Kevin and Theresa
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So, short version. I very much disliked the dinette table in our 30ft class A. A life long friend who is a master wood craftsman said we can fix that. A 4 hour drive to a lumber yard (not home depot or lowe's) I was picking out large planks of wood. 5 full weekends of work later produced what you see in the pictures. I love it! The class A is up for sale and I am keeping the table and the matching pop up table made to go by the door. This is crazy but I'm seriously thinking about cutting it down to be the kitchen dinette table in our 2022 ollie . So much work and love went into this table! I hate to cut it up but......so the question is: it's a full 1 3/4" thick (I said I bought planks of wood) would it bee to thick? Can someone give me the thickness measurement on the dinette table please? Thanks!
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Hello! That looks super! I love my Dremel. Is that Hempz lotion I see back there? It's one of my favorites!
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2 hours ago, BackofBeyond said:
So, we spent a day at Abiquiu Lake - COE in NM. it is a decent COE campground, but the lake portion is sort of useless - getting to the water was just - hard - so we went to the tailwaters and let the dog swim. Very hot - so the next morning we went on to Chama NM - found a very nice place - Sky Mountain Resort - and to our surprise - there is another Oliver parked just down the way!
What to think - out of the blue we pulled in - and there was another Ollie!
If your still in Chama and it's not to hot...There's a hike that takes you to a suspension bridge that goes over the Chama River.
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On 5/27/2021 at 2:35 PM, BackofBeyond said:
Soooooo, last night of the first part of the trip. Gonna stay the night in an old junk yard. Route 66 Junkyard Brewery Grants NM. It is a harvest host stop. Have some brews and stay in the lot that was the junk yard. It is a different kind of place🙃
We stayed there on the way down to tour the ollie factory. Henry was a great host , Good beer and brisket. They also have a drive in movie screen and we happen to be there on a night they decided to play a movie. Interesting place.
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So we are feeling like the kids in the candy store who can't have the candy ......quite yet!! We just got back from our vacation and tour of the Oliver Factory. We really enjoyed seeing the ollie's on the showroom floor. Actually being inside one we were able to visualize. The factory tour was amazing and Anita was a gracious, extremely informative , super fun host! Feb cannot some soon enough. Feb 14 is our pick up date. We have begun the planning process. Unfortunately , my phone had a glitch and I can't seem to pull up the pics of the tour. We did manage to get to the red river gorge in Kentucky a few days before the gas issue. Here's a pic of our tow vehicle going through the Nada tunnel. Some of the red river gorge scenic byway was washed out. We had a delightful stay at Harvest Host Arcadian Moon Winery and Brewery. Looking forward to posting pictures with the Ollie in tow!
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Hope this pic helps the discussion.
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We were going through Oklahoma City yesterday afternoon on our way to our Factory tour and spotted this Ollie! Waved like a crazy person. If you are here...Hello!!
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Saw this guy last year in the Az outback. Arizona Black Rattlesnake. Fairly docile but twice as much venom as a diamondback rattlesnake. First one I've seen and I've been hiking in the west for over 30 years.
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We will be taking the tour the second Monday in May. We already had a trip planned to the red river gorge in Kentucky in the works when we put our deposit down on our ollie. (We pick it up Feb 2022) We just adjusted our reservations a bit. Now it seems the kayaking in the cave, red river gorge zip line and possible via ferrata as well as some hikes are taking second place to the ollie tour - it's all we talk about! Really looking forward to it! Once we do the tour , Red river gorge here we come!!
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Might you consider Ft. Tuthill County Park in Flagstaff Az. It has alot to offer. They hold the overland expo west there - lots of room. We may not have our ollie in time for the first western rally ( come on Feb 2022) but would definitely attend.
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7 hours ago, SeaDawg said:
The compressors are very, very quiet. Not noticeable to me at all.
The biggest downside is the power consumption. Though the Danfoss/Secop compressors are extremely efficient, they still use a lot more power (roughly 55 to 70 amp hours a day) than a three-way running on gas.
