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  1. 15 hours ago, jd1923 said:

    Wow, so why do you need an Oliver!

    I imagine in your most wonderful part of the country, that at times you 'overland' and for longer travels you pull the Oliver!

    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

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  2. 10 hours ago, dewdev said:

    I did not see any solar panels on the RAM.

    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. 

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  3. 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

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  4. 1 hour ago, SeaDawg said:

    black series, and did a bunch of work on it to beef it up for four seasons. He has a different brand now. 

    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

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  5. 19 minutes ago, Shawna and Scott said:

    went with the Black Series RVs

    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 

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  6. 14 minutes ago, dewdev said:

    A couple pictures of your 2018 RAM 3500 conversion would be appreciated.

    Okay, happy to do it! 

    Might take me a few days. We are hoping to wash our rig soon. 

    Kirk

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  7. 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

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  8. 2 hours ago, GAP said:

    We ended up going with a Winnabego Ekko. 

    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

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  9. On 1/17/2024 at 6:19 PM, ScubaRx said:

    Why not use a front receiver

    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

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  10. 15 hours ago, Patriot said:

    I am hoping the battery has a long life.

    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. 

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  11. On 12/30/2023 at 8:49 PM, Jason Foster said:

    I prescribe to the Less-is-More philosophy.

    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

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  12. 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

  13. 6 hours ago, VBistro said:

    Have you used AeroPress

    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

  14. 23 hours ago, Doug S said:

    such as the Cafelat Rocket.

    I have been a dedicated espresso enthusiast since the mid 1980s. the machines have advanced tremendously since then. I currently use a Dalla Corte Mina, an Olympia Express Cremina lever, and the Cafelat Robot. I gave my 12 year old La Marzocco GS3 to my son. 

    I have tried the Robot's main competition, the Flair. Flair has recently come out with a heat assisted model with a carrying case. I am waiting until they improve the heating mechanism to give it a try again. The current upper end Flair is has a 58 mm portafilter basket. There are only 3 preheat options: 85, 90, and 95 degrees Celsius. I brew espresso mostly at 93 degrees. When they offer 93 as an option, I will try Flair 58+. 

    I am a scientist and I am detail oriented with brewing espresso. From my experience, the Cafelat Robot is best non electric option for espresso. It does a fantastic job at medium espresso roast. Lighter roast are more challenging and need to be extracted at a higher temperature and they are more difficult to get an even extraction. But for medium or medium/dark roast the Robot is superb and the espressos are rich, concentrated, and flavorful! I have been getting great results with 19 grams of beans ground fine enough to result in a yield of 25 grams of espresso in 32 to 38 seconds at about 9-10 bars. Like I mentioned in my previous post, way better results than you will get at over 90% of America's coffee shops. 

    Kirk

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