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I did mention a Camp Chef Ranger 2 burner. This one is from Cabela's https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/camp-chef-ranger-ii-2-burner-stove . This model has the regulator in the hose line. I removed the regulator and hose and put on a quick disconnect male fitting, so I could run a quick disconnect hose from the Oliver quick disconnect directly to the grill. We use Cast iron skillets for all of our cooking inside and out. The link you had above goes to a Camp Chef Rainer 2burner. This model uses the bottles and it is high pressure and will NOT work with the Oliver quick disconnects low pressure fittings. Some people do carrier an extra propane bottle, or hook directly into one of the Oliver tanks. Then you can use a high pressure propane line directly to the stove.

We use a Weber Q1200 (it runs hot), and a Camp Chef Ranger 2 burner. Both without regulators. I had a old aluminum stand for the old 2 burner Coleman camp stove, that I made a pine butcher block top that sits on the stand. It can hold the Weber or Camp Chef stove.

Congrats and wishing you many happy years of traveling/camping

I also do the manual switch over. If I’m really wondering how full the tank is, during my pre camp loading/checks I will weight the tanks with a fish/luggage scale. If it goes out during the night, l have an extra blanket at my feet.

The last several years we have had our share of forest fires in Oregon. I will still camp if I smell the smoke, it has become almost normal in the summer. I will pick up and go home if there is visible ash in the air, and the sky is grayish orange. I do not want to get trapped close to a fire. We evacuated a few years ago for a couple of days because the fires were close. The Oliver is now our relocation home in the advent of another evacuation.

We usually turn the Master switch off when we leave the camper. Over the past 2 years I have had around 5 times that when I turned the master switch on, one or two of the tap lights would come on. The only other gremlin has been that the Stereo had turned on by it self twice.

Congrats, and have fun on the road

Naw, just the last 4-5 months

Thanks for straightening the picture. It looks much better with the sunny side up. Just finished hiking 4 miles and seeing seven different waterfalls. We have planned on having cheese fondue tonight. Take care and keep on camping.

We bought our Oli and truck on the same day 2years ago yesterday. Note not from the same person. It has been a great 2 years of camping both boondocking and with utilities. I have learned so much. Trying to find the campground I made a wrong turn and had to back out, then I found the park office to ask directions to the campground and then had to back around to get back out. Then finally back into the space. Each time backing up without a problem. 2years ago it took about a half a dozen shots to make it into a camp space. Also a reason to celebrate this will be the first weekend without rain. Going hiking today to see some of the waterfalls at Silver falls Oregon. Sorry if the picture is upside down. I can’t seem to get it correct.

I bought Abus products that are all hardened. I have bought half a dozen of their locks which I have all keyed the same. Very nice having one key for all of my locks. The lock are difficult to pick also, not your standard type of key. https://www.taylorsecurity.com/abus-37-series-granit-padlock-37/55-37hb/55-37/60-37hb/60-37/70-37/80-abus-padlocks/0021163/ https://www.taylorsecurity.com/abus-maximum-security-chain-and-sleeve/0021353/ I use the same lock and chain between wheels on one side of the trailer when parked. Also same keyed lock for storage unit on the back of Oli, on the Bikes on the front of the truck and on the bulldog coupler. I did have to enlarge the hole in the collar for the bulldog to 7/16, a little less than 1/16 for the lock to fit nicely. https://www.amazon.com/Collar-Trailer-Bulldog-style-Couplers-Including/dp/B00HL2NM0K/ref=sr_1_5?hvadid=268000891150&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9033018&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10740392163685381895&hvtargid=kwd-309364386875&hydadcr=7062_9585710&keywords=bulldog+trailer+coupler+lock&qid=1682608079&sr=8-5

F250 diesel. Have a longbed with a 50gallon auxiliary tank. Tows great up and down hills. I can be picky when and where I fill up With an 1100 mile range.

I'm sort of a newbie in the Oliver World compared to a lot of other folks on the Forum here. I have a 2020 that I purchased 10 months old. So I have no warranty what so ever. I have called and ask questions of Oliver and they are more than willing answer questions. I only have 7,500 miles on her. I have done some upgrades, and regular maintenance ie: repack bearing, winterize/de-winterize, checking thing, etc... The only problem I have found is that I have had re-tighten the cabinet doors, once after I picked it up, and earlier this month. We boon-dock about 1/2 the time, and have been a few washboard roads. So I think we haven't done to bad. I could not ask for a better trailer. I refused to buy a stick built, and was investigating Airstreams. After seeing al sorts of problems on the Airstream, plus the price we were almost ready to say RVs/TTs where not in our future, that is when we heard of Oliver. We have been so blessed with our Oli and do not regret the investment. I am sure you will get many of testimonies about the Oliver's quality, workmanship, service.

