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It was several years since I installed this system. Easy to install, believe I bought the kit from Nick’s Truck Supply. Don’ know if they are still in business, but they had the best price at the time.

Installed Dexter EZ Flex K71-653-00 on our LE2 several years ago. When I installed the EZ Flex another forum member had already installed this kit on his LE2. I have 5200lb axles, but don’t think that matters. Installed a set of wet pins, bronze bushing, and shackles on another forum member’s LE1 several years ago, same ones used on the LE2, if I remember correctly.

One time while camping at Mt. Pisgah NC, a couple was dumping their tanks at the dump station on a steep grade with a large International converted school bus. The man was out side draining the hoses when the bus started rolling down the steep hill with his Wife and small baby in the bus. It rolled about 60’ down into the woods with the front bumper hitting trees stopping the bus. His Wife and baby were OK, she was very upset and only spoke French. The rear wheels were still on pavement. We managed to back the bus up and had minimal damage to the bus.

We camp quite a bit on sloped mountain camp sites, we use Camco leveling chocks and jack stands. Please forgive me if this has been previously mentioned. We place thin rubber sections of welcome mats between the wheel chocks and pavement that wheels roll up on to help prevent slippage of the chocks. Once we have Ollie’s rear wheels on the leveling chocks in the ready to camp chocked position, place the tow vehicle transmission in neutral while connected to Ollie and let the rig roll to settle on the chocks. It normally rolls one or two inches. Next set TV parking brake and transmission in park. This was mentioned earlier. With chains connected to TV, jack the hitch up off of the TV ball, normally don’t have hardly any movement when lifting the trailer off of the TV ball. I still leave the trailer connected with chains to the TV until all trailer jacks are down on the jack stands and trailer stabilized.

Will install the controller this week and post photos. We don’t have an inverter, so can’t use 125V appliances when using only solar. Normally use about 25% of the single BattleBorn 100AH lithium battery daily when dry camping. We can easily camp three days without charging the single lithium battery. We have a three way Dometic refrigerator using LP gas to operate when dry camping. Going to monitor heat in the battery compartment with a Renogy temperature sensor, if needed, plan to add vents that open & close easily on the battery compartment door leaving the original vents plugged since they are fixed vents. Will see how testing goes! 🙂 Thanks, Bill

Yep, can’t speak for someone else, but I’m the one that would be in the pickup bed if I wanted Bluetooth signal! 😂

Plan to replace the existing PMW charge controller in the battery compartment with this Renogy 20A MPPT charge controller and temperature sensor next week.

We’re seeing about 3.5Amps of charge with the Tundra connected to Ollie’s 7 pin connector while idling charging our Ollie’s single 100AH BattleBorn lithium battery at 75% SOC. Using a Victron Bluetooth shunt to see the rate of charge. Don’t have enough Bluetooth range to monitor while towing,

Our favorite campgrounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway do not have electricity. We do not have factory solar on our LE2. We have two 100W suitcase panels that work fine with a single 100AH BattleBorn lithium battery along with an onboard Progressive Lithium charger. In the summer when camping in the shade, we use our Honda 2000W gen-set with a 1600W continuous rating, if our solar panel cable is not long enough to set panels in the sun. Have to be sure not to exceed the gen-set continuous rating while running appliances continuously. Really like this lightweight size of gen-set for camping without shore power and use locally when 125V is not available. Some folks here have larger gen-sets mounted on their Ollie in front of the doghouse. We also have a 3 way Dometic refrigerator running on LP gas when without shore power. Normally we use about 25% to 30% of the Lithium battery capacity for a 24 hour period, taking about an hour to recharge the battery with gen-set for another 24 hours using a 15A cord with 30A adapter for Ollie's shore power inlet. We do not have an inverter to run 125V appliances when without shore power. We also have a Victron Bluetooth shunt to monitor battery discharge and gen-set charging.

We're so sorry to hear about Anita. Would also like to know how to send her well wishes. Anita will be in our prayers for a speedy recovery.

Woke up early this morning @ 2:30AM and checked to see what was on the forum (true story). After seeing your post decided to order a set of shocks for our 2015 LE2 Ollie. Got back to sleep easily after making that decision! 😁

Welcome and congrats on your new to you LE2 Ollie! We also did plenty of tent camping years ago, we love camping in Ollie!

Congrats on your beautiful Ollie!!! Really like the nose art! Speaking of Paul Harvey, we were on the flight-line at Oshkosh in the early 80s when Paul Harvey and General Jimmy Doolittle walked by. Took a photo of both of them together!

This dealer in Winston Salem NC has seven 2023 Sequoia in transit. We're happy with the 22 Tundra 3.5 twin turbo engine, same engine in the new Sequoia. We like pickup trucks, but if we were looking for an SUV, the Sequoia would be on the short list. https://www.moderntoyota.com/sequoia/

Yep, very small. Looks like it has Dometic Seitz RV style windows. Our previous camper had those windows. Leave them open when it rains.

Speaking of a different color, the new US built egg shaped Barefoot camper, 3,000 pound GVW weight, originally designed & built in the UK, is available for around $47,000 to $49,000 at dealers. https://nucamprv.com/barefoot-camper/ https://www.rvtrader.com/Nucamp-Barefoot/rvs-for-sale?make=Nucamp|765337120&model=BAREFOOT|764982013

Welcome! We're in NC, planning to camp in TN, GA, and SC in April & May! Probably head to Mt. Pisgah NC on the Blue Ridge Parkway in June!

Glad you found the problem during pre-flight inspection. Agree with changing all four. We run LT tires on Ollie and ST tires on 3 other trailers, no issues with either.

John, Thanks for the photos and link. For the folks that have a 3 way Dometic refrigerator fan located where your fan was located, what if they disconnect power to their existing fan leaving that fan in place and install a new 12V fan & auto switch where located on earlier LE2 campers, with manual switch at the main switch panel at the entrance door?

Here's our 2015 LE2 12V fan for a three way Dometic refrigerator that has a temperature controlled on/off switch and a on/off switch on the main panel at the entrance door.

We have 5200lb axles on #75 2015 LE2, running 50PSI in the tires since 2016 when we purchased Ollie used from the original owners. Same here, drawers stay closed, and no issues. Here's our Ollie's spring pack:

A Renogy 20A Rover Elite MPPT controller. Future projects mentioned above will further reduce weight. 🙂

Yep, we will eventually have a few Ollie projects to do, hope just one at a time. 🙂 The brake drums/shoes, 3 way refrigerator, and hot water heater are operating fine right now. Already installed the Dexter EZ flex system. Have a MPPT solar controller to install next, slight weight gain. This will finish the solar charging project. Bill

Our 2015 LE2 #75 was one of the few that year to get 5.2K axles. Dexter drum brake assemblies work great and when we need to rebuild them, will probably go with disc brakes. We keep the weight of our Ollie very light, works great for our style of camping. Use two 5 pound capacity LP tanks, one 31 pound Battle Born 100AH lithium battery, keep Ollie's spare tire in the pickup truck bed, and empty black, grey, fresh water tanks during travel. Our Ollie was not equipped with factory solar, we carry two 100W suitcase solar panels in the TV. The 6 gallon hot water heater has about 50 pounds of water. Our LE2 ready to camp weight is around 4940 pounds with 480 pound tongue weight. Checked rig/TV ready to camp weights with CAT Scales last summer.

Here’s a thread started by Zach at Granger Ford about their discount on a Ford Ranger forum: https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/3-under-invoice-2022-ford-ranger-order.16068/ Zach is easy to contact and will give exact details on purchasing a F-150, F-250, or F-350.