Steph and Dud B

I have a similar set of keys on my RV key ring. One morning I left it on the bumper after hitching up and drove away, using my Truck keyring. Retracing my steps I found what was left of them in the road, run over by a hundred cars. Surprisingly the only ones beyond repair were the ring itself (pretzel), the key fob to my bicycle alarm (completely disintegrated), the round hitch pin key, and the trailer door key. Fortunately I had spares for the hitch and door.

We've seen lots of awnings trashed by wind, usually when left out while the owners were away somewhere. We never leave our awnings out when we're not present and alert, even overnight. That said, we love our dual electric awnings. When camping in hot weather, I try to park the trailer in a North-South orientation so we have maximum shade on the trailer body. In the morning I deploy the East side awning, then the West side in the afternoon. Works really well.

Is there a significant difference between Gen 1 and Gen 2?

The trailer dry weight posted online is for a fully stripped down LE2 with no options. As delivered, ours actually weighed 5565 pounds. That's still without water and gear. Also, subtract the weight of any passengers and any cargo in your truck from the Tundra's tow rating. You'll probably be over the limit when set up to camp. I wouldn't do it, personally, and I'm positive you wouldn't enjoy it if you were towing in the mountains. I've towed trailers on the edge of my truck's limit before. It struggled on step grades and I eventually had to replace the torque converter.

Try letting the hot and cold water run for a while. Sometimes when switching from city water to pump we get air in the lines with the same symptoms: faint pump noise and very little flow. If we let both the hot and cold run a bit, usually via the outside shower, it clears up.

Try contacting Parts at Oliver. They can probably answer your question or even sell you one.

Pretty common with these RV doors.

It was always up and locked when it happened. The cause was the cheap mounting bracket OTT used. When tightened during installation, the mounting bracket ears warped, pulling away from the back of the TV and stressing the plastic. We were still under warranty so OTT sent us another TV. Then I put the mounting bracket into a vice and bent it forward a bit so, when tightened, it sat flat against the back of the TV. Been fine ever since.

That's the way to do it. We try to plan routes with Google-estimated 4 hour travel times or less. Much more relaxing.

Hello to the Elite 1 in Hammonasset State Park. We're on the other side in Area 1, T11. Feel free to stop by!

The Girard awnings on our 2022 are not supposed to be left open in the rain. Girard explicitly states not to have them partially open in the rain, either. I would prefer swing out acrylic windows for sure.

Reviving this thread. Now that we're doing more shoulder season camping and using the Oliver more while closed up we're getting more frequent propane/CO alarms from the sensor below the dinette. Like @johnwen above I can feel cold air entering around the top of the fridge and we have the same large gap above the fridge behind the top service vent that he has. I can look straight in and see the back of the fridge control panel from outside the trailer. I'm convinced we're getting exhaust gasses blown in that way and intend to seal it up with aluminum tape unless anyone can give me a good reason air should be allowed to flow through there.

We did our spring trip to the southeast central US this year without reservations more than 1 or 2 days in advance. Mix of Harvest Hosts, state, federal, and a few commercial campgrounds. Worked out fine.

Very cool monocoque fiberglass RV made in Bosnia. Bigger than an LE2 with a dry bath. Built by a yacht company.

We just returned from 12 days RVing in Alaska, but not in our Oliver. It's a long way from CT to AK and with doctor appointments, etc. it really isn't possible for us to be away from home that long, so we flew out and rented a Class C motorhome. What a great decision! We had a blast and really liked the little Minnie Winnie RV. It was the perfect couples camper, only 24.5 feet long (just like our LE2) with a single slide and a very functional layout. And in great shape, too, being a 2025 model year. Just as easy to drive/park as our dually truck. We did Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, Talkeetna, and 3 nights in Denali. If you've never seen AK we'd recommend putting it on your bucket list for sure. FYI, the RV rental agency we used was Great Alaskan Holidays - www.greatalaskanholidays.com. Highly recommend them if you choose the fly/rent route.

Lots of people, including us, have had issues with Dexter self-adjusting brakes. You were wise to return to standard manual-adjust assemblies.

We just worked on completing the last 3 of our lower 48 states with a trip to the South East Central US. Stopped at some cool Harvest Hosts along the way and got a nice riverfront site at Maumelle Park in Little Rock. (Only one lower 48 left, our neighbor, RI.)

I'd look at the Bigfoot (25RQ) and the InTechs.

Reopening an old thread here. Our 3 year old RVLock just failed. Closed the door and suddenly no power to the lock. Replaced the batteries, no change. Old batteries back in, closed the door, now it just sat there quietly chirping pitifully, like a dying chick. Guess I'll see how good that lifetime warranty is...

As far as I know, only the Anderson can be used on an Oliver. Not sure if this is because of dimensions or the aluminum frame. If you have a 2500 or 3500 truck you might not need weight distribution at all.

Which lights are you referring to? Interior or exterior?

Good point, Bill. No error codes on the EMS, so that's a good sign.

We keep our trailer in a detached garage we built about 18 months ago. Prepping for summer, I had the Ollie plugged into a 20A outlet in the garage (with the Xantrex dialed down so it didn't overload the circuit). Last night I looked outside and the garage was dark, even though I had left a few lights on. I went over to investigate, smelled hot electronics and found a slew of weird electrical problems inside. Lights were flashing or going dim, something was humming, and the garage door motors were making bad noises. Realizing there was a major problem, I killed the master breakers in the garage sub panel and then the breakers covering the feed from the house distribution panel. Based on my smart home logs, the incident may have been going on for 2 hours before I noticed it. The electricians who originally wired the garage were here this morning. They discovered that the neutral line going to the garage was not clamped to its bus bar in the house. It was just sitting loose in the hole. This is called a loose or floating neutral and it can cause severe damage to electrical devices and potentially shocks or a building fire. Once that was fixed we started assessing the damage. Both garage door openers were damaged, as were 2 smart light fixtures and a Makita battery charger. I'm thinking, "the Oliver!" During the event I had noticed that there was no 120VAC inside the Oliver, even though it was connected to a live outlet. As far as I can tell now, the Oliver sustained no damage. All the 120VAC and 12VDC devices appear to be working as designed. It seems the EMS did what it was designed to do and isolated our trailer from the faulty shoreline power throughout the incident. We'll know for sure as soon as we get out camping. Amazingly, the wiring had been that way for over a year with no symptoms at all until last night. The electricians have accepted responsibility and are paying for all replacements and repairs to damaged equipment.

We have 2022 hull #1150 with the Platinum package, too. At pickup I was told the water heater was not connected to the inverter but, to be honest, I've never tried it. You could use the Lithionics app to find out. Running on inverter with cold water in the tank and the WH external switch off, watch the power draw in the Lithionics app when you turn the water heater on. If it jumps up dramatically, the WH has kicked on. If nothing happens, it's not connected to the inverter.

Better than Ford. The Ford Sync system in my 2023 is buggy, too. Has a bad habit of the touchscreen freezing up.