Mike and Carol

Our pick up is next Tuesday. We leave on Sunday and will arrive in Hohenwald early Monday afternoon. Staying at Fall Hallow Monday night. Thought we'd go by Monday afternoon to see our trailer and all the Oliver folks. I'm thinking we might video some of the orientation, did anyone do that and was it beneficial? Our trip to the factory is a day and a half, our trip home will be 10 days: Hohenwald - Land Between the Lakes - Table Rock Lake State Park/Branson - Crater of Diamonds State Park AR - Mother Neff State Park TX - home. Should be a good break-in trip! Any pick-up tips or advice? Mike

Wow, that's a 1,000 pound difference. I was thinking ours would come in around 5,100 lb's with the options we ordered. Will find out in two weeks!

I see Hull #136 - we are #135 so it must've been in there somewhere! Good pics, thanks. Mike

Yes, this is better!

Hey Vector, welcome! When do you pick up? We will be in Hohenwald May 10 getting ours. I'll be towing with a 2012 Tacoma, probably the bare minimum. You'll get several opinions on tow vehicles. I agree with more is better but I've only got 90K miles on my Tacoma so it is just getting broken in. Will let everyone know how it goes after our 2 week meander back to San Antonio. Mike

Glad you got this resolved so fast and had experienced Oliver owners help. It probably could have been worse and makes the case for a good surge protector. Glad you're back in business!!

I don't see ours. There must be even more!

C'mon you Ollie owners. Let's break the Cherokee record which was five Ollies. We just need two more. We pick up on May 10, but will be heading the opposite direction back home. Unfortunately, retirement doesn't start for another 2 months! Maybe next year....

Yes, thanks for the great pictures!

Gary, agree 100%. Pete serves up a great meal and follows with some wonderful flute. I still don't understand how the secret ice cream tasted so good, but it did! The Oliver information on this forum has been invaluable to us as we get ready to pick up our trailer. Mike

Dale, If you are looking at a new Tacoma, the article in this month's Trailer Life Magazine has a pretty good write up of a 2016 Tacoma pulling a big Oliver. I have a 2nd Gen Tacoma to pull my big Oliver. It has 90K miles on it so it is barely broken in. I do have the factory supercharger which bumps HP over 300 and torque over 320. I pick up in about a month and will post my towing experiences on our two week trip home. Mike

Bill, thanks. It's good to know what to expect. The idea of a fault code card is a good one. Mike

I guess I need to check the Oliver web site more often..... I checked it this morning and noticed some new options being offered. A couple of them got my attention. One was a tankless hot water option and the other was a surge protector. I emailed Anita to see if I could add the surge protector (we pick up on May 10). It looked a lot like what Steve Landrum installed in the Outlaw Oliver and seems like a better solution than one that plugs into the camp ground outlet outside. Another reason to like Oliver - they are always improving and enhancing!

We pick up on May 10, so we might see you in Hohenwald!

Thanks Bill. I looked on Amazon and the standard size of those tiles is 12"X12" so I think it is safe to assume that 24"X24" is about right. Mike

What are the measurements for the bathroom floor. Looks like the four panels work out to about 24"X24"?

A trip to Alaska sounds fun, but May is a little early for us. We will be interested how the trip goes!

I picked up a copy today. The article on the Elite II is very favorable with the only criticism being the all white FG interior, which was qualified as being a subjective criticism. I was interested in the towing thoughts for the Tacoma. They towed without the Andersen WDH and said there was plenty of power and that the trailer towed like a dream and tracked beautifully. All good news! It's nice to see an Oliver on the cover.

Good article, have been thinking about doing this. Thanks!

Coy, I downloaded Allstays and have been using it to plan some upcoming trips. They also have a nice Allstays app that covers military campgrounds for those of us who are active/retired. Good apps. Mike

I picked up the finished product this afternoon. A local print shop here in Boerne printed two 24" and ten 3.5". Due to the width of material that the printer uses it made sense to print enough to fill the space. I'm going to put a 24" lone star circle graphic on the front when we pick up. Not sure what I will do in the back....

Congratulations and welcome! We will be there May 10, might cross paths.... Mike

We've seen several Oliver's with custom graphics. After discussing it with Anita, she said they would deliver our trailer with no Oliver Graphic on the front or the back. We are still doing the side stripes. I found a local graphics designer and gave her our ideas and after a couple of iterations, she came up with our graphic. I shrunk it down and am now using it as our avatar. Our stripes will be the same colors (dark red/dark silver). Anita is also having "Oliver Legacy Elite II" on the side replaced with "The Lone Star Oliver" (it's a Texas thing). A local print shop is doing a 24" version of our Lone Star Graphic that will go on the front of the trailer in place of the winding road/mountains Oliver graphic. Haven't decided how to handle the back yet. She sent the our first set of build pictures this week! Mike

Dave, I'm planning on towing with a Tacoma. There are a couple of owners out there doing it now, maybe they can offer some thoughts. I will post my towing experience after we pick in May and go on a 2 week trek back home. Mike

Charlie, interesting set of products. We don't have our Oliver yet but will bookmark your site for possible future use!