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Lagun Table Project Update: Moved the table mount from night stand to street side bed rail using @Overland's detailed instructions: Been wanting to finish this up since building the Lagun Table top last spring!!! Used a bandsaw to rough cut the four 45-degree ends - then finished them with an end cut bit on the mill: Assembled finished parts and checked fitment on PORT side bed rail: Used three 1/8" aluminum backing plates behind each of the mounting points: View from underneath: Completed new mounting area: Now we've got nightstand drawer access with table in place - whereas before, the mount was just below the drawer making it impossible to gain access to the drawer with the table mounted there: One and done - D approves and is happy, mission success! Many thanks to @Overland for developing the initial design for this great mod! Cheers, All!

Our daily OTT spotting record is 2. One was @Mike and Carol on I-10 westbound near AZ/NM border in JAN. We also had a unique OTT spotting experience last MAY in CO - while northbound on I-25 in the right lane near Trinidad, we had silver 2022-ish Tundra (same as ours) pass us in the left lane towing an Oliver of unknown pedigree... I immediately woke up D and said, "Hey baby, that's what we look like when we're passing another Oliver!"....

@Ollie-Haus - agree with your assessment. The tradeoffs would need to be thoroughly evaluated for a particular owner's camping needs, for sure. Just thinking that a world-class travel trailer like the OTT would be better served with a world class suspension such as earlier discussed and presented in the Peregrine video. We haven't done an analysis at the PRO/CON level - but we would definitely be interested in examining a suspension such as the ATX (designed for the Aussie Outback) for our rig. Price Point? The Lippert air suspension starts north of $2,100, for example.

How about an individually adjustable pneumatic airbag type suspension for Ollie? No axles - lighter, smoother ride - less damage to OTT and components, no more broken leaf springs, more ground clearance by adjusting air pressure, enhanced braking, and "drum roll" please.... no more zerks! ...screenshot taken from an earlier thread on "Aussie Quality RVs": ....just say'n

Got it! Makes sense... I'd be doing the same drill in your situation. We like OEM - a lot.

JFWIW: Regarding solar - surely we've all read many similar threads regarding the "output" of solar modules. However, for those who are new to this RV topic and are on their "front-end" of learning about solar modules, it's important to remember that a given module's output rating is under optimum conditions and in some cases purely theoretical. For example, the Oliver-factory flat-mounted modules on our Hull #226 are rated to 170w output each - 340w total. On a good summer day at noon with high sun angle, no obstructions, we might measure 290w. If we added the ability to tilt the flat modules (an easy mod/just haven't got around to it yet), we suspect that they'd yield an additional 20-25w. For another example, at noon today (2MAR) we're experiencing a fairly low sun angle with no obstructions and the flat mounted modules were generating 236w, this was the highest yield during the day: So, when you find yourself asking how much solar do I need for my style of camping - consideration should be given to the storage capacity (AH's) of one's battery bank, background DC power consumption during solar charging times, solar panel tilt, efficiency/type of solar controller, time of year most camping is done (sun angle factor), and even latitude above equator (another sun angle factor) most camping is done. These considerations will guide you to correct balance of solar output and battery bank storage capacity for a given style of camping. A given system will behave totally differently while boon docking during an Alaskan summer as compared to the same time of year in the Rockies. There's many YouTube presentations regarding this calculation that can be found to help solve anyone's particular solar/battery size needs. The below video could be a good start for a someone new to solar:

@jd1923 - Hey, John; just curious, will you need to replace your front Furrion 30amp receptacle as well? If so, why? We’ve got the same one as yours and wondering if it may fail also…

That's good to know, Steve - thanks for posting!

Yup, that's a pretty good deal on the bundle:

We received ours on Wednesday - concur with the above assessments, well worth the price point... IMO Cheers!

That's a very helpful report, @MobileJoy - thanks for sharing that data. It matches very closely to our DC consumption profile. We're currently staying in northern NM near Taos where "after sunset temps" dip to mid-20's overnight. Not using available shore shorepower, we're running the furnace, fridge, and WH continuously at night off our BB battery bank. Checking street side compartment temp (our coldest, excluding the "Garage") read 52F at 0330. Daytime temps are in the balmy mid-50's. This is what we call, "3rd Season Camping" - cold but not in the single digit realm. FYI: Our SOC last night before hitting the rack was 92% after a full day of rather low sun angle shine and wall-to-wall sun (no clouds) - pulling a MAX of 185w from the 340w available modules mounted flat up top. This morning, at coffee/Kahlua time, our SOC started at 62% - not bad considering 3 major systems running all night. It's 0740 now (an hour later), and with early sun - the SOC is now 68%. With these conditions, I expect to return to Casablanca this PM and discover very close to 100% SOC. More backcountry skiing with the 2 Knuckleheads - will provide SITREP afterwards... Cheers, ALL!

