ScubaRx

John is correct. We don't generally stay in a campground but the ones that we have, had "No Vehicle Idling" signs posted. Even if you ignore the signs, your neighbors will likely call you out on it after a short time. On the other hand, it should be fine during "generator hours" if the campground has such an area. That reminds me of the old "smoking" sections that used to be in restaurants or other establishments.

On trailers built with lithium batteries, the charging wire from the truck is not attached. The alternator in the trucks do not produce the amperage needed to sufficiently supply the needs of the vehicle and have enough to charge the batteries at the same time. Attaching this wire will make the alternator run at full capacity all the time and would most likely cause the alternator to fail. Additionally, the wiring would need to be sized at 2/0 to carry 150 amps from the alternator to the batteries. The are other ways to accomplish this, but they have been covered previously.

Switches get wonky sometimes and flipping them on and off a few times sometimes does the trick. They’re easy to replace. If the wires at the switch are firmly attached, I’d just replace it.

Could be a faulty switch. Pull up the mat in the cabinet above the light. Apply 12 volts directly to the wires on the light to eliminate a bad light.

That question ("Can I tow with 2006 Ford F-150 XL 4.2 L, 6 cylinder truck?") was unanimously resolved within two days many posts ago, The consensus was a resounding NO. Thread hijack moved to https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/8915-bill-and-nancys-towing-vehicle-issue/#comment-87403

I realize this not what you want to hear but as most of us have already stated, this is not a good choice for a tow vehicle for the EII. It is underpowered and won’t provide you with a pleasant towing experience.

We have a building very similar to yours (sans the fallen tree). I’m very happy your trailer came through unscathed.

I have a 2.8-liter four-cylinder diesel Canyon SLT and a 6.6-liter eight-cylinder diesel Silverado 3500. We only use one of them as our tow vehicle for our Elite II, Hull #050. The combo weighs in at just under 18K pounds. We just returned from our winter western sojourn with a little more than 5100 miles traveled. We drove on the flats, in the mountains, with the wind, against the wind and averaged 12.8 mpg. Pulling a 5-6K pound trailer with a light duty truck sporting a 2.8-liter four-cylinder diesel engine and still getting 22 mpg is, like@Geronimo Johnsaid, just “amazing”, in fact, it’s unbelievable, really unbelievable.

Through the years I have acquired every size hole saw that Dewalt makes from 9/16” to 6”. I have used them many times to cut perfectly sized holes in wood, acrylic, fiberglass, aluminum and mild steel. It’s much cleaner and easier if you can put your piece into a drill press rather than trying to use a hand drill. This is a deep scrub into the upper edge of the basement door. I had it open and moved the trailer forward allowing it to contact the concrete.

The main problem with taking it anywhere other than Oliver is getting a perfect match on the color of the gel coat. My Hull #050 (and the next hundred or so builds) are a different color from the current ones. They no longer keep the old color in stock.

Yeah, the new Elite’s have ended up weighing more than our originals did. Our old one never weighed more than around 3900.

We are camped tonight not far down the road from you guys. I needed the oil changed in the truck so we stopped in Kerrville.

I believe the #3 key is to the lock on the super secret hidey hole. You will be told its location after six months of ownership. 😂🤣😂🤣

We are overnighting near Fort Stockton. It’s windy getting cold.

If he has any of that food left, we could be there by tomorrow evening and help him out with it.

I consider up and down to be in reference to the jack’s foot. I fixed all the switches to be the same. Push the switch up and the jack goes up (trailer goes down.) But, to be perfectly transparent, my switches are all positioned where I can actually see the jack when I'm operating it.

I like a towing speed of 63-65 mph on a good smooth road. We get a consistent 12.8mpg overall on each of our typical trips of 4-5K miles. I can set the cruise and relax. I can control speeding up and slowing down with my left thumb on the steering wheel and the heads up display on the windshield gives me all the info I need without ever moving my eyes. On the other hand, I’ve on occasion found myself doing 80+ mph. Like on US-50 across Nevada where you may go 40-50 miles without meeting another vehicle or coming to a curve in the road. Just because towing with a 10K pound truck makes this feel comfortable doesn’t mean you should actually do it. Slow down, enjoy the trip and don’t hit a 900 pound elk.

No contest on a tow for the LEII. 3/4 ton or 1 ton. Not much difference in price, lots of difference in cargo capacity. Don’t waste thousands and thousands of dollars moving up every few years (which you will do). Buy big and, as Tony says, “fuggedaboutit”.

It was very good to see you in Quartzsite this week. I hope you had all your questions answered and came away with some good information that proves useful to you.

Since this was a hijack from a thread about shower pans, I attempting to move parts of it to a new thread in an effort to keep it on track. Somehow who wrote what got all jumbled up and I ended up not making it any better. So I locked it. Anyone wanting to continue along these lines will need to start a new thread.

No. The only way that clean fresh water can get into the shower pan is from above. Black water CAN find its way into the pan from below but that’s a whole ‘nother issue requiring a perfect storm of very specific circumstances.

When you register with Oliver and pay your fees, you will get an itinerary.

I agree, One can never have too much power. 💯agree never. 😊 Hi Golfnut: The Tundra towed remarkably well even while climbing the mountains in Virginia. The tow haul mode works very well as well as the trailer assist features, we were very pleased. The air suspension makes for a comfortable ride. The Olly tracks extremely well behind the truck and it was easy to forget that it was there at all, never the slightest indication of sway even when passing or being passed by tractor trailers, and no problem accelerating on interstate on-ramps or climbing hills (twin turbos 😍). I never felt uncomfortable towing the Olly even when traversing tight shopping center parking lots. We over packed the truck on this trip so we were slightly heavy on the rear axle, next time out we'll pay more attention to weight distribution and adjust the WD hitch slightly. Towing we got a little over 13 MPG which included a fair amount of climbing. The Anderson Bulldog WD hitch works well but I struggled a bit getting lined up properly for the whale tail to align, I have to work on that! I’m off topic, too. Like that name “Golfnut”! We take our clubs on all Ollie adventures. Nice looking rig! 👍 We enjoy towing our LE2 with our 22 Tundra. Started experimenting with 7th gear around 62MPH with cruise on, getting 15MPG on our last round trip from NC to the TN plateau area and back on interstates. Going up mountain grades I do slow some to preserve good MPG. We don’t have solar on our LE2, keep the ready to camp weight around 4950 lbs after weight savings measures. Early congratulations are in order!! It's been almost 13 years since Deb and I retired. I highly recommend it! 😃 Thanks, Tom & Doreen for your feedback. Our daughter & son in law have a 2023 Tundra ( got in December) they love it so far, they have a 20ft. Airstream Basecamp X. .. I take my Sticks with me every chance I can…

That’s what I’m talking about.

We’ll still be here (33.64244° N, 114.30655° W) if the crick don’t rise. 😃