Boonter Jeff

I tried to find one of my old threads complaining about leaking connections with those hand tight Oliver fittings. Regularly, on our EII, one of them would loosen up and I would hear the pump running or see water leaking out of one of the weep holes. Recently I tried something that actually seems to have stopped the problem. Kind of counterintuitive. I put food grade, silicone lube (typical use- servicing water filtration systems) on the threads and retightened. A couple of trips with no weeping holes and maybe a solution 🙂

Love camping in Canada. With the exchange rate prices aren’t bad. We’ve been from the west coast to “Lake of the Woods” near Kenora. A lot of public parks have power as an option at your site which takes away the loathsome generator serenade. Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan was not crowded and enjoyable. Banff is Canada’s version of Disneyland but incredibly beautiful. I agree that most border crossing problems are coming back into the good ol USA but.. One story - during the tail end of the Vietnam War some friends and I were crossing at Vancouver to get over to Victoria and go camping. We were only 18 or 19 and they were still worried about draft dodgers. I could hear the other three being interviewed - swearing that they didn’t smoke or drink, etc. I was last and the old guard wasn’t sure about us. He asked me the same questions and I said that while I had smoked marijuana, I really preferred beer. He smiled, said “Laddy, don’t we all”, and stamp, stamp, stamp we were in.

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

We have a LEII, 2022. Getting ready for a trip and front jack is only working one way. Got out the manual socket deal and brought the trailer down with it. I haven’t taken it apart or anything, and it hasn’t been greased since we picked up the trailer. That being said I was hoping that one of you would have experienced this and had a solution in hand. Been a trouble free summer, otherwise. Thanks!

Thanks for explaining that Patriot. We registered at the campground a month or so ago. The gal was very nice.

I was thinking of vehicle compromise where you could haul some grandkids one weekend and pull your trailer the next. Good points above though. Probably our Tundra with the maxi cab is still our best option. I guess Grandpa could just stealth ride in the back on a sleeping bag with the dog.

I know the 2023 Sequoia was discussed when it came out. Wondering if anyone in the group pulled that fairly expensive trigger and got one for towing an Oliver. If so, wondering how you like it?

There is valve lube that you can add to your gray and black water tanks. This seems to help, just follow directions.

I too am suspicious of the auto adjust brakes but the mechanics in Redding like them, I wasn’t going to argue with them.

There was a lot of “stuff” around my brake issues. The main controller issue originally was that only the manual override was working not the brake pedal. Another cheap Curt controller and the brake pedal was working but the “boost” was high. I assure you that adjustments were attempted but the solution was the Prodigy controller, as recommended by Oliver. Yes there is only one wire coming for brakes but then the passenger side splits off. We bypassed the wires in the axle tube and replaced with new wires on the outside. Not sure what they looked like but knew there was potential for problem. Obvious problems by the brake connections. There’s some pictures somewhere. Part of our confusion was that the resistance, amps draw, and operation of all four brakes seemed okay superficially but still not working right.

Update on brake problem. Welll it was a multifaceted problem. Unfortunately I turned our Ollie and Tundra over to a shop which was incapable of actually fixing the problems. They had them for five weeks. They gave it back to me twice as “fixed” and I made it almost two miles before the drivers side brakes started locking up, didn’t look back. They did get the drums turned. Actual problems were: 1. Bad Curt controller - friend and I replaced with Toyota specific wire harness and Prodigy 3 controller. 2. multiple wire issues where wire had been pinched between frame and hub tube, also some bad (shorting) connectors, mostly affecting passenger side brakes - solution, did some of our own cleanup and then took the rig up to All Wheel RV in Redding, CA (5 hours away) where they patiently went through and cleaned up electrical. 3. Still problem with rear passenger side brake not working, the old mechanic said alright let’s swap drums cross way and see what happens, problem stayed with brake. Inspection revealed that the brake was only making minimal contact, so replace that one plate (brake), after several test rides with shop owner and adjustments all brakes are working. After almost 3 months finally have our new Oliver available for trips. Very frustrating, and definitely a learning experience. I would fault Oliver in the electrical work done around the brakes and brake lights. Dexter on that crappy brake shoe. A lot of people are saying that quality control, in general, went way down during Covid. I should mention that the “All Wheel” boys liked how heavy duty the axle, brakes, and tires were on the Oliver. They pointed out a much larger trailer and said that I had the same brakes that the big one had. He also said that even without 4 perfectly braking wheels, we had a lot of stopping power. Which was reassuring. I’m going to send some of the costs off to Jason and we’ll see what happens. Can’t say enough good things about All Wheel RV. They will let you trailer camp in their yard too.

We sold our Casita and bought an Elite II in Hohenwald last August. Sorry, that I haven’t updated my info.

We had several loose water connections. Having the pump running unnecessarily or low water pressure gave them away. Not too happy about that. Much bigger unresolved problem with brake system. Our only nearby RV place is slammed and we are still waiting to find out what it is. It could be a combo of our controller on the truck not working, and an electrical problem on one side of the trailer. Already missed one planned trip.

Thanks GJ!