Concur, 100%. The only time we select the 12v mode on the fridge is when towing. As we're setting up at the end of a haul, a key element of the checklist is to set the fridge into the gas mode - and it stays there until the next departure.

Keep us posted if you do go back to Taos - we've got a remote cabin in CO about an hour north of here which is usually part of our Taos run... Durango is awesome this time of year - another one of our favs!

@Mike and Carol - pretty tough to beat that view, eh, Mike? Spectacular in our book…,

Where's Ollie? Well, the short story is D and her sister are enrolled for a weaving class in Taos today through Sunday. So we came up yesterday afternoon and are staying at Monte Bello park just north of Taos near the base of Wheeler Peak (13,161") NM's highest: Since the 2 "Knuckleheads" and I will be backcountry skiing to Williams Lake at some point, we decided to bring an extra POV for the 2-hour trip here from home which will give the girls flexibility in their to/from commute. We're the only party in the park - imbibing on some random adult beverages at sunset (above) and a Husky "Donut" (below): Yet the same room but different view - Wheeler Pk at sunrise: Morning coffee with 3 humans and 2 canines - cozy, but it doesn't feel crowded: 26F last night the furnace kept OTT occupants at a cozy 66F - screenshot of the Easy Touch App: Cheers, All - from Taos, NM!

Same here! Nicely done, Brother!

Purdy is good - we like purdy! Ha!

FYI- the rubber “Halo Rings” allow the bottles to sit a bit higher in the rack giving the sensors a bit more space. Makes a tight fit - and keeps the rust from taking over on the bottom of the tank rack.

Same here - casting a vote for Mopeka sensors. We've yet to experience any issues with the Mopeka kit and "halo rings" for the bottom of the LPG bottles...

Hey, GJ: Concur 100%, but we've only found 4 hub caps on the Casablanca....🤪

Same here - LPG mode is our boon docking configuration as well. We've yet to experience any issues with either keeping items frozen or freezing thawed items in any of the 3 modes of our Dometic fridge. We normally travel with the fridge in the DC mode and a bag of ice in the freezer to accommodate the occasional adult beverage at the end of those long tow-days. FYI: We had a 3-way Norcold with separate/dedicated freezer compartment in a previous TT and it was awesome for freezing items fairly quickly in any of the 3 modes of operation. Cheers!

It's our understanding that the "proprietary" Starlink cord is labeled as such due to their unique cable end connectors (one for the Dishy end and the one for the router end). But the cord itself is just a regular "4 twisted pair" ethernet cable which makes it easy to cut/splice, add RJ45s, and through-hull connectors. @RoadKingsofGA - If you're interested in converting your Starlink to a 12vDC powered kit, shoot me a PM and I'll get the particulars to how we converted ours. It really makes set-up/take-down and operational usage simple and easy when boon docking. OBTW: We're using the same red Husky Box for stowage - perfect fit! Cheers!

Very cool Overland TV, @snakeriveridaho! Looks like you've got some of that "Backcountry Pin Striping" too! Your Nuthouse pull-out rack is sweet! Just curious, are you running a DC/DC charger in the TV or the OTT? We've been to the Overland Expo in Flagstaff a few times - very cool rigs there to drool over! Cheers!

FYI: This is how we get our fridge back online after being turned off between trip - maybe a 3 to 5 second hold, then the default lights illuminate... Good luck, @Toby!

Last summer, we did almost exactly what @Chukarhunter describes above for our "Casablanca", a 2017 Hull #226. One of the attractive options our OTT had was that the PO had recently installed 3 Battle Borns and the Victron SmartShunt - the unit came from Oliver with the Xantrax PRO2000 inverter + solar. However, after examining the install, we learned (actually with @Geronimo John's knowledgable input) that the PD 4045 Converter/Charger main circuit board did not have the Lithium micro-switch option - either the PO didn't realized this or just omitted it during his upgrade. So this is why we never saw charging voltages above 13.6DC on our monitor. Rather than buying a newer Converter/Charger or upgrading to the Victron MultiPlex 3000 inverter/charger - we simply bought a replacement 45amp PD main circuit board with the Lithium option, $125 Amazon. Swapping them out was straightforward. The PD 4045 now charges the BBs with the proper Lithium charge profile. The set-up operates perfectly for our style of camping/boon docking. As mentioned in a previous threat, when our Xantrax 2000 goes Tango Uniform, we'll replace it with the larger Victron inverter/charger and take the PD converter/charger out of the charging circuit. Until then, we're totally confident with the existing set-up. OBTW: Our original PD main circuit board is up for grabs if anyone needs a spare - it would be fine with any non-Lithium set up. Just cover shipping costs and it yours! Just my $0.02...