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Tosot is having a sale, so I thought I'd pick one up and do the swap. Just ordered it last night from tosotdirect.com, so it should get to me in about a week. It's even cheaper on Amazon right now, but the seller doesn't have the best reviews so I went to the source instead. Sale price is $1,059.99 with the soft start and around $960 without. I went with the soft start option. When I get it and do the install, I'll update this post. Looking forward to this next upgrade! Looking forward to the quieter than Dometic ac unit, and I think it will be nice to have the heater too. Ronbrink did a great write up on his install, so I'm going to comb over his post since I thought his install looked so clean.

I probably didn't need to replace those, but I wanted everything to be new and not have any wear and tear on them. My trailer is a 2019 and I don't know how it was treated before I bought it. I'm sure it's a me thing, but I like replacing everything when I'm going this far with replacement parts, so it would not have sat well in my mind if I didn't. Another reason, I brought the old axels, springs and E-Z flex suspension home to later use on a future trailer build so I would have needed to buy another set of E-Z flex suspension if I build the trailer. Better to have the new stuff on the Oliver.

Got back from Grand Junction, Co last night. Took the Oli up to Alcan to have new Dexter 5200lb D52 axels, new Alcan springs, Bulldog HD shocks, and new Dexter E-Z Flex Suspension Kit (K71-653-00) installed. Took my little buddy Benny with for the day there, day back trip. The guys at Alcan met me out front at 7:30am. I dropped the trailer in the parking lot and they took care of everything. During the wait I drove the Rim Rock Drive in Colorado National Monument. After that, I went for a coffee, spent about half hour there and drove back to Alcan. The trailers was finished already! Then loaded up the old axels and springs into my t.v. and drove to Home Depot to get a torque wrench and sockets. Long drive home, but now the Ollie has all new axels and suspension. First time staying in the trailer. Bed is small for me, so I need to figure out a center connector piece and fill it with cushions to increase the leg area. I know about the Foy product, but may come up with something on my own.

Thanks Ron. I thought I read through the manual, but obviously it didn't sink in, or I completely missed it. 🙂

Thanks! That seems to have worked. I did what you mentioned. Turned the stove on, then started the furnace from the Dometic thermostat. It kicked on the Dometic fan, so I thought it wasn't working. Then I turned it off, but then I heard the furnace was on, so I reset the thermostat again (held power and up arrow at same time) and got the double dashes, which I think means it reset. Then turned the furnace back on and just it started up without the Dometic fan. Maybe that's the key and future routine. Make sure the stove has gas, then after a minute turn the furnace on. Next I have to figure out the MaxAir fan issue. It doesn't like the 13.3v that my solar charges the batteries up to. From what I've read it shuts the control board off on the fan. I'll be figuring out how to install the buck voltage converter to steady out the voltage to 12v and keep it consistent. I'll try that fix for $19 to see if I can get it to work. Other option is to get a new control board that fixes the high voltage issue but that was 3x the price, or get a Victron Orion-Tr DC-DC 12/12-9, but that too is much more expensive and more complicated. (I think). Going on my first overnight on Tuesday, so hope everything goes all right 🙂

Hi all, I'm a bit mystified by this issue. My Ollie has the Suburban/Attwood furnace and when I bought the trailer, the previous owner, I thought turned on the heater. They ran through most of the trialer operations and were very helpful. Since I've owned it, I had to get a Truma Aqua Go water heater installed, which I did. That's about the only thing I've done to it. I thought the furnace heater worked, but now that I'm trying to get it to turn on, it's only kicking on the Dometic AC fan. Are they two completely different systems? I don't see a separate thermostat for the Suburban furnace, so my reading and searching says it works from the Dometic thermostat, but that doesn't seem to work. I tried holding the Mode button and the Up arrow to reset the thermosat. When I turned it to furnace after that, the Dometic ac fan didn't turn on, but nothing happened. Also, I did check and replace the furnace 7.5amp fuse, just to cover that. Also, I checked that the propane is turned on. Anyone have any insight. What am I missing? PXL_20250929_000137813.LS.mp4

We're about 15 minutes from Cave Creek Regional park. Great area and close to downtown Cave Creek which is fun. I just paid for the 5k axels from Alcan, so my name will be on a pair and I scheduled a stay about an hour away for the night before my install. My wife will be out of town the days I drive up to Grand Junction, so it'll be myself and my little buddy Benny (our Maltese). I'll have to take a couple days off work to do this trip, but it's the best timing I could come up with. About 9 hours each way. After watching the Truma guy install the water heater, I think the next AC project I'll do myself. The water heater looked pretty simple to install and hook up. Nothing I couldn't have done myself. The Tosot and Greenland seem like good options. Right now the Tosot is about $1000 shipped to my door. The Truma quote was over $3000. I won't be going that route 🙂

Ha, well almost. Day 1, buy trailer. First to do was get a new water heater installed. Had that done today. Next on list, new Alcan suspension. Buff and ceramic coat the exterior. Possible future upgrades: larger solar panels and more battery capacity. new AC? but will see how much we use the Dometic. I've read all the bad things about how loud it is. I asked the Truma tech while he was installing the hot water heater how much a new Truma AC would cost. He though in the $3-4,000. Maybe we can live with it the way it is, maybe not... My method is get the really big stuff done, so it's not some emergency that ruins an otherwise good time away from home. Those are few and far between, so I'd rather the expensive big projects get done asap.

Thanks all for the warm welcome. Today was step two; getting a new Truma AquaGo Comfort installed. The previous owner had removed the original because it didn't work. We now have on demand hot water!

Hello all, We purchase a 2019 Oliver Elite II, hull number 448 on Sept. 9th, 2025. We been talking about buying one for years. About 4 years ago we were visiting friends near Nashville and stopped by the Oliver plant to take a tour. At the time, we wanted to buy one, but decided it was a bit too much money for us. We put it off, but in the meantime, I had joined the FB used Oliver trailer group. I saw one come up for sale that wasn't far from us, so I talked to my wife about going to look at it. She we in, and a few days later I was towing our new, used Oliver home. It's our first travel trailer. We haven't used it yet. The previous owner had problems with the Truma AquaGo water heater and removed it. My wife will want warm water when we do use it, so I was able to contact a local mobile RV Truma installer. We should have a new one installed tomorrow. Next I want to overhaul the suspension and tires. After that, I think we're ready to plan some trips. 🙂

@jd1923 Thanks. Lots to learn and do with this as our first trailer. I thought the suspension overhaul would be a good start. I have no idea how many miles are on this trailer, but the current set up looks a bit tired. Thanks for the links and info. You're posts have been very helpful.

Hi John / @jd1923, Did you order these EZ Flex equalizers? https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Suspension-Parts/Dexter/K71-655-00.html I'm planning to bring my trailer up to Alcan and do the full Alcan 5200 axel and leaf swap. I just ordered new shocks, so the equalizers would be the only thing extra to buy. I appreciate everyone's discussion and insight into all of this. My wife and I just bought our trailer about a week ago. It's a 2019, so it's sitting on the 3500 # axles with what looks like original shocks. I was told the leafs had been changed out by the original owner but after crawling under, they look original or older. I'll feel better with preemptive replacement.