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You all are scaring me. I am a talented carpenter who can build most anything. But I am not a trailer repair person, a plumber or electrician, I am not a mechanic. I don't do floors. I am however wiling to pay a higher price for a trailer that has been checked over appropriately and trails behind me like a good burro. It is my hope that Oliver addresses these quality control issues at their plant and also publicly here on the forum. It would make my decision to buy more comfortable and confident. I do realize there will always be a few issues to deal with and I agree when picking up a new trailer the new owner should stay in a campground nearby so everything can be worked over and out if need be. Airstream has a lot of problems now too because of quality control. Get too big and busy and things tend to go to hell. Anyway, I appreciate all the help I get on this forum and a couple others I frequent. Planning on placing an order for a standard Ollie Elite no later than this fall but no earlier than July of 2017.

Talked with Anita at length yesterday. Tentatively planning a tour for sometime around June 27. Thanks for the lead time.

I will call you tomorrow. Right now what I am most interested is in understanding the process. We plan on visiting your facility somewhere around June 28-29. I hope you will be open then. I also want to know how long from initially making the order until delivery? It would help me plan my trip to northern Michigan better. Thanks.

I am expecting we will love them when we see them. I am expecting we will write a contract that very day. But until then I will keep diligent in my search and keep asking questions. I am interested now in the procedure, the process, how it all works. The quality of communication you get with Oliver. How long roughly does it take from ordering until delivery?

Sounds like a plane and train trip to see the Escape factory. The Ollie factory I can do in July when I head to my cabin in northern Michigan.

Definitely doing a factory tour before any decision is made.

Elite II is not an option as I would have to sell my little house or put a parking lift in the existing driveway. In other words, I will barely be able to get both my Tacoma and Elite parked together in the driveway, so adding another 3 or 4 feet is not an option. Plus my wife insists on the smaller size. We have never pulled a travel trailer before and the three UHaul self-moving experiences in our past almost did us in. We at least need to start small and get comfortable.

Yes, I have looked at the Escape and I did like them. Problem happened when my wife saw the Ollie. Thanks.

Hi. First post. New member. My wife and I decided to hit the road and see the continent. We are both sixty-three and have an English Golden Retriever named Bob. A couple days ago we traded in our Jeep Renegade for a Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport 4X4 (haul rate at around 6,600 lbs). Looking to find a trailer less than 20' total length and no more than 3,500 lbs. unloaded. We began our search years ago beginning with the Camp-In teardrop but never could get used to the idea of crawling in and out and having no dining area. We evolved into thinking we needed a permanent bed with a small dinette. I saw a few Scamps on the road and thought the 16' would be perfect and it had the layout we needed. But then my wife discovered the Eggcamper, but it appears poor health has forced the production of new trailers to a standstill. But then I found the Oliver Elite. And once my wife saw it she said she would have nothing else. Difficult to get anybody to return my emails at Oliver or to find out how to get one on order. We do plan on visiting their plant in about a month on the way up to our cabin in northern Michigan from our home in Melbourne, Florida. But since we bought the new truck I kept my search going for a trailer to fit our needs and discovered the new T@B 400. That trailer seems to make more sense to me but I have yet to sell my wife on the idea. I want to drive across the state to see one but it appears the 400's are sold out and all that remains are 320's (which users love) but I think they just won't fit our needs due to the lack of a permanent bed. We both feel we need the extra two-person dinette. Obviously we need help in choosing the right trailer for us and learning how to get one. We are not in a rush but I plan on having something no later than February of 2018.