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  1. Trainman, The turn around is nowhere near 20-30 weeks for wranglers. I ordered a toy this year on 2/11 and it was built in 10 days (2/18) from the order. Shipping is scheduled to leave on 2/28 and Jeep just notified me today that delivery to dealer is scheduled 3/23 (has to go across country to where I am so it will take 4 weeks with the train and truck). Most jeep wranglers are delivered right now at 6-8 weeks after order. Mine will be 6 weeks from order to dealer delivery. I have seen a couple make a whopping 4 weeks when they do not order many mopar options that have to be installed after it comes off production line.
  2. For those of you who have recently (since 2020) picked up an Elite II and had the platinum level solar put in with the 30 pound propane, what was the dry weight (no water, no cargo)?
  3. I appreciate everyone’s input! This is helping! The vehicle we have is a v6 naturally aspirated with 285 HP and 260 torque. 8 speed auto. The tow package for it increased the rear coil for towing and also put in larger brakes than the non tow package. We plan on wandering about the country in no hurry.
  4. Thank you!!! No coolers, camping gear or bikes in the plans. No pets no children. We are retiring with this trailer at the lucky ages of 58 and 59, so we just want to boondock and enjoy the outdoors. Food and drink in trailer. We dont drink soda or beer, etc. Just water and tea, Think sitting or enjoying short walks. So two chairs and a small table.I did add in fresh and gray. Anderson hitch, thanks for weight. Bed cover is 90 pounds. Tools check that should be split between trailer and truck. That helps in estimating. Let me know what else so I can run good numbers.
  5. So if I get what you are saying is if we have a Elinte II with a composting toi;let which is loaded from 4900 to 6120 pounds (1100 pounds for everything) which is down at 80% of our towing capacity of 7650, plus having about 700 pounds of payload left in the truck after people and tongue weight wont work?
  6. Yes. Regular cab. Truck bed is the short 5 footer Already have it. I kinda leave out brand and manufacturer as I would rather focus on the numbers rather than what folks think of different brands of vehicles since it is all about math and physics at this point 🙂
  7. We have a 2022 truck which is the largest we could get since it has to fit into the garage (HOA) rules. We want to get an Oliver II The truck is a V6 with 8 speed auto, heavy duty axles with 4:10 gearing, has a GVWR of 6150 with a payload capacity of 1600. The wheelbase is 137. It has a max tow package with larger brakes, upgraded coils for towing, added engine cooling, plus higher amp alternator. anti sway, electronic trailer brakes, Class 4 hitch, CVWR of 12,800 with tow capacity of 7650. Tongue: 765. We would like to get the Ollie II due to the beds and a few other options. I ran some numbers. I took into into account all the tanks, propane and how full they would be going in and out from boondocking (using composting toilet) before additional cargo. We only carry about 600-700 additional pounds cargo in the trailer and only about 400 additional pounds in truck (after 290 pounds of people and tongue weight accounted for). The numbers come out okay for the Elite II Keeping us down near 80% when all taken into consideration. Need second set of eyes. Do these numbers work? While I would love to get a bigger truck (Titan, Tundra, etc) , that is not possible (no driveway allowed, cant buy one, and storage of the additional truck too costly where I live) so not looking for suggestions there. Maybe in the future. No other trailer meets outer needs besides the Ollie II Just want someone to look at my numbers and say whether this works.
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