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If anyone needs new chocks for the upcoming season, Harbor Freight has them on sale with the coupon below: Bill

Yes - your year and hull # now appear - thanks for doing this. Of course, you can add other information , tow vehicle, battery configuration, inverter size, fridge, furnace, and hot water configurations, etc. if you want. Take a look at the signatures of others to get ideas. All these details are not necessary, but, they do help the members of the Forum to help you in the event that arises again. Bill

Any plans to return the battery to BB under their warranty? Bill p.s. nice test - since you didn't mention it - did you keep track of the positive terminal temps when you did these tests?

Ron - Have you checked the connection(s) for all wires coming into your negative bus bar? Perhaps before that try unplugging the TV and/or stereo and then try your cabin lights - same dimming? What I'm thinking here is that either you have a loose wire(s) on the negative side or that there might be a electrical short in the TV or the stereo. Bill

I know that the general subject of quality control has been on the minds of a number of members of the Forum - particularly recently concerning the issues with the battery box support post. I can tell everyone that Oliver does have a fairly extensive quality control system and procedures. Unfortunately, these systems and procedures simply didn't exist back in the day when 2015, 2016 and probably 2017 units came off the production line. However, it does exist now. In the Forum guidelines the Moderators have requested: "Some have asked why our forum is linked to the Oliver website. Valid question. Since the beginning of our forum in 2008, Oliver Travel Trailers (OTT) has paid for our Oliver “sandbox”, including our web space and an administrator who knows way more than we do about maintaining the software, for which we are very grateful. OTT DOES NOT CENSOR OR INTERFERE with the moderators’ management of the forum content. Moderators are not employees of OTT. We are Ollie owners, and receive no remuneration. OTT does have a employee designated to read the forum for the purpose of improving the “Ollie Experience” for all, but that’s a few minutes a day in a busy job description. If you should ever have an issue or a warranty claim, call tech support. Your post might not be seen on the forum by an Oliver employee. With that in mind, we moderators ask you to communicate directly with the company and afford them an opportunity to satisfy any serious needs before flaming OTT on the forum. We are not asking that anything to be swept under the rug. Just, please, let Oliver Travel Trailers have the first shot to meet and exceed your expectations." Specifically in answer to the question, "Are they reading?" the answer is more than likely - NO. Therefore, the only way that we (the owners of an Oliver trailer) have to inform Oliver of a quality control issue is to fill out a Service Ticket. Bill p.s. for those that have not recently viewed the full set of Forum Guidelines, they can be see HERE

A number of years ago I stopped in one of the few turn-outs on the Tail of the Dragon to watch bikes coming through the few corners that I could see. Of course, most of these bikes were sport bikes but the bike that impressed me most (or perhaps I should say the rider that impressed me most) was riding a Goldwing of about your vintage. He had all kinds of sparks flying off that Goldwing! Really impressive what that bike can do in the hands of a skillful rider. Bill

David & Gail - Hopefully you either have or will have time to submit your repair to the Oliver Service Department. There is obviously a problem in this area. Thanks! Bill

No - sorry but I didn't ask.

I just got off the phone with Mike (Oliver Parts/Service). The part number is: 3075 The part description is: 3/4 inch bulb The cost is $15.00 plus shipping The amount in stock is: 3 - more are on order Carnivore - during the call with Mike he remembered that you had called requesting this information. Mike called you back and left a voice message on your phone on the 18th. He also said that he was going to try calling you again right after he could get me off the phone. Bill

Does the stereo and/or the TV normally play its sound through the speakers in the Ollie (both front and rear speakers)? Bill

I've just sent Mike Sharpe an email asking for this information. Hopefully he will have a chance to reply soon. Bill

Trailerjohngo - Welcome to the Forum! There is simply a ton of "stuff" here on the Forum to include the Oliver University with videos concerning many of the aspects of the Oliver trailers (as Steph and Dud B point out above). With regards to your Elite II visit - be sure to take a camera and a notebook. If the current owner doesn't know an answer to any of your questions, either an Oliver Salesperson can answer it or come on back to the Forum and give us a shot at answering it. Many of the questions you might have are already answered here but you never know until you ask. Enjoy your visit and we all hope that you too will soon become "family". Bill

If for any reason you are not satisfied with the color match, I'd guess that you could lightly sand out some of the Marine-Tek and coat over it with the appropriate color gelcoat. Note - Oliver can tell you what type and color gelcoat is on your Ollie.