John, thanks for the heads up. Just started investigating the switch over to lithium a week or so an ago. I checked out Battle Born last week. I’am minimum of a 17 months out, but I put myself on the mailing list. again thanks

We took possession of our used Oli almost 2 years ago. We like the original decals that the previous owners put on, although we would like to put a decal on that would be our own. My wife saw a cougar on the back of stick built trailer, she liked it, but it is not original nor is it “us”. Me, well I like the Fighting Oregon ducks. This is neither original, nor is it “us”. Thanks for starting this thread is giving me some ideas.

I'm with you guys. An inconsiderate fee; 3 times the normal fee for each night stay.

I have been making reservations for Oregon state camp grounds and National camp grounds in Oregon for the year, and within the first 8 hours of the dates being available 25% of the spots are taken. I learned from last year when 5 months ahead of time I only found 1 spot available along the whole Oregon coast line. Fortunately the federal parks in the cascades don't fill up as quickly, since you are basically boon-docking.

John ,et. al. I bought two of the suggest elbows and they are little bit of a tight fit getting by the water line once past the line everything slid in easily. The only problems I had was the vent tube from the defuser under the bed was a couple of inches short to make it to the rear outfit with the elbows on. I have to get a replace the tube and make it about 4-6 inches long. I hooked everything up above the access panels and then just slid them in place. This is a picture before I slid it in.

We love to Storm watch off the Oregon coast. No Leaks so far. I just hate walking in 1-2" of water standing around the curb side of the trailer, then end up dragging wet muddy junk in the camper. Moisture inside is also an issue. Between days of 100% rain, and wet clothes and shoes, It takes constant work to keep condensation off the walls. The wind storms will still buffet the trailer, but nothing that moved the trailer. I worry more about limbs falling on the Oli and crushing the Oli and us.

I went with a 12ft high x 14ft wide and it is 30 ft long. I really like the 14 ft wide, for being able to work on the Oli and it gives me extra width for getting backed into place (still working on the backing skills). The extra height is also nice to get up on top. I had enough room I could have gone 36ft long, and I wish I had. When I was going over things with the contractor he told me that for resale I should do a 14ft high opening, and max the length out. We had set a financial limit on what we could spend on Oli, truck, RV port/garage, and accessories to get going. When it comes down to it, we hope this house will be our last, and we will never go with bigger RV/Trailer. I had a GMC greyhound bus conversion many years ago which was fun, and it had lots of room and storage. Although it was to big to get in placing that I can get the Oli into. We really like the Oli trailer setup better, and I no longer have to take care of a towed vehicle. So my decision for the RV garage was right for me. My Children will have to worry about resale in the future, I hope to be to darn old to worry about it. What I do regret is that 10 years ago I built a 10ft high x 24ft wide x 36ft deep garage with 2 stalls . I wish I would have be more forward thinking and built a 40ft wide x 36ft deep with 12-14ft height with 3 stalls. I would have saved 1/2 of the cost of the RV garage doing it all at once, and had more room. Good luck with your decisions.

Happy Thanksgiving, Enjoy the Turkey day. May your travels be safe, and your time with family memorable. For those that do have to work on this day - Thank you for your sacrifices.

Here in the Left Coast we are down to 4.19 Gas, 4.98 Diesel.

North America! I need a bigger bucket for a complete list. I guess we will keep trying to see something new until I am to old. So many places, not enough years left. See what we can get done over the next 20 years, God willing. 2 more years until retirement, then the adventures start. Until then the Pacific North West is my playground.

I did not see an open slot on my Oli for another fuse. I used fish tape and went from the kitchen seat, and routed towards the center of the Oli. Plenty of space. I just had to reach down through the cabinet to pull the fish tape up.

John , I appreciate your feedback, 1. I did not like my kludge to the trapped air problem. Sorry I do not have your common sense. I have NO experience at cutting and adding a vent port to tank like this. I do not know where to begin. Maybe you have resource information on how to do this. 2. The awning fuse slot was the ONLY fuse slot not being used on my 2020 Oliver. I replaced the fuse with a 3 Amp when I set it up, but thanks for mentioning it so someone would just assume you could use the higher amp fuse. Natures head states to use between 2-5amps. 3. We like to get out and camp about once every 2 months, with our schedule it hard to go out more than that, so what we normally do is let the fan run for about 2 weeks after camping during that 2 week period we are in/out the camper doing things so we turn the agitator when we are out there, then the fan is shut it off until we start getting ready for the next adventure. We clean it out once a year at winterizing time. In a years time, we probably have around 5 BM's in the head. So far it has not got gross inside. I always worry about having a connection failure from plugging and unplugging things all the time. I know this violates the KISS principle, but I have seen to many connector failures in the my past, and for me the redundant pump switch was not needed.