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Some of the after market accessories I added and Murphy’s Law applies especially on the first trip with any new vehicle. Everything is working well! 🙂 Thanks,

Stone Mountain SP NC, tow vehicle shake down trip. It handles Ollie easily. Added a couple old photos of Stone Mountain from the meadow and from the top.

We love camping with our Ollie. Always wanted to improve Ollie's windows, too. On our previous camper we had Euro Style windows that could be opened up to about 70 or 80 degrees and had nice looking shade/screen assemblies. We really liked those windows because we could leave them open during a rain that is straight down. On the down side they were single pane plexiglass. Another issue that could happen with the Oliver is deflecting water above the window when open due to the hull angle, I don't know but have wondered about this issue if using different windows. With so many good ideas posted here, I'm sure from time to time Oliver looks at certain modifications/improvements. Before retirement one of my jobs was to answer warranty claims for industrial machine components we rebuilt or had built by other manufacturers for a fleet of 2200 machines. Sometimes it's difficult to see criticism of work your teams produced, but to be honest it was very helpful for us to improve and produce the best product we could. Here's a Euro style window similar to the window we had in a previous camper: https://aussietraveller.com.au/products/eurovision-window

Agree, we like our LP, too!

Alcan has a competitive labor charge. It's worth it letting them install the springs when in the area! Already have all the break-in miles needed on the Superduty for towing. Towed Ollie earlier this week with the Superduty, it handles Ollie easily. Have some family commitments this year, not sure if we will make it to CO, but plan to head west next year. Have most of the farkles (accessories) installed, finishing touches this weekend.

Agree, if we install Alcans, this will be a good reason to head west to Colorado! 🙃

Geoff, First time we were given a tour of a Legacy Elite, felt the same way! Good video! Thanks for posting!

First time we had the pleasure to see a LE1 at Mt. Pisgah Campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway was during the production shutdown. We definitely wanted an Ollie after the owners gave us a tour, bought our 2015 #75 LE2 used from the original owners during 2016.

One of the members here @CRM owns 2010 Legacy Elite II Hull #45

Welcome and Congrats on your new Ollie!!!! There are plenty of knowledgeable folks here, if you have any questions. Please post photos of your Ollie adventures, too!

That's nice, easy to reach, too.

Absolutely Beautiful! Y'all are always giving us ideas for new places to camp!!!!!!!!

Had this issue in Stand-By mode at home, that's when I ordered the router. Have not had issue camping, yet.

Sounds right. Just ordered a Starlink Router for the Mini this morning, after placing the Mini on standby mode at home, it works OK but getting too far away from the dish in the house slows down service even more. The Router should help that situation at home and camping.

Check Spam.

Just did a speed test on standby mode. Uploaded this photo with Starlink on Standby mode.

Wow, did not expect that, started the standby mode earlier this week when StarLink set the email. Going to try ours out, too! Thanks,

Have not studied about the difference in manufacturer's engine brakes, but where you're located an engine brake would be nice! We used to install Cummins in several different industrial applications, nice engines. From what I understand the Ford 6.7L diesel works great towing an Ollie.

Yep, plan to keep this one a while. Really, I am! 😁

David, Thanks! Looking forward to towing Ollie with a F350. Busy ordering stuff to "Farkle" the Super Duty right now. Motorcycle term "Farkle" https://ridermagazine.com/2017/02/01/what-the-heck-is-a-farkle/ Bill

Just bought a new 2024 F350XL Super Cab 6.8L gas V8 (MiniZilla) with 3.73 rear differential, got $12,000 of MSRP. I have towed Ollie with three different 1/2 ton trucks that did a good job for us. We decided move to a larger tow vehicle with a 8' bed. We camp light with one of the lightest LE2's here, have to admit Ollie's ready to camp weight will increase a little with the new TV. The larger pickup bed size will be for extra bulky stuff that's hard to pack in the previous 5 1/2' pickup bed when boondocking. One hurdle to overcome was fitting this truck in our garage with a garage door that's 81" high. The way this F350 is set up from Ford it's 79.1" tall. The length was another issue, but at 254.4" long, there's plenty of room to park it in the garage and still have room to work at the workbench behind the truck. The payload is 4058 pounds. Looking forward to towing Ollie with the F350 in the mountains out west. Got about 19.5MPG probably downhill one way (most folks get lower) on the 30 mile trip home from the dealership with the F350 around 65MPH on the highway. Used to get 22 to 23MPG with the F150 5.0L on the highway under 70MPH. Averaged 14MPG towing Ollie with the F150 5.0 at 60MPH, will see how the F350 does on roundtrips after 1,000 mile break-in unloaded and towing. I have driven F250s, F350s, F600s in the past, the new F350 is not as soft of a ride as the F150 unloaded, but the ride is fine for us.

Wow, what a beautiful campsite with a beautiful Ollie Rig!!!!

You did get me on the click bait! Nice quality work!

Hope the video helps. Watch the video to the end before starting.

Have you seen this video?