Patriot

https://www.eleyhosereels.com - delivered nice quality this morning.

I agree with you Bill, if one has to begin to study fuel prices and/or counting mpg’s they just might be in a hobby that maybe too costly. Whether driving a motor coach or pulling a travel trailer and all expenses that go along with it, suffice to say, RVing is not by any stretch a money saving endeavor. We looked at long range costs closely before diving in to pulling a TT, camping and travel and planned accordingly. Like you and others we are not going to let fuel prices keep us from traveling and fulfilling retirement travel goals and dreams. Fuel prices are what they are at least for now and we are just going to absorb it.

After receiving another set of garbage quick connects off Amazon and this second set leaked. I ordered a set of (4) of these as they are as you said “the real deal”. eleyhosereeels.com has fast shipping too! Thanks for posting these up!

To your point Ralph while we were recently having service done on our 2020 and one of the sales reps mentioned to us that a new 2023 pretty much loaded would top out at an eye popping $107k 😳 …wow is all I could think. I am not sure I am seeing that kind of discretionary spending for an Oliver, but hey if they can sell them at that price well good for Oliver and great for owners as far as resale goes. I think of what we paid in June of 2020 with a significant discount in writing, I am very happy we purchased when we did. The days of any discount are rear view mirror images long gone. Oliver was producing 2-3 units a week we learned during our last service visit. It will be interesting to see what future sales look like. -Patriot

We will consider signing up for swapping out to the quieter Truma. 👍🏻 Thank you for posting the video. -Patriot

No worries Bill, thank you.

Kirk, you are welcome! I have actually owned this 8 years and never a problem. 👍🏻

The Andersen greaseless ball has served me well with no noticeable or excessive wear with the bulldog hitch and no greasy mess to clean up and zero squeaks. I shed no tears when we sold our Andersen WDH after purchasing a TV that does not require a WDH.

Claudia, Which motion light did you install? Care to share a link? Thanks!

Excellent write up. Thank you for sharing Mike. - Patriot

I did not see those, I like the SS.

Yes, it is normal to have some rocking. We also use the Andersen buckets under the rear stabilizers. The xchocks work very well for us.

Yes, we use these and they help reduce rocking.

I recently purchased a set of what I thought were brass quick connects to install on my water inlets on our Oliver. I quickly realized when I received the QCs that they simply had a brass colored coating and were made of aluminum. I returned the aluminum QCs via Amazon and ordered a solid brass set of quick connects to avoid any galvanic corrosion or fusing of the threads due to dissimilar metals. Maybe I am overthinking this but I can’t imagine how much trouble it would be to remove a leaky fused aluminum QC on an Ollies water inlet. Does anyone know what metal the threaded water inlets are made if on the Ollie? My plan is to use these new solid brass QCs when they arrive unless I learn differently. I know there are more high dollar QCs out there, but these have pretty solid reviews and the price seems decent. Thanks for any input and thoughts.

Welcome Margaret and congrats on your Ollie and retirement! When you have a moment consider adding your Hull # and year model of your Ollie in your signature block. This will really help members to assist you if of you have any questions about your particular operating Oliver’s systems. Happy Camping! -Patriot 🇺🇸

I returned these quick connects as they are not solid brass. I purchased these instead.

John and Jodi, Beautiful rig!! You will be so glad you did the PPF as it really helps. And congrats on your new Oliver it sure looks amazing! Happy and Safe Travels! - David

The 2023 “demo” with the Truma AC and other added options/changes/upgrades we saw at this past rally was actually a 2020 YM model Elite ll. The new Truma AC will fit fine in our 2020 and won’t require any additional cutting when Oliver moves forward on a retro fit possibly in March of 23 depending on supply chain. FWIW. -Patriot

Agreed. We really liked how quiet the Truma AC was and I thought why not just call Oliver and ask? Let’s just hope that the supply chain keeps chugging along and Oliver receives plenty of Truma AC inventory. 👍🏻

I called and talked with Mike Sharp at Oliver Service today and asked him if Oliver would switch out our Dometic Penguin for the new Truma AC? Mike told me that Oliver is going to be retrofitting the new Truma into present owners Ollies for those that want to pay for this upgrade. I did not ask what the price would be. He did say they hope to begin scheduling this in March of next year. Naturally this all depends on supply chain etc. The LE 2 at the rally that we saw had the Truma unit installed was a 2020 model. We may consider the upgrade to the new Truma.

Just spoke with Mike Sharp at Oliver Service and he confirmed Oliver is planning to retro fit the new Truma AC into the existing owners Oliver’s. The Oliver LE2 with the new Truma AC at the rally was in fact a 2020 model. So we’ll consider having our Dometic Penguin swapped out for the new Truma. Mike said the retro fits could possibly begin in March of next year. Something we may consider as the Truma is a quieter unit for sure after listening to it while at the rally while inside the demo.

In our observation the new 2023 freezer is really small maybe 1/4 the size our Norcold freezer and that’s being generous at best. The refrigerator compartment is two thirds the size of the Norcold. My bride even pointed the smaller size as she does an amazing job packing our cold items for extended trips. We thought we could maybe get one large bag of frozen blueberries in there. 🫐😅 We are very happy with our Norcold so far especially it’s size.

Agreed Mike, we were both pretty shocked at how tiny the freezer space was when we saw it at the rally. We did like the new Truma AC and learned it will be a while before Oliver does a retrofit IF they decide to do them at all.

PapaBiker, We used our Calmark cover last winter and kept our Ollie plugged into 30 amp shore power here at our home from Oct to April and our solar panels were covered. We did not experience any issues with our AGM batteries. When not in use our Ollie always stays plugged into shore power. - Patriot

Bill, I have a Dometic awning as well on our 2020 (manual type) would you mind sharing the part number? My cap is slightly loose and I may order another to replace it. Thanks, Patriot