Mike and Carol

Yes. It is normal. We’ve been rocking for over 6 years, Unless you use separate jacks or x-chocks to help the onboard stabilizers you will have some movement. Mike

If you have the standard Bulldog it is a 2”. A 2 5/16” would be too big. Mike

Welcome Margaret! You’re bound to have questions as you settle in to your new Oliver. Everyone here likes to help. Mike

Whether you dry camp or have shore power your batteries supply power to all your 12v needs, which is basically everything not connected to a 110V outlet and the AC. If you disconnect your batteries you’d have no lights, water pump, jacks, maxxfan, etc. I rarely turn on my charger when on shore power, my batteries rely almost exclusively on solar. Mike

Generator noise is annoying, even the quiet inverter generators. When we had AGMs there were only a couple of times our solar wouldn’t keep up, at Glacier and Grand Teton during some particularly dark and dreary fall days. I fired up the generator for a few hours late afternoon to get our batteries back up to a respectable level. We’ve had lithiums now for 18 months (300aH) and even on the cloudiest days they stay charged enough that I don’t have to worry about it. I check the Blue Sky monitor and smile. Solar is effortless. Generators are work. I can’t imagine being a serious boondocker without solar. Mike

I’d check with Jason to see if this is intentional.

We had AGMs for almost 6 years. Always had it plugged in to shore power when stored (covered spot). No issues. I now have lithiums and don’t plug into shore power but have a battery cut off switch that I turn off when in storage. Mike

I’ve been thinking about the Houghton. If Oliver does a retrofit with the Truma AC I will definitely be interested. The worst feature of our Oliver is the Dometic AC. Mike

I’m somewhere north of 80,000 miles, 6+ years and no issues. I’ll know where to go when I do. Mike

I know of another Oliver owner who a a couple of windows resealed at Suncoast and is satisfied with their work and warranty. Mike

Crossville is nice. You have some Oliver owners nearby in Sierra Vista. We lived on Fort Huachuca and in Sierra Vista back in the day…. Mike

Congratulations! We had a triple axle 5th wheel next to us in Steamboat Springs last week. I just can’t imagine what it’s like to tow something that big. Our little Oliver was dwarfed next to it! Mike

Congratulations! You can spend New Year’s Day in Hohenwald! We had a few issues the first year that were taken care of pretty easily. Since then it’s been 6 years of trouble free traveling and camping. Mike

As I recall, it screws in from the front. Wires pass through to reconnect where you cut. You can add a fuse there if you want to. Mike

Yep, there’s no need to disconnect the black hose from the connection in the bumper. I have a 15’ always connected and another 10’ section behind it in the bumper space. If you’re getting some “liquid” in the hose after dumping you might try manually pushing the valve closed under the dinette seat. Sometimes a bit of debris or paper can get caught preventing the total closure of the valve. Another advantage of keeping a hose connected all the time is that if you can feel a certain heaviness when you pull the hose out just hold the end up while you connect the right angle end piece then quickly insert it into the sewer. Mike

We like ours!

Ours did that on a long trip once in the middle of the night. I don’t have a lot of patience at 3:00am. I lifted the dinette seat and cut the wires. Problem solved. I ordered a new on the next day from Amazon and it was waiting for us when we got home. I don’t recommend going too long without one, but if it’s broke, it’s broke. Fortunately there are also Camping Worlds and other RV repair places all around. Mike

You could try a little lubricant to see if it makes the twist easier. I switched hoses a few years ago to the Valterra Dominator. It doesn’t have that kind of locking cap, just a plug that goes in and stays by friction. Never had an issue with it. The other advantage to the Dominator (and Camco RhinoFLEX I think) is that when you scrunch them up they stay scrunched up. You only need to unscrunch what you need. Mike

It’s been my go to app as well. It’s also included with the Garmin RV890. I always emailed them when I noted any inaccuracy and always got a timely response in appreciation of the input. Mike

When I replaced my AGMs with lithiums I also had to do some repairs on the slide out tray in the battery box. I had several rivets that failed and I replaced them with stainless steel bolts and nuts/lock washers. It’s doing fine after a year and a half but some of that is due to the significant weight reduction the lithiums afforded. I think the 4 AGMs were just too much weight for the tray. Mike

Congratulations! Glad the patience paid off. Hope to see you out on the road - Mike

Happy 4th to everyone! We attended the 4th of July parade in Steamboat Springs, CO this morning. Good small town patriotism!

Congratulations! Nice set up with the garage, we would love to have something like that. Enjoy! Mike

It’s only good for satellite TV. Nothing else.

Mid 1960s, Boy Scouts in southern Oklahoma. Hiking, campfires, little tents. When my dad got back from Vietnam the first time we got an 8X10 canvas tent that my parents and us five boys and two dogs could fit in. Then we got a pop up that we towed, I was 15 and it was my first towing experience with my dad in Vietnam the second time. We 5 boys could set it up while mom watched. Good times. As part of my career as an adult I got to camp all over Europe and many places in the US. Mike