Tom and Doreen

On our return trip home from Oliver we noticed standing water in the shower pan. The "auto drain" valve had been closed as was evident by the standing water not draining from the pan and the light in the closet was not blinking. How is it possible that water from the grey tank can pass through the valve in one direction and not the other? Once I opened the valve the water drained out of the shower pan as expected. I didn't see any evidence of water entering the pan from any other source. Could hydraulic pressure be forcing water through the valve as the water sloshes around in the grey tank while driving?

Tom and I won't have our Ollie E2 (Hull #1321) until January, but here are some favorite photos from 2022: We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year! Best, Doreen and Tom DE64BCCB-E2B2-4144-B81E-49912B2C2242_1_201_a.heic

When we first started dreaming about RVing back in early 2020 we looked at several setups including truck campers and were really impressed with Earthroamer and Truckhouse, both are amazing rigs! Ultimately we decided that the Earthroamer was too much truck for us for the type of camping that we expect to do and Truckhouse required too much custom modification of the power train and would likely not be covered by Toyota's warranty even though it would be a brand new truck. I can't say enough about those builds though, they are amazing! ....Maybe some day! Good luck with your upcoming setup!

Yes, it's best to stick to the essentials until you know what you need, but even the essentials add up to quite a bit of stuff! 🙂 We will be towing with a Tundra (we hear it will be arriving at the dealer soon; so relieved as it has taken months) and we are concerned with staying under the payload so no extra toys or non-essential items are planned until we pick up our trailer and get ourselves to a CAT scale! 🤞🙂

After a lot of research, Tom and I ordered the KTT mattresses yesterday for our Ollie II with the twin bed option. As it turns out, we are very fortunate that their facility is within a half hour's drive from our home so we can pick them up with our landscape trailer; saving shipping costs which is a huge benefit these days. I spoke with Dick, who was very friendly and helpful, and the ordering process couldn't have been easier. As earlier posts have noted, the price for the two mattresses is $1,500 (shipping costs are extra). They are approximately 7" in height. I found the information on both the KTT Enterprises and Talalay Global websites very helpful with regard to their manufacturing process, the types of latex foam in existence and their differences, and the pros and cons of memory foam versus latex foam. Our truck bed length won't allow us to bring the mattresses with us to Hohlenwald in January, but we will have them at home waiting for us for future trips. 🙂

As Tom and I wait to go down to Hohlenwald in January to pick up our Elite II, we continue to benefit so much from this forum. I love the "real life" pictures of your interior Nancy and Bill (assuming you are still alive, Bill 😃) . Thanks to Kathy, we have so many useful items for our Ollie II and I will spend December and early January getting all these items ready for our trip. Tom will be recovering from his surgery on December 8, but I'm sure we both will be reviewing OTT videos, keeping up with the forum, and the Facebook group during that timeframe as well. It's a great way to channel our growing excitement as Tom and I get ready for this new life chapter (I have been retired since January, 2022 and Tom retires in March, 2023). Needless to say, our first long trip will begin in April! 🙂 Thanks again y'all!

This is just one reason why we chose to order an Oliver Elite ll over other brands, as the technology improves they are pretty quick to improve their product; they really do keep an eye on changes in the industry.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and pictures! We will be ordering mattresses from Southern Mattress Company and I believe they will be 10" as well. I think I can get the dimensions close enough and then tuck in any excess as needed on the wall side. However, given my slowness in finishing these types of projects, I'm glad to know I can get something "off the shelf" and make it work too. 😉

Hi John - I noticed the nice quilt you have on your bed and I am wondering if this is homemade. Tom and I have our twin bed Ollie II on order and I am planning on making quilts for the beds. Since they are not really twin beds, the dimensions for the quilts will not be standard. I can guesstimate the dimensions needed, but thought I would check to see if yours was "custom" and/or handmade and what the dimensions are for it. Reading this thread, I had to smile. Being on the shorter side (5'1") has its' challenges (for example, high shelves in the kitchen or grocery store), but sleeping and showering in the Ollie will not be a problem! 😀 Best, Doreen

Thank you both - great information! 😊

Are there zippers in the cushions which would make the foam replacement easier?

Tom and I visited the plant on July 21 and the only issue we had was the softness of the mattresses and dinette cushions. We too were surprised that the mattresses in the Elite II were the upgraded mattresses and decided not to purchase them after we sat on them (they flattened down to almost nothing when sitting; less so when we laid down on them). We are going ahead with a purchase from Southern Mattress company in NC as we are used to the feel of a standard mattress and not confident that foam mattresses will work for us. Too bad we didn't get a chance to see if the KTT mattresses would work for us. Tom noticed that the dinette cushions were not that firm, but we are not aware of any upgrade for them through OTT. So, if that is an issue after we pick up the trailer, we may need to upgrade them later.

Great video topic Kathy - we will have a composting toilet in our Ollie and also did not want to put the paper in the toilet. I added these bags to my list of items needed for the trailer. Love your videos - so helpful and timely for us newbies! 😁