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We had a 2008 Elite I for 5 years. We sold it and bought a 2014 Elite II, the first to roll off the line. We did it simply to have more room. We travel a lot, with several dogs one of which weighs over 100 pounds. He needs a place to sleep so he gets the side dinette made down into his bed every night. We liked the Elite I but we love the Elite II.

I changed out our bulldog hitch for the 2-5/16" to take advantage of the larger hitch platform on the 2500 Silverado. Did I need it? Probably, to be safe. The standard bulldog hitch is rated at 7000 pounds. The OOII weighs over that. The larger bulldog is rated at 12,500 pounds. You can do this easily yourself, it's certainly not brain surgery. This is the hitch you will need to order. You will have to drill the holes in the sides to run the bolts through.

We traded our 1500 6.2L gas burner GMC Sierra for a 2500 6.6L Duramax diesel Silverado. I wanted the "overkill" that the Silverado gives us. I liked that diesel so much that we bought a GMC Canyon with the 2.8L "Baby" Duramax for Tali as a daily driver. We will probably actually use it to pull the OOII on short trips as it has a towing capacity of 7600 pounds. The best towing mileage we've ever gotten is 21.9 mpg but we still average 14 mpg in the 2500 pulling the Oliver. We were getting about 11.5 mpg in the Sierra 1500. I can't recommend the diesels strongly enough. They just keep on going no matter the terrain.

Thanks Ken, friends like you are rare indeed.

I discovered that you can’t hold pressure on your tongue. 90% of the problem that night was the warfarin. Oral vitamin K reversed the warfarin and finally helped staunch the blood.

No, I think they are a very good thing. My previous response was a inside joke to Ken. Ken and Mary Kay were at our house the night before we all left for Quartzsite this past January. While eating dinner, I did the very thing I mentioned (bit my tongue). It bleed copiously for two hours. I thought I was gonna die!

That might be handy if you were to accidentally bite a big ole chunk out of your tongue while taking warfarin.

Nice rack. I assume that is a 2” receiver. It does appear that the entire affair would need to be slid out of the two frame mounted receivers to allow access to the spare tire. Realistically, that is a non issue since the light truck tires on our Oliver’s are not too likely to pop like the ST tires supplied on all the SOB’s.

During our return from the Boler Rally in Winnipeg we traveled down through North and South Dakota. We saw all the National Park units in both states. Several of them had campgrounds for about $8-10 per night.

Or you could just not worry about it. If someone wants into your trailer bad enough their gonna get in and tear up a lot of stuff in doing so. If you ever lock yourself out, you'll wish you'd left a window unlocked. We generally leave the windows unlocked and open. Sometimes the door also. Of course, Reacher might be in there. For those of you who've met him, you know what I mean.

The rep was correct, don't waste your money.

Be patient (I know, hard to do). They will work properly but it took several hours on mine. Plus, don’t be switching them around from tank to tank (like I did) thinking that will solve the problem. Occasionally, they will still act up for a few minutes but they always straighten themselves out.

The correct dosage of diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for dogs is 1 mg/pound. I recommend buying liquid diphenhydramine to be able to accurately administer the dose for smaller pets. Although a larger bottle (greater than 100 dosage units) may seem like the best deal, they will probably go out of date long before they are all used. Just an old retired Pharmacist’s advice.

I agree, for a great number of reasons.

I’m the one that came up with that tv mount back in 2013 and had it installed during the build of our Outlaw Oliver II. At first Oliver would not use it for anyone else due to RVIA rules about blocking the egress window. Now it is standard. We've pulled that trailer for 50-60K miles all over this country and not once has the tv come down. Check all the screws and adjust tightness if needed. Also, make sure the rotating cam/pawl lock is turning freely.

It is supposed to say “monitoring system for TANKS and batteries”

The Oliver does not now have, nor has it ever had, the ability to monitor the propane levels onboard. The See-Level monitor system can read a dedicated sending unit if you have one mounted in your tank (which we do not.) In my opinion, the Mopeka system remains as the best aftermarket answer.

To keep from rehashing previously discussed info, please see this thread. I have bought and installed the Mopeka system and I can report that it works like a charm. I recommend it to anyone that wants another toy for their box.

For years the go to adhesive/sealant has been 3M 4000. Recently, the factory began using something else in addition to the 4000. I’ll get the name and report back.

The reason for this is there are no dealers. You are buying directly from the factory thus there is no middle man markup and no room for price negotiation. As Tom said, virtually all fiberglass trailers are sold that way. You did notice there is one currently for sale on the forum right now...? And at an exceptionally good price.

I like the pavilion model because it has the built in side panels but it needs a long pickup bed to stow it lengthways. It is 81” in the case. In anything less than an 8 foot bed it will will have to go in diagonally. Other than that, it’s not really a lot larger than the the one that has the add on panels.

Partial owner is an owner. Welcome to the club.

That was on our previous Oliver. I doubt I’ve got any pics of that mod. We are on our way to the Boler Rally in Winnipeg. I’m afraid that screen from a door would be too fine meshed and would impede air flow. I formerly used 1/8” hardware cloth. That’s small enough to keep birds and most insects out.

Great write-up. We have the same setup except our truck is a 2017 Silverado. I assume that your truck is a diesel crew cab with a standard bed. Unless the 2018’s are different and not that it matters much, but if you look closely at the trailer towing section in our manual you’ll see an superscript number 1 by the max trailer weight of this model. We are actually “limited” to 13000 pounds of conventional tow capacity. The larger figure refers to the fifth wheel capacity. Of interest, the 3500 has the same limitation for the same model in SRW, although it is much higher (17200 pounds) for a fifth wheel tow. This is due to an additional spring pack on the one ton models - the ONLY mechanical difference between the two trucks.

Not sure about that white being the “hot” line thing. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. This is precisely why I never hire anybody to do this kind of work. I just do it myself, then I know it’s right.