it in? You do know you will have to install a transfer switch? I don't personally know any who has done this. What's wrong with using a front basket?

Most likely, neither fuse is blown. the front (outside) fuse holder is likely corroded inside and the fuse in not making good contact. Ours does this all the time. Clean the inside of the fuse holder (both sides) and the tips of the 30A fuse. Replace it and rotate it a few times to make better contact. Let us know if this helps. And complaining to Oliver (or anyone, for that matter) is more likely to get you nothing rather than something. The wiring diagrams were deleted for a reason that Oliver is not sharing with just anyone.

Fuel powered generators output AC voltage not DC voltage. A 2000 watt generator running at full throttle will output 120 VAC or about 16 amps (Amps = Watts / Volts). RV generators provide AC power to run whatever charger/converter you have onboard. The charger/converter outputs the DC power to charge your batteries and/or run your 12 volt devices.