John and Debbie

Steve, how much does it weigh? Do you bring it on the road? John

I am focusing on safety and trailer protection. There's always the must haves and the wants. TPMS was expensive but I felt it was a necessity. That's my approach. The forum has been great for ideas of those must haves.

Bill, I ordered the Camco stacking jack stands as it seems it makes more sense to not extend the stabilizer jacks so far for reasons of less wear and distance to the ground. Not so much flex pressure on the mount. My wife is rolling her eyes when another box is delivered to the house. It's all necessary though. TPMS, water pressure gauge, Proven lock, surge protection, etc. John

"*I carry both wood blocks and lego style blocks. The wood blocks can be had free either around your own workshop or by "scrounging". " Bill, thanks for the suggestion of the Lego style blocks. I gave my cube bag that had about 10 of those 1 inch blocks to the new owner of the pop up tent trailer that we sold in July. Maybe I will buy again. Good suggestions. John,

"I carry a large scissor jack (a military surplus HUMVEE jack with frame adapter," Frank, is the frame adapter something specific to the Ollie frame? I wonder why these trailers don't have disc brakes (just a side note). Maybe no trailers do. 🤔. Thanks for the picture. John, T-28 days to delivery day

Thanks John, you and others on the forum have been great with advice for this soon to be Ollie owner. T- 29 days John

Hi all, do I need to bring a jack along for the unlikely, but still possible, flat tire. My 2017 Ford Expedition has a jack. As I understand it, the stabilizer legs aren't meant for lifting the trailer, but only to stabilize it. I assume on a 2022 LE2 if I was to ride one tire up on an Andersen leveler that the other tire would remain on the ground. I am getting a few items in preparation for pick up in less than a month. I did buy a Proven Lock, yoke and Abus lock because I don't want to have this trailer stolen! John

Great looking bike and rack. I haven't bought a rack yet, but I do have the Oliver bike rack mount ordered. Less than a month to go now.

"I think my wife’s new Bosch ebike battery is going to stay in the house over the winter" John what kind of ebike and do you put it on the bike rack behind your Ollie? John

We will be driving home to Oregon from Hohenwald in about 5 weeks. I ordered AAA TripTiks for a direct route and a southern route avoiding big cities. I have no desire to drive straight through Memphis or other large cities towing our Ollie.

I just bought both locks that you wrote about. I pick up the trailer in a month. Thanks for your recommendation. I do have a stainless steel locking pin to attach the hitch to the tv. I hope that's all I need. Proven sells a pin too, but I am not sure how much better it is than mine. John

Thanks SeaDawg. That was the video. John

Mike, we pick up on November 7 and chose the Truma. It was more expensive, but from what I read in the forum, most people don't like the Dometic. Oliver did a video comparing the two a couple months ago with decibel ratings. I don't know if there have been many installed yet. I don't know how the Truma compares to the Houghton. John

I wonder how across the board this is. If they indeed made super duty trucks less safe to save a few cents, then maybe they did this to all models. My pet peeve is corporate greed that for some corporations knows no limits. John

Kirk, did you choose the Truma a/c? We did. It's more $ but I hope it's worth the extra. That was quite the decision process as every decision was more $. John

Welcome to the family. I am confident that the company can sort it out for you. John

Kirk, When is your delivery day? Ours is November 7. John

That's on par with everyone it seems. We had to use a mediator on a family lawsuit with my wife's family and he charged $500/hour. Mediation took about 10 hours!

What's the hourly rate?

"Have you considered asking Service if they will do the entire trailer BEFORE delivery if you send them a 16 ounce bottle of Rejex? That would certainly be simpler." Great idea John. I will ask about that. Thanks for your suggestion.

John, We will pick up on November 7 and I plan to use Rejex instead of wax based on the recommendation of an Ollie owner who swears by it. I hope to apply some on pick up to make it easier to clean the bugs off after the over 2000 mile trip back to Oregon. If it's decent weather and not cold, does that seem doable? When the trailer is delivered, I would think it wouldn't have any wax on it. I may just do the front if my time and weather allow it. Does this sound like a good plan? John

Hi all, does anyone have recommendations for a good dehumidifier and tubing to exit the trailer? John Davies recommended the night table between the twin beds as there's an outlet there. I am looking for some way to use tubing to let the condensate exit the trailer by some tubing. I will have the basement door between the beds if that helps. Thanks. John

"If your Expedition is not completely up to date on maintenance, get that done in the next month. Change drive train fluids, make sure the tires and brakes are fresh and good, have a load test done on the battery. A five year old battery and tires are “aged out” and more likely to fail. It is best to change them rather than have to deal with a failure in the middle of nowhere. Have the entire vehicle looked over before your momentous looong road trip. Buy a TPMS for the trailer and install it promptly, and make sure your Ollie tires are set to around 50 psi at most." The tires are new, maintenance up to date. Battery is new. Good advice to have the Expedition looked at as you suggested. I do have a tpms. I think that's a must have. Thanks for all the suggestions. Thanks also for making your enclosed storage area big enough for two Olivers. That was great foresight! Glad we don't live that far from you. 😂🤣 John

" Carol had her iPhone videoing a lot of it. I retained less than 50% of what I was told and had to review what she captured. " That's a good idea. Thanks Mike

I am more hands on too. I will try to ratchet down the overthinking part. Thanks for reassuring me. John