I was told that it was a requirement of the RVIA. If you are at an RV show - look at that same area(s) and from what I've seen, all of these type panels are fastened in place. Bill

No one (certainly me) has said that "OTT has good reasons for all things they do!". As I would hope you already know, in manufacturing there are a myriad of factors that enter into virtually all aspects of even the smallest detail of any product. In my almost 11 years of dealing with OTT products and personnel I believe that they are truly concerned and connected with virtually every aspect and they seek to make our trailers better in every way that they can while still producing a product that meets all of the requirements necessary/desired for the broad segment they are trying to serve. Indeed, many of the "improvements" made to these trailers have been at the insistence of owners. In my personal opinion, some of these "improvements" have actually made the trailers less desirable to me. You have made this point before without consideration or concern for any segment of the market that chooses (for what ever reason) to not be "bothered" with yet another electronic device. I regret that it is "painful" for you to have to deal with those that (again) for whatever reason choose to not use a "LevelMate" or, perhaps, even cell phones. I'm truly glad for your delight in the ease and simplicity you seem to find in using these types of devices. I would certainly agree that they do have a place and time. But, ALWAYS and in ALL situations is a bit of a stretch. About 500 days ago the area where I live was badly hit with a "hurricane" that literally destroyed several towns and this area is still dealing with the issues caused. One of the things that simply didn't work during this storm was the cell phone network. Perhaps in the eyes of some (actually most if looking at the current stats regarding cell phone ownership - some 95% of adults in America own them) having a land line for phone service belongs in the "stone age". But, I'm sure glad that we still had/have ours when this happened. I've never felt the "need" for being perfectly level or perfectly comfortable, or virtually perfectly almost anything else since my days in the Army. Again, I'm sorry that "It gets me when...". I believe that people do with their money what they want (within the law of course). With cell phones to LevelMates, to Oliver's and beyond people can spend money as they choose. Yes, I do wonder sometimes about these choices that people make. Heck, I even question my own sanity from time to time but I sure don't let it bother me. I'm sorry too that you have had to spend "2 years making too many corrections and improvements!" to your Ollie. From reading most of your posts I believe that some of these "corrections and improvements" had to be made due to the neglect or mistreatment your trailer suffered from its previous owner(s). Others things that you have done, indeed, correct, improve or update original things done during manufacturing. Finally, I prefer to believe that much of our "100's of pages long" Mods section here on the Forum has more to do with improved technology, materials, design and related factors than it does with Oliver not having good reasons for doing what they did. As an example - I believe that you have basically rewired your entire Ollie (and nicely so too). You did this because you saw "problems" with the original wiring that (for good reason) caused you concern. And, since this original wiring was done during the original build your assumption is/was that Oliver was somehow "bad" for allowing the wiring to be completed in this manner. But, as with many things, there is more to the story than what one usually sees by only observing what they can immediately see. Back when your trailer was built, Oliver didn't have "in house" electricians. They knew how other RV's were wired but felt that if they hired certified electricians they would get the best wiring for an Oliver available. From the history I know, there were as many as three individual electricians (I'm sure that they knew each other given the small town/area around Hohenwald) that usually came into Oliver after normal working hours to wire our trailers. This is why not all trailers produced at that time were necessarily wired the same. After "problems" were being reported by owners, Oliver felt that they should have more control over how the trailers were being wired in order to reduce the number of "quality control" issues they were having. Once Oliver took this area "in house" they standardized the wiring for all trailers. This meant that all trailers would be wired with the same wiring harness and would, therefore, actually cost more in wire but less in installation as compared to hiring these "outside" certified electricians. These same type of issues were the reason for the switch from BlueSky to Zamp solar controllers even though Oliver was chastised for not having an MPPT controller, These same type of issues came up with the switch from 16 inch to 15 inch tires and with the orientation of the propane stove and with window blinds and with interior design choices and with ..... In my experience, Oliver has no comparison (not even close) to any other company in the world that I've ever been associated with or done business with. They have consistently done things for customers that are far and away beyond anything that might be considered necessary - regardless of warranties or any other related legal issue. If Oliver has a fault in this area I believe that it lies in the lack of marketing all of the things that they have done other than letting the final product speak for itself. Does this mean that I believe Oliver is perfect? NO! But the company and its product are the best thing on the market even at the price of $100,000. Bill