Patriot

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new Oliver. Lots of great info on here as well as Oliver University. Safe Travels! 🇺🇸

Fortunately we have not experienced any issues with our Truma Aqua go in our 5 years of ownership since our delivery in March of 2020. I am glad Truma and Oliver are addressing this recall as quickly as the supply chain allows. Whether in or out of warranty it’s my understanding this repair free of charge if you own a serial numbered recalled unit. I have not read or heard of any Oliver’s or other RVs equipped with the Truma Aqua Go burning down. Jason B at Oliver Service told me the repair/swap out of the burner takes approximately 40-45 min. Great pics/vid and solid write up @Galway Girl. An open source article worthy of reading - https://www.rvtravel.com/oliver-travel-trailers-with-faulty-water-heaters-recalled/

Very clean install, well done!

John, We have found the Garmin RV 890 to be invaluable on our extended 43 and 48 day trips in the last two years. Super intuitive and my copilot/nav can pull it off the dash mount and quickly look up and map up just about anything CG, site seeing or travel related. We also programmed our trailer height which provides plenty of warning and keeps us off those routes. A nice piece of tech that simplifies our travel experience. I would buy again.

If you don’t get any replies, here are a few popular RV apps you may want to try- https://uprootedtraveler.com/best-rving-apps/ We like RVParky and Campendium. Others may chime in with favorite go to apps.

Site G35 Hull #634 “XPLOR” - aka Patriot 🇺🇸 David & Kathy from Western North Carolina. Safe Travels! Here is a CG map of LGSP -

It’s my understanding that the Oliver Seminars, dinner and door prizes are for prepaid registered rally members only. Registered attendees receive a lanyard style ID which identifies attendees as a prepaid rally member at the registration area. If you walk or drive over to the Oliver registration area after you check in at Lake Guntersville SP front desk, the Oliver staff will gladly answer your questions on attending seminars. I don’t know if they allow late registration. Maybe an exception can be made, a great question to ask the Oliver staff. Registered or not, I think you will be glad you attended. It’s a great time to meet a lot of super nice Oliver owners and maybe make a few new friends and learn about how others have added modifications to make their Oliver their own.

In the past (this is our 4th rally) registration typically closes before the rally begins. It appears the deadline this year is April 1st. This is usually to get a head count for the opening ceremony dinner, a rally ‘swag bag” name tag lanyards, and a 2025 Oliver Rally t-shirt. You will likely register at the Gathering Place up on the hill. Plenty of parking if you choose to drive up to register. Here -https://olivertraveltrailers.com/events/oliver-owners-rally/ Hope to see you there! 🇺🇸

Hey Dave, Great choice on TVs, I really like the 10 speed and of course the engine brake especially on roads like the Teton Pass with 10% grade. Ford nailed it with the engine brake and 10 speed transmission. My particular Super Duty has the Tremor factory lift which if I recall is approx 1.5-2” depending on your tire size. I also run Nitto Ridge Grapplers. My recommendation is that you order the 8” drop and you should be fine since the standard SD does not have the factory lift. I do have another Aluma trailer that I use for various utilities. So the 10” drop with my trucks lift serves me well. I highly recommend this to keep things quiet when towing. - https://www.hitchclamp.com/pages/videos It works great. Are you gong to be at the Rally? If so let’s get together and talk Super Duties! 👍🏻 If you have any other questions shoot me a PM, glad to help. -David

Love our Truma and glad you got it resolved! We learn from experience that we learn from experience! 👍🏻😊

Always nice to pass along a quick fix! Thanks!

@Derek B Thanks for the photos. Nice neat and clean work. Well done!

Excellent points. For that reason alone, we went with the unlimited plan and love it.

Correct for best tracking of satellites in my field use.

I have not tried deploying the Mini inside our Oliver. When I deploy it outside the operating system requires a quick scan of the sky to locate satellites holding your iPhone up in the air in a scanning motion. This scan allows me to see how good or bad the Mini connectivity is by identifying the satellites via your phone and whether or not you have limited or slower service due to obstructions. I do know that the Mini will work through a truck wind shield or sun roof as long as you have good northern exposure with little to no obstructions. The key to the mini operating at its peak connectivity is no obstructions. My final thought is that it might be a real challenge to get useful connectivity with the mini from inside the Oliver. As this reviewer says, consider the SL signal as a beam of light, if it’s blocked it won’t work. A decent video of a Mini set up and around the 8:10 min mark you will see how this reviewer scans the sky for satellite reception.

I mentioned this portable mount/protective case early on in this thread. After using it last fall on our 48 day trip out west we were really glad to have it. Besides being built to withstand storage travel and use, it gives a little added weight for stability which was welcome and important on windy days. In our field use, we never found a reason to secure the Mini in one location such as a roof top of a TV or the Oliver. For best satellite connectivity you must have clear northern exposure with little to no obstructions. Some campsites you get lucky and can deploy on a table while others your usually deploying on the ground. We prefer no trees especially sappy pine trees. The optional handle to carry the Mini was a good addition and adds an anchor point if we needed to secure it on a picnic table on windy days with a small bungee cord. When does the wind and dust not blow out west? 😄 Camp On! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://www.strikerfab.com/products/starlink-mini-mount-for-overlanding-van-rv-boat-sxs-starlink-mounting-options A Frosty 30 degree morning while camped at Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone.

We have been thinking about the standard SL for our home…so thanks for this news. As for travel we really are happy with the Mini for so many reasons especially small size and portability.

Yes, to all the above. shampoo, conditioner and liquid hand soap stay secure during travel. 👍🏻

Yes, I sold our “Demonic Penguin” on FB market place to guy who owns a food truck somewhere near Statesville, NC for $600. It sold about 3 hrs after posting it.

All good information! Thanks! And thanks @Derek B for the link on the cable supplier. I have not ordered lithium’s yet, but this will be helpful when I do!

@Derek B any chance you could post up what cable lengths and gauge you ordered from batterycablesusa.com? It would be nice to have the right length cables prior to ordering the batteries. Like you I see no need to make my own. This sounds like a solid company to order from. Thanks!

We would highly recommend Colorado National Monument (beautiful) as @Mike and Carol mentioned and we drove through Grand Mesa National Forest. We enjoyed Powder Horn and took the ski lift to the top of the mountain and had lunch there. Ski lifts are fun! We also drove out to the (4) corners…meh…it was ok. The KOA in GJ was close and convenient to Alcan so we opted to camp there. You certainly could stay at James M Robb, but you will need to do some research and see if they have availability. They did not have openings when we scheduled with Alcan.

Ralph, When we had our 5 leaf pack installed by Lew and his team at Alcan it took them approx 2.5 hrs and the team did a great job. We got there first thing in morning and all of my expectations were ✅ off. It was worth every cent to have it done professionally and done right. We dropped off our Oliver and went and had an excellent breakfast in Grand Junction at Cafe Sol, gotta go hungry! 😋 We actually camped here the night before- https://koa.com/campgrounds/grand-junction/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp maybe 15-20 min from Alcan with traffic. Cafe Sol…we ate here during our 2023 trip and again as noted in 24 while having the 5 leaf pack installed. Great coffee and we let the forks fly!! 😄 Patriot🇺🇸

Correct Steve, my mistake, they are 12” drums. I edited and corrected my initial reply. Thanks! 😊

Not yet, but buds are coming on! A lighter crop this year as we had to prune way back last year. We don’t do ladders and many of our bushes were 10’ high. So it goes! Enjoy the music rally!