Mike and Carol

Good work on this GJ and Ken! This will be a great resource for many. Mike

We call ours “the trailer” or “the camper”. We’re so creative…. Mike

Welcome and congratulations! Let us know when you have questions. Mike

Welcome, James! Here’s what I use: I won this at an Oliver rally, seems to work pretty well. I also use these. This Bulldog collar is used by many owners. I lock it with an Abus lock, both from Amazon.

twdavid’s profile shows that he has a 2017 Elite II. That means his trailer came with a Dometic 3-way refrigerator. Oliver installed exhaust fans with a manual on/off switch for some time. All of us responding also have 2014-2017 Elite II’s with the Dometic and manual fan. It would be nice if folks put a complete signature block so we could quickly see what year and model they have. If they don’t you can always go to their profile to find out. Mike

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Agree with John. We rarely turn our fan on. If the temps outside are really high we will, but normally it’s off. Mike

If you haven’t yet, I’d contact one of the Oliver sales reps and ask your questions. For those kind of questions most of us can only offer opinions. I don’t think they would do either. The toilet mounts are probably very different and the standard stove is propane versus electric for induction with new wiring and mounting differences. Mike

Kirk, we’ve had two water softeners. The first was an 8,000 grain unit that we used for a couple of years. It was heavy and had to be carried in the truck. It did do a good job. I found a very small one, just 3,200 grain that would fit upright in the basement and was not heavy at all. The big one is now used for truck/trailer washing and the small one goes with us camping. You can see it on Amazon HERE. It’s worked well for us. Mike

We leave home with a full fresh tank. Other two empty. Sometimes we’ll travel with a full fresh and nearly full black and gray. If we’re leaving a campsite and there are folks at the dump station I’ll just keep on driving and dump when we arrive at our next campground later in the day, unless we’re going somewhere with no dump station or hookups, then I’ll get in line. We also travel with a water softener…. Mike

We frequently go in the wrong way too to get the front-high elevation correct.

Our AGM’s were 60+ pounds. I replaced them with 3 Battle Borns. So we went from about 260 pounds to less than 100.

Congratulations on your “new” Oliver! Look forward to meeting you out on the road - Mike

We have the Laramie trim, Crew Cab and 6’4” bed. It’s my daily driver when not towing. When we camp, we fold the back seats flat for extra storage. The bed has been nice (I was coming from half tons with a smaller bed). The fuel tank is no issue, we have to stop for other reasons before it gets empty anyway! I get a couple miles more per gallon with the diesel than I did with the gas V8’s and towing is noticeably easier. I wouldn’t want a much longer truck, I do garage mine and have only about 5” of space in front and behind in the garage. We live in the land of big pickup trucks everywhere, but parking can still be challenging even with our shorter wheelbase. I usually park out where I have maneuver room. We also like the Laramie trim level. Mike

If you are talking about attaching and detaching the sewer hose from the trailer, there is no need. Leave it attached. Just cap it and put the hose in the bumper.

The factory weighed it with two full 30 lb propane tanks but empty holding tanks. Options in 2015 were fewer than today. We did have solar, a 2K inverter and a cell booster plus a few small things like extra outlets. I haven’t looked at the option list lately, but I’m sure there’s quite a bit more.

Our trailer was about 4,900 lbs when they pulled it out of the factory for delivery in May 2016. The Dexter suspension wasn’t available then. Other than that, we had most options available to include four AGM batteries. Mike

Passed! Welcome.

I’ve got a couple of switches that either don’t come on sometimes or flicker. I turn the on/off a few times and they work. One of these days I’ll just replace them. Mike

We have an older trailer without any factory cut off switches. Our inverter gets no power unless we’re connected to shore power. When we replaced our AGM batteries with lithium, I installed a battery cut off switch which basically interrupts the ground side of the circuit. You could disconnect/remove the main ground cable on your batteries and that would cut all 12v power to your trailer (lights). I don’t turn off the solar, we store under shelter too. Mike

That’s a big tree! Sure glad your trailer was not damaged! Mike

I’m with BIll on this one. It depends. When I towed with 1500’s and the slope isn’t too steep it probably would hold everything at a stop. With a my current 2500 and torque at 900+ I’m not sure. The trailer wheels may not turn but the truck/trailer may not stay stationary. When I adjust the gain I don’t ever go for tire skids on pavement. Gravel, yes. On pavement I judge the amount of drag when I apply the controller and go from there - you learn to feel where it should be. I routinely apply the trailer brakes first thing when we start out in the morning to ensure the grab is enough and to work any moisture out. Mike

You can have one installed in your current truck. Go to any local RV dealer, truck mod shop or trailer dealer and they should be able to do it.

If you are going to tow with your current Titan you need to have a brake controller. It applies the trailer brakes when your truck brakes are activated and also gives you the option to manually apply your trailer brakes independently from your truck brakes.

Yes, you don’t want to leave the black tank drain open - just when dumping. For the gray tank I usually leave it closed until I dump. If you want to leave it open it shouldn’t pose any problems except you won’t have gray water to flush through your hose after emptying the black tank. Mike