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I am going to do that first thing after work today! Kirk

Congratulations and good luck on your trip! You are only about 4 hours from Twin Falls, we will watch out for #1491! Kirk

Welcome and good luck on your decision and your adventures! Kirk

I hope that precipitation helps with those fires around there! Kirk

We definitely get use out of both. The central Idaho wilderness is great for the truck. Also, like Geronimo John pointed out, it is great for extra campers and I am surprised at by how much use we get out of the roof top tent in that regard. Kirk

You definitely saw an Oliver, White Betty, OTT E2 #1305

Our DC/DC charger keeps the overland batteries topped off. We supplement with portable solar panels.

We have 3 of the Bluetti PV200 portable solar panels for up to 600 watts of solar charging power. They work great, highly recommend Bluetti's products.

Hello, I have been ask a few times about our tow vehicle, so I thought I’d start a post concerning tow vehicles with an overland conversion. The first picture shows our AEV bumper which houses the 16.5 ti Warn winch and the off-road lights. You can also see the AEV raised air intake. The second photo shows our Icon suspension which gave us a 2 inch lift. Next is a side photo with the James Baroud rooftop tent, comfortably sleeping 2 adults. The rack was built by Nuthouse Industries in Ohio and has led lights all around. From the rear you see lockable storage on the left. Behind the firewood is our extra full size spare, with the other mounted under the truck. The next two photos show the full length slide. It has a 16 gallon fresh water tank with a pump, an electrical system with 200 AH Battle Born lithium batteries, solar smart charger and 2000 watt converter, all Victron. More posteriorly there is an ARB cooler and a fold down kitchen with 2 burners, a slide out cutting board and water. The following photo shows our four maxtrax and our ladder storage for the rooftop tent. Then you see the locked storage for our land anchor (we are frequently in the desert), a hi lift jack and some extra water. Over the passenger doors there is a fold out shower and bathroom, also by James Baroud. The last photo shows the locking storage and two propane tanks. We have a portable propane water heater for the shower. We can carry four bikes over the cab and four behind the truck, unless we have the Oliver then just two additional bikes. We also have an easy on off rack for the top that allows us to carry two 18 foot sea kayaks. There are lockers front and back and two air compressors one for the lockers and on-board air and one to run the Firestone remote air bags. We also had a 42 gallon diesel tank put in. We had a large awning that was destroyed in a microburst, not sure I’m going to replace that! Kirk

I believe, while it is possible, extending the cold weather use of a Black Series is much more difficult than extending the cold weather utility of an Oliver. We looked at some options before selling ours. Kirk

We had a Black series. All there plumbing ran exposed under the frame of the trailer. Definitely not a cold weather camper. We sold our and bought an Oliver. Kirk

Okay, happy to do it! Might take me a few days. We are hoping to wash our rig soon. Kirk

Hi, We have hull 1305, E2 Overland truck conversion of 2018 Ram 3500, 8 foot bed with full bed slide out, lockers, and raised air intake, on board air, and AEV bumper with 16.5 warn winch. hanks, Kirk

Sorry to hear about your need to change rigs. We looked at the Ekko also. Carrie and I have been disappointed in the cold weather capabilities of the Oliver. We are treating it like a 3 season camper. I have toyed with the idea of getting a true 4 season camper. I would appreciate how it goes for you. Is the large storage are on yours heated? Good luck! Kirk

Carrie and I have been completely satisfied with our Level Mate Pro, we would divinely purchase it again. Kirk

We tried that for a while on our last truck. The bikes got filthy and the blocked the headlight some. We definitely didn't like having the bikes there. Covers on the bike would have blocked the headlights too much, We uses the heavy duty 1-UP rack on the back of the trailer for 2 bikes. We also had a Rhino Rack Backbone mounting system put on the roof of our four-door truck. This is a great way to carry your bikes. We used the 1UP trays up there to carry four additional bikes. If I had to carry more than that, we put the lightest two bikes (16-18 pound road bikes) on the Oliver's beds with a heavy blanket on them and under them for a total 8 bikes. We have never had problems with any of these carrying methods. The only ones that tend to get dirty are the two bikes on the back of the trailer. Kirk

Those look great, very nice job! Kirk

Welcome Scott and Connie! Good luck on your trip to pick up your Oliver and on your upcoming adventures! Kirk

Hopefully the battery has enough power to dry the full rig. It would be nice not to have to carry an extra battery. Our winter has been one of the mildest on record so far. We have been rock climbing in t-shirts all December instead of skiing. Hopefully we will get some snow over the next few days and that will change.

I think you approach is probably better. I always take extra cups, wine glasses, koozies, chairs, wine, beer, chairs, and cigars. I guess that's why I have a four door RAM 3500 with an eight foot bed. 😂 Kirk

You cost me some money Patriot. I have one on order now! 😂

Welcome Cindy and Scott! Congratulations on acquiring Pearl! Good luck on your adventures. I am jealous of your Kioti tractor, Dug. I have too small of a lot to justify a tractor, at least according to my wife, 😂 Kirk

Hello Heather and Eric and welcome! Congratulations on your new Oliver! Here’s to many happy adventures! 🍻 Kirk

We are staying home, I am working, and we are having family ang fiends over Thanksgiving day, about 20 people or so. Cooking two 20 pound local raised turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Kirk

Hi MaryBeth! No, sorry, I haven’t used the Aeropress. The prep/work-flow for the Robot is pretty simple. There are som decent YouTube videos. A great grinder and freshly roasted beans are needed though. For hand grinders, I have had great results with 1Zpresso-K Ultra and the Comandante C40 MK4. The 1Zpresso is great if you want you use the same grind for other brew methods. The adjustment is quick, easy, and reproducible. I get my beans from several roasters in the western US and they send them to me within one day of roasting. Some of my favorite roasters are Pollard on Vashon Island, Caffe d’Bolla in Salt Lake City, Caffe Lusso in Redmond Washington, Revel in Billings, and Handlebar in Santa Barbara. Kirk