Yes, we took the 115 and had it running / using it in our basecamp (home) living room for the past 1 month while the van was in Colorado for the warranty work. That compressor was not noticeable to us unless right beside it. So so quiet. Thanks for the info on the power consumption , we do have a lithium package in the van .
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Hello! Congratulations. We just recently ordered ours and will be picking it up Feb 2020 as well. Crazy, we are already making plans as to where in the Tennessee area we will camp for the first few weeks 🙂
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8 minutes ago, SeaDawg said:
You'll actually need some venting strips to adapt the rough opening, as all the dc fridges that fit are smaller in footprint, but larger in fridge capacity.
The freezer on the 130s is small. Like a large shoebox. Maybe not even 1 cubic foot. We're driving right now, but I could measure later.
8 minutes ago, SeaDawg said:You'll actually need some venting strips to adapt the rough opening, as all the dc fridges that fit are smaller in footprint, but larger in fridge capacity.
The freezer on the 130s is small. Like a large shoebox. Maybe not even 1 cubic foot. We're driving right now, but I could measure later.
Thank you very much! I did just find the specs.
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6 minutes ago, Overland said:
The 115 freezer is a good bit bigger, which is the advantage of the 115 over the 130. We compensated by getting a fridge/freezer for the truck and just use the trailer freezer for ice trays.
Thank you so much! I actually did just find it to compare.
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Just now, Overland said:
Yes mine’s the 130, too. The 115 is a bit taller but it won’t be a problem.
Thank you! Did you happen to compare the 115 to the 130 as far as freezer size goes?
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3 minutes ago, SeaDawg said:
Yes, it will fit. The 115 is smaller than the TF130 that I have. I believe Overland's isotherm is also 130 liter.
Perfect! Thank you!! How big is the freezer in yours if you don't mind?
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Okay, In our camper van are installing the isotherm 115 elegance 12 volt. The size is approx 20 3/4 wide , 31 3/4 tall, and 21" deep. Now...with the anticipation of our Elite ll we are thinking about putting the same fridge in that. Doing away with propane for the fridge. We do take alot of overloading trips with groups and finally came to the conclusion this would best fit our needs. Has anybody replaced with this or a similar model? Wonder if we could get the factory to do it?
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1 hour ago, SeaDawg said:
So, pardon the questions..
Who did the conversions on your van? TIim Dale on the 4 x 4? The poptop?
Looks really nice. How do you like it?
Okay, I figured out how to answer directly. Of course, we bought from Tim Dahle Nissan. It came with the 4x4 installed. Nissan parts and covered under factory warranty. I'll have to get some of the more recent pictures. We have installed a 3" titan lift and Avatar metal works front bumper with winch.
We sent the van to Colorado Camper Van for the pop top. What sold us was he was able to redirect the rear air! We love it! It's automatic. So much room and your bedding can stay up there when the top is down. 6 windows, 4 season canvas. There are 3 panels that you can stack in the back if you want walk around room. Max air fan and 2 solar panels on the roof. The top is great. We did have some warranty issues and had to send it back up , but the issues are resolved now. Our 5 Grandchildren love it! Hope I answered everything
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Hey Kevin and Theresa
Welcome - We will be in the Flag area memorial week and on - perhaps we can meet and say hi - we will have Ollie in tow.
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Hello and Thank you! That would be lovely. We will be in Kingman but would gladly come up to Flag or have you here.
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Hello everyone! We did it! Just put our deposit down on an Elite ll. We'll pick it up in Feb. We will be stopping to tour the facility the first week in May on our way to the Red river gorge. After spending 5 months traveling in our class A 30 ft we decided to go smaller. We will be towing it with our 2018 nv 3500 4x4. Has the pop top so still room for when the grandkids come along. Really excited about this forum and hoping to learn alot here. Looking forward to a western states rally in the future! We are a bit new to the forum and social media thing.... hope the picture is allowed.
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dinette table dilemma
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Thank you Overland! I think I'm going to give it a go. We did make the leg out of a solid piece of walnut we took of one of the planks so I may just use that. We don't pick up our Ollie until Feb but I'm a planner!