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Congratulations on your beautiful Ollie! Will check out the Natchez Trace RV campground, too. Thanks for the tip!

The 1" increase in ball mount length increased clearance for my Swaymaster installation. Probably already doing this, connect Tundra to the Ollie and turn left. Place the Swaymaster & cables where you plan to install the unit to give an idea of clearance before installation. Our Ollie weighs in at 4950lbs with tongue weight of 450lbs, ready to camp with empty water tanks. Our Tundra's operators manual requires a WDH when towing trailers over 5000lbs, not using a WDH. Use a Swaymaster, since a sway control device is required for trailers over 2,000lbs.

Spike, Tested a Drawtite #40330 forged ball mount today, I'm going to use this ball mount with the Tundra/Ollie/Swaymaster rig in the future:

Overall had good results dealing with Oliver's service department. Like Bill said go up the ladder if you can't get desired results. We used to install 50 and 60 series Detroit Diesels in industrial applications years ago. Really liked it when Roger Penske owned Detroit Diesel. From the first call to DD, if the issue was not corrected in a certain amount of hours, it ended up on Penske's desk. No one at DD wanted that to happen, so they were motivated to take care of service issues.

Dave, Thanks for the tips! I need to replace all of our porch light fixtures, too.

Forgot to mention earlier, our Tundra operators manual requires a trailer sway control device with trailers above 2000lbs. Needed to replace the hitch ball (chrome in poor condition) so ordered a new ball yesterday with new 8.5" shank forged ball mount, overall length 14". The new ball mount will add 1" between the rear bumper & ball compared to existing ball mount. Will post photos with Ollie connected with trailer/TV straight and LH turns with new ball mount installed. Have not had SwayMaster clearance issues in LH turns with 7.5" shank forged ball mount so far, but interested to see how additional clearance works out in LH turns with SwayMaster installation.

Thanks for the thread, Just checked continuity between trailer frame and trailer 7 pin plug. Our trailer has continuity between the plug's ground pin and trailer frame. Also checked trailer batteries disconnected from TV at 12.75V and connected to TV with engine running at 13.26V. The original owner took our Ollie back to Oliver to have some warranty issues corrected before we purchased it, may have been corrected then. I replaced the PD 4045 converter section about a month ago due to trailer battery over charging while connected to shore power, but did not modify wiring.

Bill, As you know, there's plenty of knowledgeable folks here to answer questions. I was interested in building a RANS experimental aircraft and showed an Aeronautical Engineer their website. Turned out they build recumbent bikes, too. He purchased a recumbent from them, but I did not buy the airplane kit. Welcome!

Agree with Coy, sent Hayes photos of my installation and they said it would work fine. SwayMaster will not work with all tow vehicles, I called before installation and Hayes confirmed the SwayMaster would work with our Tundra. The SwayMaster uses GPS to sense speed and the sway feature activates at 45MPH. If GPS signal is lost, the Sway Master goes to default mode with the SwayMaster active at all speeds until GPS signal is reacquired. This is why I did not mount the SwayMaster under the LP tanks, like Coy said, did not want to block GPS reception. Leave the Ollie outside 24/7 until I build Ollie a garage. The SwayMaster is built to be out in the elements.

Jeff, wanted to share additional information with folks here that aren't familiar with the SwayMaster, hope you don't mind. Hayes intended the SwayMaster to be installed on the trailer tongue A frame normally made out of carbon steel. The position Jeff shows is consistent with Haye's intended installed angle. Hayes said my installation location was fine for the SwayMaster operation, too. With the mechanical talent here, hope ideas will be shared to help Jeff with his SwayMaster installation. Here's my SwayMaster installation without WDH, our Ollie weighs in at 4950lbs with empty water tanks. Used 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1/4" aluminum angle and have additional detailed photos, too. Have not had any clearance issues with my installation so far and really like the SwayMaster unit for Sway control with our Tundra. It has activated a couple of times applying trailer brakes before I noticed sway, once coming down a mountain when I was going too fast through a curve and once during high cross winds. Jeff, Hope this helps!

Kathy, We like camping at Fall Creek Falls SP, too!! Nice place to hike with beautiful water falls! We want to check out some of the Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds in TN, since we just received our America the Beautiful cards! :)

We were spending time in the Ollie with heavy rains while having a camper issue last year. Had internet connection, used time researching this forum finding answers in old forum threads. Will take care of camper projects if I have needed tools and parts when we have downtime. Also use extra time for route planning since we are route flexible on long trips. For us always plenty to do in addition to reading or playing cards. :)

Reed, We change plans and stay in place until the roads are clear. Always keep a close eye on forecast/road conditions for all elevations in areas to be traveled, too. Would be interested to learn about your choice of cables for the Ollie, when you decide. Thanks,

He would know, plenty of stuff for him to upgrade, too! :)

We like to read or play cards. We were camping in Cody WY area less than 5 years ago on 9/11. Woke up and it had snowed 4 to 6" overnight. That stopped our exploring plans for the day, so we visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum, spent the complete day there and really enjoyed it. We had not planned to visit the Museum and happy it snowed changing our plans. https://centerofthewest.org/

Congratulations and Welcome to the family!

Just returned home from camping at Stone Mountain SP NC. The weather was perfect for hiking! Widow's Creek Falls: Stone Mountain: View from top of Stone Mountain:

JuniorBirdMan has me also thinking about "Squadron of Ollies" or "Formation of Ollies", too!

When we have two or more motorcycles in the garage, we call it a herd, or getting rid of some, thinning the herd, "Herd of Ollies".

Here's a Basket of Eggs and a Basket of Ollies,

John, Just took another look at my axles and measured again. Thought I was level when I took the previously posted photo, but the following measurements are closer. One axle is 3 1/4" and the other is 3 1/16" from top of axle to camper hull. Installed the Dexter EZ flex system, too. Edit: The axle with 3 1/4" of clearance is on the higher end of the Ollie, while at home keep the front higher than the rear. Our Ollie weighs in at 4950lbs with empty water tanks. There are no signs of contact between the axle U bolt and frame. Tow our Ollie on pavement 99% of the time. Hope this helps,

John, Email sent!

John, The SN # stamped on one of the Dexter axles: 211277561 I have a PDF build file Dexter emailed for that SN, they will email you a file or I'm happy to email the PDF if you send your email in a PM. Dexter folks are very easy to work with, if you have a SN, makes it very easy.

Took a photo of our 5200lb axles installed on a few Elite II units. About 3 3/8" from top of axle to fiberglass hull: Springs: Some Tundra owners with factory brake controller replaced it with a P3 controller. I'm using the Toyota controller in electric brake setting. The 12" brakes are strong on a ready to camp Ollie weighing in at 4950lbs with empty tanks! Our 4X4 Tundra's tow capacity is a little over 9800lbs. Dexter 5200lb Axle SN: 211277561 Hope this helps, happy to take additional photos, if needed!

We're using a Hayes Swaymaster electronic sway control with our Elite II with good results without WDH.