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Dan, We try not to camp where AC is needed in the summer. Head to higher elevations where AC is not needed. Speaking of our home and humidity, I sealed our home's crawlspace and started running a de-humidifier all summer where the HVAC Ducting supplies the home's cooling. Keeps the crawl space around 45 to 50% humidity. When the crawl-space was not sealed and vents open, sometimes HVAC ducting would drip with condensation in the summer.

There has been several other post about humidity issues when camping with Olivers. Normally when we camp in temperatures cold enough to freeze the basement plumbing when using a portable heater, it's only for a couple of days and we don't even de-winterize Ollie making use of the campground's showers. When camping in the South East in the winter, sometimes we have humid weather.

In the winter when heating with a portable heater we use 99% of the time, we find condensation between the hull in the rear section (in our experience), if a de-humidifier is not used. We use a small de-humidifier in the rear upper storage "Oliver Sign" area and another one on the kitchen stove top area to resolve this. Checked other areas between the hulls and did not find condensation present.

Glad it did not turn into something worse!!! Etrailer folks are good to deal with. I plan to continue packing our Ollie’s bearings, replacing seals and inspecting brakes/hardware. A few here have the disc brake upgrade that is very nice. Happy to hear you were able to get everything fixed without breaking down on the side of the road and having to deal with that.

Agree, We like the low RPM torque the Toyota 3.4L twin turbo produces for towing.

"XPLOR" looking beautiful!

The Anderson clamp bolts are Grade 5 5/8X11 UNC (coarse) threads. This is from Anderson's installation guide https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KvY0iopu7rUstsA_7XouHvCkT3Abs192/view "4-5. Make sure all brackets are clamped tightly — we recommend at least 75 ft-lbs of torque. If needed, you may torque the brackets up to 90 ft-lbs, as long as it does NOT compress the frame. IMPORTANT: Some lighter frames may begin to compress if torqued too high, so be aware of your frame’s capabilities." To be sure, get a torque recommendation from Oliver on how tight they want to see the clamp bolts on the aluminum frame. Anderson currently supplies a saddle that rests on the top and bottom of the frame for the clamp top and bottom bolts to help secure the frame clamp. I cannot find this part on their website, but they said they will send me a parts diagram showing the part, will pass it along to everyone here when received. Just received this from Anderson:

We have 5200lb axles with 5 leaf spring packs on our LE-2 #75, probably like your Ollie. Some folks here have had one leaf of the Dexter 4 leaf spring pack (3500lb) to break, covered in another thread. Not aware of any of the Dexter 5 leaf spring packs having issues, yet. Here's the 12" brake drum on our 5200 pound axle with "Me-Pack" 🙃 axle bearings, I will continue packing my bearings so I can inspect brakes, drums and bearings during service. A few here have upgraded to disc brakes, very nice modification! Here's the original 5 leaf Dexter spring pack on our #75 Ollie 5200lb axle and spare Dexter 5 leaf pack before installing bronze bushings:

Could this be the reason for our confusion? Rotated CRM's screen shot 180 degrees, white neutral is on top and green ground is on the bottom.

It's been several years since we replaced our PD controller, but I still have photos where you can see the upper green and lower white wires connected before and after installation. Here's our original PD controller on our 2015 LE2: New controller for installation: Installed new controller:

Nice looking rig!

Really like the new TV! Looks like matching colors with XPLOR, too!

Happy Easter!!!!!!!!!!

Frank, Believe your first post in this thread is what I copied to improve our Ollie #75. Thanks, Bill

Occasionally need access under the sink. Thanks for the link.

Speaking of Mark Knopfler, always like to listen to him with the late Chet Atkins:

Always liked this version of "The Rain Song" by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant:

We have a RV780, took about 45 minutes. Updated a few months ago, too.

Here's a Dexter video about the label and they mention the number etched into the axle. I called Dexter with the SN etched into one of our axles and they emailed a build sheet from that number.

Installed two sets of Firestone rear differential airbags on two pickups and three sets of Timbren suspension enhancement systems on three pickups, all for towing. Currently running Timbren SES on the rear differential our current Ollie TV, a 2024 F-150 5.0L. My main reason to use them is to reduce rear end sag when towing trailers. I like airbags because they are adjustable depending on load. Still have Firestone airbags on one pickup with about 10 years of service. They leak a little, so check pressure weekly when towing with that pickup. Timbren are lower cost and easy to install. It also depends on how much load you carry in the pickup bed when not towing with the Timbren system. My F-150 still has about 3/4" air gap between the rear differential pad and Timbren rubber blocks giving a nice ride when Ollie is not attached with our normal camping gear loaded in the pickup bed. The Timbren system gives a firm ride when the differential pad is contacting the rubber load blocks with Ollie connected. Original Ford rear differential jounce blocks: Here's a photo of the Timbren SES load block with air gap between the block & differential pad when Ollie is not connected with camping gear in F-150 pickup bed. With another brand pickup I had with Ollie disconnected and camping gear loaded in the pickup bed, there was still enough load for the Timbren load block to contact the differential pad which gave a firm ride, not desirable. In that case airbags would be better than the Timbren SES system.

I switched tow vehicles, from a 2022 3.4L Tundra to a 2024 STX F-150 5.0L 2WD 3.73 differential, LE-2 #75, you have my previous Tundra listed on line 42. The list is well done! Good job!

Yep, they ran out of 3500 pounds axles when building our LE2 is my understanding, so they installed 5200 pound axle assemblies with 5 leaf springs. Steve installed disc brakes on his LE2 5200lb axles and Pete installed disc brakes on his LE1. The larger drum brakes on the D52 5200 pound axles are very effective and durable. When I need to rebuild the axle assemblies, disc brakes would be nice.

John, Here's how I understand it: D52 is 5200 pound axle and D35 is 3500 pound axle. The D52 has larger brakes and larger spindle that requires larger bearings and probably other different parts. Believe when an axle label says "D52 capacity: 3500 pounds" meaning the axle assembly came with a 5200 pound axle with 3500 pound springs, 4 leaf, the assembly is rated at 3500 pounds. Our LE2 came with axle labels "D52 capacity: 5200 pounds" meaning the axle assembly came with a 5200 pound axle with 5200 pound, possibly higher rated capacity springs, 5 leaf, the assembly is rated at 5200 pounds. Believe Mountainman198 posted about this in another thread, too.

Jamesgang, Thanks! Updated: 2010 LE2 #45 SC 50.5" D52 Original axle capacity 2014 LE2 #50 SC 50" D52 Original axle capacity & Alcan spring & Disc Brake upgrades 2015 LE2 #75 SC 50” D52 Original axle capacity 2016 LE2 #110 SC 50” D35 Original axle capacity (Gathered from Wayfinder's posts) 2016 LE2 #113 SC 50 “ D35 Original axle capacity 2016 LE2 #159 SC 50.5” D52 Upgraded axle capacity 2017 LE2 #193 SC 50.5" D35 Original axle capacity 2017 LE2 #208 SC 50.5" D35 Original axle capacity 2017 LE2 #226 SC 50.5” D52 Upgraded axle capacity & Alcan springs 2020 LE2 #579 SC 50.5" D35 Original axle capacity 2021 LE2 #898 SC 50.5" D35 Original axle capacity & Alcan springs upgrade 2023 LE2 #1386 SC 50.5" D52 Original axle capacity Please me know if information needs to be added/changed for a hull # and can also add additional campers including LE1's.

David and Gail, Welcome to the Oliver family and congrats on Ollie 1585! Please post photos of your Ollie adventures!