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For the exact reason you've described above, we installed Lippert "Controlled Motion" Hinges last April from eTrailer: We've logged in excess of 7,500 miles since then during much of our windy springtime season and this simple upgrade has saved the bacon on several occasions. The 2 additional hinges make the door "stiff" to open but makes it stay where you want it - we've not used the exterior door latch at the bottom of the door since installing them. For us - this was a simple fix for a condition that literally can come out of nowhere... Cheers!

Jason: Good morning, welcome, and CONGRATS on your decision to join the Oliver Family. Not using the term, "family" lightly, you'll learn and experience that owning an OTT opens up a true "family-oriented community" to you and your spouse. IMO, Oliver Owners are a wonderful group of consumers with a long laundry list of common behaviors, attitudes, expertise, and above all - the love of seeing our country from what you refer to as a small (we call it "cozy") camper. Many enjoy that view from a commercial campground, Harvest Host site, a USFS area, or a non-designated public land boondocking location. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter, as every Oliver Owner has their own and unique style/interest in "camping mode" - but we typically all come together and make new friends, share experiences, work out challenges, fix systems, and modify our trailers through these Forums. As noted above, don't be shy, ask questions, use the Oliver University link often, and expect that "The Wait" over these next two months will fly-by at Mach speeds. We all look forward to hearing about your "pick-up day" experiences and the many "Oliver Travels" you'll log in the future. Cheers, A & D

Happy Bday, Marine Corps! Semper Fi 🇱🇷

We modify a Truly can (or other narrow beverage cans, Red Bull works) by cutting off the top half of the can and placing the bottom piece over the hitch ball when not connected. Just pinch the bottom and voila - it stays in place and will aid in keeping one from soiling yourself with ball grease...

FYI: It's actually a fairly straight forward DIY option. Took longer to run the cables from the TV engine compartment to the hitch area than actually mounting/wiring the DC-DC Charger in the OTT. Some owners prefer mounting the charger in the TV for more user options - such as offering roadside assistance to others when not towing Ollie.

Nicely done, well thought out. Thanks for posting!

@JWalmsley: What do you have planned for Turkey Day, Jason? Halloween, Day of the Dead, and Samhain are in the rearview! HA! Boo!

Same here - the black should last longer. It looks better too, iMO...

FYI: We added a heat strip in our previous camper's non-ducted Coleman Mach 8 AC unit - easy install and we loved it. Dometic Penguin II has a heat strip kit also (from Amazon) that may work for your unit - best to double check with Dometic or OTT Factory to be sure. Definitely worth examining, IMO. Our Hull #226 has a heat strip installed before we bought it and came in very handy last weekend with morning temps in the Hi 30's - Lo 40F's, FYI. We control the Dometic with a Breeze Air Touch Screen thermostat - it's 100% compatible with the furnace and AC unit, we've got it set to cycle between the two for ease of maintaining internal temps where we like it... Cheers!

110# of Huskies in the back coming home from our first 2-dog adventure - they pretty much take up the entire back seat...

The boys are ready to rock a 5-mile hike this morning in the Chiricahua mountains just east of our boon dock location near Willcox, AZ...

...yup, yet another un-caught typo. Our's is a 30amp DC-DC charger, I'll fix it post haste... TKX!

Our BMW R90/6 will turn 40 years old in Jan...

OK... We're officially a 2-Husky family now. Our daughter moved from the Great SW to Chicago last weekend and left us with her "Oscar" (rhymes with Boxcar)... Here now in Wilcox, AZ on Mighty Oscar's (the black and white one) first-ever RV trip with his little brother, Magnus (the white one).

@Ollie-Haus : Looks great, brother! Need to add this to the "To Do" list, ha! Awesome job. Thanks for posting...

Ah! Right on! Saturday morning in Wilcox, AZ at Pillsbury Winery... Black Rifle Blackbeard's Delight and a wee dram of Kahlua for a couple of "Cafe Ricos".... IMG_0320.HEIC

These "Fluffy Cows" stopped traffic for an hour headed to West Yellowstone on our motorcycle trip a couple summers ago...

Small world! We've been to Bodega Pierce before and plan to do so again today. We're also going to Aridus tasting room near the railroad tracks in Old Downtown Wilcox today - we'll plan to have a noon-ish lunch at Big Tex BBQ right across the street... Join us?

@Ronbrink: Good call, brother. The Blue Sea Systems ANL fuse is on our radar screen. TKX!

Same here. We replaced our cracked original lug nuts with a SS type described earlier in this thread - over 10k miles since, no issues after torquing to 95 lb-ft. We examine our lugs as part of our pre-departure checks, too.

Sorry, this was referencing the Victron DC-DC Charger model...

FYI: We traveled 285 interstate miles yesterday, ambient temps ranged between 50 - 75F, the breaker didn't pop. We'll need to wait until next spring/summer for the higher temps to see if engine heat will cause it to trip. For now, we seem to be fine with the breaker as is...

So... here we are in Wilcox, AZ wine country attempting to avoid sub-freezing temps in Northern NM. It's 75F here without a hint of wind. Harvest Hosting for a couple nights at Pillsbury Winery near the Chiricahua Mountains and Dos Cabezas Peak. OBTW: the new install of the Victron DC-DC charger is pretty awesome... Above pic shows the proximity to the Vinyard at Sam Pillsbury's ranch. Tough duty, but someone has to do it. Cheers to all... stay safe!

Same here - works great...

Our Head Door seems like an afterthought. It would be a nicer fit/finish with a similar styled door as the closet door, IMO.