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Thanks again for all the help! The interior - such as it is at present 🙂

Thanks so much! We have the Trojan lead batteries which seem to be well-maintained and will probably keep them for a while but do plan to move to lithium. I have Battleborn lithium in the van - and they work so well :).

I have the 4 Trojan batteries which we would probably replace with lithium at some point. I haven't yet determined how costly that will be. I do see that the solar setup will accept lithium - so hopefully it's just a matter of putting the lithium in. I imagine it will not be easy to add an inverter in - I will check it out though. I have plenty of power from the solar array on the van, and since the weather is still good, I'm hardly using the Oliver at all; its more for bad weather and for my partner when she visits - but it would be nice then to get the outlets working.

The only reason I can see to get one is to use the outlets without using a generator. I'm almost almost always boondocking.

Well, I have the answer - the former owner told me there is no inverter....I guess that's the way it came. It's weird because trailer seems to have just about everything else - double awnings, Truma water heater, solar, double propane tanks, WIFI, CD player, and I don't know what else - but no inverter. The previous owner said the outlets would only work with shore power or when using a generator. I wonder how hard it would be to put one in?

Thanks for all your help! This is a single bed setup. I have looked near the floor, in all the under compartments, all the upper storage areas, in the closet, The bathroom (yes, I'm getting desperate), in every outside opening and I don't see either the inverter or the prowatt panel anywhere. The manual says it came with them. I don't know how but I must be missing something. I'm trying to get in contact with the former owner and see if he remembers.

I see it in the manual but have not been able to locate it in the trailer (lol)

Thanks Mobile! I actually looked in the manual and that's what I have. Where in the trailer did you find that?

Thanks for the advice - these are not new batteries.

Thanks - that's a nice panel - unfortunately I either don't have it or can't find it. The CD player is below the solar panel. Is it possible that there is no inverter? I don't see it anywhere

That makes sense there's no button there! I'll look around 🙂. I don't see anything in the cabin.

Thanks. it has two buttons that I can see - the amp/volt and battery type - I don't see where to turn it on. The battery voltage says 13V. I don't know about that red light - charging status?

Thanks very much for that. Who knew?

2019 Oliver Elite II - Outlets work fine while on shore power; not otherwise. Lights, CD player work - outlets do not. Checked the fuses, flipped the breakers back and forth, red light is on near the electrical panel, it has a zamp solar charge controller -battery level reads full - any suggestions are welcome!

Clamp on it is! Thanks 🙂

I'm learning about chocks. Twice I took the trailer off the ball without putting the chocks in. Luckily I was on pretty flat ground. Gotta remember that. I contacted ARK - they said the Jack was an excellent recovery point -so that is taken care of - yah! I'm deciding between the tube mount vs the trailer jack. Any ideas?

Thanks Sea Dawg. Thats really something - the tow strap putting a hole in the tailgate! Always have to be very careful. It's best, of course, to not get in that situation and my set up (4wd van) is vastly superior to what I had before. Plus with the Oliver I'm much more conservative anyway. You never know, though.

Unless I'm missing something I don't see much to attach a tow rope to the front of the Oliver should you be unable to pull it out while it's attached to the tow vehicle. I'm convinced I could get my tow vehicle out of just about anything - but the Oliver? I just don't know. I was counting on detaching it from the tow vehicle and then getting at it either by pulling or with a winch but I don't know. (MY winch is not rated to pull both vehicles) . There are the safety chain hooks - I could see getting a soft shackle to attach to them but the shackles they are attached to seem really puny. They are rated to hold the trailer, though, but pulling it out of stuck place - that might be another story. Attaching a tow rope all the way to the axle is quite a stretch - it must be 18 feet or so. I don't see doing that. There is the XO Jack if it can handle the weight. There's also the coupler at that point sticking off the top - it's a big edgy (hopefully it would not rip a soft shackle) and then there's big crossbeam stretching back from the front of the trailer. It's a little funky - it's really big and it hits up against the fiberglass shell but its obviously really strong. Hopefully, I will never be in this situation but it would be good to know the best attachment point. Right now I guess I would go with the safety chains first - they would probably give the most even pull. ????

Thanks! Will sanitize. Looking forward to getting the gunk out 🙂

Check those nice-looking brakes out! 🙂

Woo-woo- what an easy fix that was - a couple flicks of the switch - and the water went down in both the shower and the sink - AND the hot water came back - thanks so much:) One question - the fresh water tank was filled up about five weeks ago and hardly used. When I turned on the shower - the water smelled to high heaven = and when I flicked the switch - a bunch of black gunky stuff came out of the shower (and then drained away). Did I do something to contribute to the stinky water (and black gunk) (did I let the water sit too long?) and how can I freshen the whole thing up?

This is my first extended trip - so I may have done some things wrong. The grey tank is at 13% and water is backed up in both the shower and sink. The trailer is level. Auto drain was not on when I last moved - and I turned it on and the red light is blinking... Also no hot water - the water is flowing nicely and Truma is turned on and propane tanks are filled and turned on. I've actually hardly used the water system at all - yesterday was the first time I tried to take a shower. Hopefully all these problems have one source. I was getting hot water and good drainage just last week.

Found our trailer outside of Seattle - a 2019 Elite II with the full bed option - which we wanted - in the classified section of the Forums. More expensive but very clean - no rust - housed inside - the owner (a mechanic) seemed very methodical - thanks for everyone's help! 🙂

Thanks! That's good to hear as she has taken good care of it. We've found another trailer, though - it's newer and more expensive but is in superb shape. 🙂

Thanks, Topgun and Patriot. I looked at my emails and saw that the owner asked Oliver about the rust in the hitch area in 2020 and was told it was not a problem. Since she's kept with everything otherwise in excellent shape I think if she knew it might be a problem she would have addressed it. I actually never would have thought to look - although my partner reminded it had been stored at the beach - except I wanted, after reading about the suspension on the Forums, to look at it! I wonder how many people actually get under their trailers and look.