Geronimo John

So, if we have a 6,000 pound trailer, with four tires and a 10% tongue weight, each of our tires will be supporting 1,350 pounds. The chart shows a minimum recommended load of 1585 pounds. So basically it appears that we are not on the chart.... GJ

Yes, I came to that same conclusion earlier as well. Combine that with being overloaded would make the failures far more commonplace. GJ

LOL. Mine was so long, I had to make two lists: 2024 Do List Future Years Do List GJ

This is starting to sound like another Dexter defect that they will never fess up to..... just like the EZ-Flex Center Bolt backing out was. It warrants at least a OTT Safety Bulletin and possibly a NTSB complaint.

Ditto for our hull. GJ

Larry: This really is significant. It appears that the heat treatment was not consistant across the cross section of the spring. This would set up the spring to have force concetrations and/or embrittlement fractures. I have been contemplating various ideas to stiffen up our OE2 suspension, and the higher rating for the spring rate with a small air bag may be a step in that right direction I think. Once you have a chance to install, if they work out as hoped, I am thinking that there will be a significant number of us that will want to replace ours. With commitment for a lot of sets, it becomes possible to negotiate a group purchase at discount. Paid in advance of the production run with an option to pick up at the factory or shipped to owners desires address with additional cost. I know more than a few of us could be in their fine city later this summer. Do they have a facility suitable for installation on our trailers? The would be helpful for those of us on the road. Your thoughts? GJ PS: I OFTEN take posts of significance and turn them into a condensed word document. Hope you don't mind, but my version is attached. I find it handy having an electronic copy for down the road, and having the info you posted is GOLDEN! Made in USA leaf springs (6 FEB 2024).docx

Yes to the first part..... I would think "not" for the second part. Lots of steel there.

Per the video, the Zone 19 footer checks in loaded at 7,000 pounds. Our OE2's typically are about 6,000 pounds. I bet much of the Zone's extra weight is the suspension. Somehow could we get air bags under our's? That alone would make a huge difference. Has OTT considered such an option? is it even possible with the small space we have between the frame and the Dexter axle system?

I recall from a relatively recent post that the spring length's are not one of the common standardly stocked kind. Something about Mr. Oliver wanted to shrink the distance between axles to reduce tire scrubbing during maneuvers or something like that..... GJ

A bolt head of the right size is a suitable substitute for a very large Allen Wrench. GJ

For the negative terminal to the Shunt, many of use 1" copper bus bar. Cheap at Amazon.

They would make height adjustments to gain more spring travel a lot easier!

Suggest starting a list of hull numbers, Month & Year MFG, trailer miles, and predominant use type (RV Parks, Boondocking, Off Road). GJ

And the Stick Built Owners that like to boondock off hard surface roads become Ollie Owners as a result of their stick builts falling apart. Love my OE2! GJ

I really like your hard top rain and wind shielding "Guest House". Safe for Alaska and Canada (Generally speaking). And will encourage guests not to stay more than a few days. Sweet build for sure! GJ

I pre freeze at the Ranch ten small water bottles. Then put them into the freezer and refrig compartment they aid in the cool down process GREATLY! GJ

Amen to that! GJ

Yea I saw that. My slide rule must have needed some grease for that calculation! 🙂 GJ

Personally I prefer Art's (MaxBurner) security plan: + + + + + + + + ARFF WOFFFF Chomp. Problem gone. 🙂 GJ

If you have children or curious pets, an oil filled space heater is much safer to wandering hands or tongues. But they do weigh a bunch more than the typical 2 pound space heaters sole at Walmart. GJ

More than a few of us, myself included, have found that our trailers look just fine with the eight FOUR center hub caps and their supporting "Cones ???" removed. This is especially true of owners that routinely shoot their hubs with an IR temperature sensor. With the cones and caps installed, it is difficult to get a good bearing/hub temperature readings. This is the topic of several members here on the forum. GJ

Progressive Dynamics PD4045 LiCSV Upgrade.docxProgressive Dynamics PD4045 LiCSV Upgrade.docx Some of the 2018 OE2's PD Converters have a LI switch that allows use with Litho's. Below is a picture of the LI/LA switch and a hard copy of John Davies procedure to upgrade the PD if you don't have the switch as well.

You are correct. However fiberglass has the advantage of being cast in many ways. From many perspectives we would want the top mold to be very aero efficient. But the bottom could be squared off some with much less impact from an aero perspective. This is exactly what most vehicle shapes at the rear are. Squarish low for trunk space and aero above for efficiency. The auto mfg's figured out how to do this with sheet metal, and the boat mfg's are doing it in fiberglass. That said, I'm not suggesting Ollie bottom be a cube. Just moderate it a bit to square up a tad the sleeping corners. Just a that. GJ

No, it works great, just not to the TV. Weak signal as we all know. My Ollie not in Hawaii, so I am at a disadvantage of not being able to run out and take a peek. But I do not recall seeing a 4-wire flat style connection on our Victron Orion 12/12 DC to DC unit. Hence, it appears the only way will be to connect the to the 712 Smart Display. I have as well, but from downloaded pictures from the web, our 712 Shunt does not have a connection for a 4 wire flat style Dongle plug. It has a RG45, and a NO, a NC, and a Common port. Hence the only option I can research find is to the 712 display. JPR

From the Victron 712 Smart manual, below are the connections. I assume that the VE.Direct (Terminal I) is where I could plug in the dongle which appears to also have a 4 wire flat "VE Direct" connector. Being higher in the trailer than below the dinette seat (Where my Victron Orion 12/12-30 resides, it would seem that the 712 monitor would be a more optimal location.... "Higher is better than closer" info from JD1923. Sadly the 712 monitor is installed in the fiberglass and rotation is not an option.