John Dorrer

Love Floradora

Camped with another Oliver at Angel Fire RV Resort, Angle Fire, NM; Midway COE, Waco, TX; Galveston Island State Park, Galveston, TX; Outer Banks, NC, KOA, all in the last 12 months and the year isn't over😊. Passed several on the highway.

Another is Valley of Fires in New Mexico. The campground is between the flows and there is a great raised trail over the fields. We had a pull through site.

Loved that park and campground. The laval rocks were a bit rough on our dog.🙃

We were so lucky to travel the BRP in October 2023. We went North out of GSMNP, camped at Asheville KOA, Linville Falls RV, and Boone KOA before heading to West Virginia and home. We loved Black Mountain. So much devastation. We now need to complete the BRP from Boone, NC to Richmond, VA

I may have missed something here. I believe the OP said he was running his generator on LP. I don't recall seeing that discussed. How much of a difference is there using LP vs fuel? It was my understanding there is a significant difference. Will the change of some settings then allow his AC to run without issues?

Mark, I think you got better recommendations here. Hopefully you get things sorted out.

I tried to help on Mark's Facebook post. I think your explanation is correct. I was trying to figure out why he has the inverter on. Using shore power at the power post or a generator the inverter shouldn't be on. I was getting hung up on this. I have charged our 2022 LE, Lithium & Solar without changing any settings. I have also run the AC without making any adjustments. When I use the generator it is being run on fuel. He is running his on LP.

We have the upgraded 5200 lb. axel and Never Lube on our 2022 and so far so good

I was replying to richdev🙃

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Wish we had done a night visit, but our stop was an in transit stop, and then onto the real tourist trap at Crazy Horse 🙃

I have 10 😊, plus the Ravelco security faub for our truck

I should have added, that the decision to go from 3500 axels to 5200 axels is a personal choice. Some owners have found out from Oliver that switch can't be made. While the springs breaking have mostly been on older trailers, 2021 and older, I'm sure the 4-leaf spring will continue to have issues. Dexter supplies most of the RV industry with their suspension system. Oliver could instruct Dexter to install 5-leaf springs. This would be a better option than the 4-leaf, but not close to the Alcan 5-leaf springs. I have our springs and shocks checked professionally, every 3,000 miles, when my Zerks are greased. With our 2022, am I playing Russian Roulette? That is a really good question. Many of you might say yes, but I think I'm watching things carefully. At some point, I will make the switch to Alcan, and schedule a day to get it done in Grand junction. Switching to Alcan, or other choices, are personal choices we all have to make.

Thanks, that is definitely in the back of my mind. At some point, and hopefully before ours fails, Alcan will get a visit from me.

This has nothing really to do with Oliver. 3500 lb axels and 6 year old trailer. The main contributing cause for these 4 leaf failures, are living near the coast, driving on chemically treated roads, resulting in rusting. The OP was clear on his driving on a washboard road with deep chuck holes. This is a sure way to have 4-leaf spring failure. Starting in 2022 Oliver went to the 5200 lb axels. There have been few if any failures on the trailers from 2022 to present.

From our 3/10/2022 pick up through 2024, we have 275 nights in Jolli Olli

We try to stay off Indiana interstates, but unfortunately getting from point A to point B in Indiana, off interstate is not practical from a time standpoint. Work is definitely needed. Indiana roads are no way as bad as many states we have traveled. We make use of back roads when we can. I hate I-65, I-69 (North of Indy), and I-70. I-69 South of Indy is through farmland and not a heavy semi route.

Oliver is no longer using a breaker. They have switched to a large, more dependable fuse. Not sure what the cost would be to switch to the new system. Jason E. suggest I stick with the breaker. I'm going to watch things closely.

Great idea. I have to chuckle a bit. We went hard and heavy back in our truck camper days with probably 150-200 boondocking nights, many with remote places off shelf roads. Living in the Midwest doesn't afford a lot of boondocking opportunities. Goals have changed. While I still love those opportunities, I don't know how often it will happen Our upcoming PNW trip will have maybe 10 boondocking nights. I need to go back to day one and see where we are for nights.

What type of torque tool is good for the electronic connections in our Oliver. Product name and link would be appreciated. Our nuts on the inverter breaker came loose 2 years after I replaced the breaker. This caused intermittent issues and resulted in the flat cable ends becoming pitted. I sprayed the ends with 2 coats of a conductivity product. After it dried I installed cables and nuts, and applied Locktite Green per Jason E. I tightened with a wrench. I would have felt a lot better if I knew they were tightened correctly.

On our 2022, it tripped day 2 after pick-up. Oliver told me how to reset it. 2 months later it happened again and Oliver sent a new one. For 2 years no issues. I was having problems late in 2024, and Jason E. looked at it at the Texas Rally and it was in Oliver for service this past February. It was determined the inverter breaker was bad. Oliver switched to a new fuse system and didn't have any of the breakers and couldn't get one. I replaced the breaker a month ago and even ordered a back-up. When I went to remove the old breaker (all power off, solar, inverter breaker manually tripped and the 3 Lithonics batteries), I found the nuts on the breaker posts loose. I also found the flat cable ends pitted, apparently due to loose connections and apparent arching. I sprayed these ends with a conductivity product. When it dried I installed the cables using Locktite Green per Jason E. This appears to be my issue for not checking all my electric connections annually. It is possible there was nothing wrong with the breaker, just a loose connections. Since I bought a new one, I didn't want to take any chances. I guess it is possible your replacement was bad. I would continue to work with Oliver. I would turn off everything and make sure the nuts are torqued properly. Did you use Locktite? Jason said Green was the best.

When we visited Devil's Tower, we got a site at the National Park Campground, very convenient.

Yes. I believe there was a detailed thread on this. Try doing a search

Great idea👏👏