Steph and Dud B

Excellent report. Thank you.

Count us in as an interested party if you decide to sell these. We've been looking for something like this. Brilliant!

For those who picked up their 2022 Elite 2: which brand awning came installed on your 2022 trailer? Girard or Dometic? Oliver University doesn't list an awning manual for 2022.

Huh. If not, replacing its circuit breaker with a GFCI breaker might be an easy mod (if there's a compatible GFCI breaker available). Or, is there room in there for a wet location outlet cover?

Unfortunately, living in the Corrosion Capital of Connecticut, sometimes the steel under the stainless jackets corrodes and they swell up. They'll look OK, but the wrench socket will bind.

Super exciting! Have fun!

Planning to replace the stock clad lug nuts with solid chromed ones when we install our TPMS. Are there 5 lug nuts per wheel?

Last I heard, KTT isn't supplying mattresses for Oliver anymore. Our sales agreement wording changed from "KTT mattresses" to "High quality foam mattresses." Don't know who the new supplier is.

For those who took delivery recently, was the fridge running and cold when you got there? Wondering if the fridge will be ready to use the first night.

I'm confused. I thought Ollies were boats. Apparently yours can fly?! 😀 Nice looking truck/trailer (tug/aircraft?) combo. Congrats!

Your truck looks great.

I don't think so. This connection would only leak when the faucet is on and water is flowing to the sprayer. The system would hold pressure with the faucet off and the pump would stop.

Had gas. Had diesel. Back to gas now. Loved towing with the diesel. Loved the costs of repairs less. Our gasser struggles a bit with our 9500# fifth wheel but I'm hoping it'll be a good match for the Ollie. We'll see.

You might even say you were "shocked" to discover that? 🙂

There should also be a check valve attached to the pump that prevents city water from running backwards through the pump into the fresh water tank. A common point of failure that will cause the same symptoms.

We still use CBs, mostly when traveling with friends, or if Steph is in her car behind the trailer. A full power CB with a roof antenna has much better range than the little FRS radios. The truckers have mostly abandoned the channels, so you pretty much have the airspace to yourselves. And, if there's a highway incident, some truckers still get on 19 to see what's going on, so it can be a good source of information. The CBs we have are similar to John's. They plug into a cigarette lighter socket and have mag-mount antennas so we don't have them in the truck when not needed. https://www.amazon.com/Midland-75-822-Channel-CB-Way-Radio/dp/B00000K2YR

Hate to say it, but we've found the worst state to tow in is our own - Connecticut. We've towed all over the US and had our closest calls with Connecticut drivers. Everybody in Connecticut, Mass., and NY is always in a hurry. (Interesting observation: in other parts of the country, if we asked how far away a destination was, they often answered in miles. For instance, "Johnsonville is about 20 miles from here." In CT, you get the answer in time, e.g. "Hartford is about half an hour from here." Perfectly demonstrates the emphasis on "making time" when driving, and that leads to aggressive drivers.) My BP always goes up when we hit the CT border.

Now that more campgrounds are charging for electrical use by the amp/hour on top the the regular site fee, this is interesting, You can turn the charger off while connected to shore power? The campground would be really surprised to see no amp/hours used!

Good point. Here in the Northeast some of our boondocking is in heavy shade. The lithium package will allow us to go longer before needing to move to sun or run a generator. With the larger lithiums we should be able to camp at least a week in the shade, then recharge when we get home again. The limiting factor will now be tank sizes.

Perhaps they were concerned about the possibility of snow crossing the Rockies. A legit consideration, especially with a new-to-you trailer.

We're going with the factory lithiums and solar. Our previous RVs all had small flooded batteries and we carried a generator. I was always stressing about conserving power when boondocking and then taking time to run the generator in the morning and evening. Never again. As for the pricing, I'll be honest, the factory lithiums are a luxury. Yes, we could retrofit an Oliver with lithiums ourselves for less money. But this will be our last RV and we decided to just go for it so we can start enjoying it on day one. We're treating ourselves with this trailer.

I'd probably just dispose of them, unless they were brand-new. In that case, I'd probably try to sell them.

I made a list on Google Tasks so I can check items off as we pack. Since I've got nothing but time to kill waiting for our delivery date, I organized the items on the list into specific totes that we'll load into the truck for the trip down. Some of the totes' contents are destined to be loaded into the trailer (I specifically picked totes that will fit on the floor between the twin beds to make it easier). Other totes will contain items that will always ride in the truck when camping. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to export my list so I can share it.

@tallmandan I've been watching that thread you posted. Interested to hear your review when you uncover this year. Chafing, wear, etc. I've got that cover on my Amazon list and will probably give it a shot if it worked well for you this year.

Yes. Getting close now. Finalizing plans and supplies for our delivery trip.