[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

Yeah, I mentioned gravity feed did not work. Thought it was worth a try, prior to removing the curbside bed, flipping the two switches to pump from the rear port. 

ScubaRX, please point me to your electrical switch solution. Thanks

[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

This seemed the easy low-cost route. I thought it would gravity feed to the fresh-water inlet. Didn't work, there must be a back-flow preventer or something requiring pressure to fill. I have an extra 12V water pump from the Class-A we used to own. Thinking I can mount that in the truck bed and pump into the fresh inlet, not having to worry about the switches for the winterizing inlet.

Longtime customer of TSC! Norwesco 35 gal. SKU# 2137324 Horizontal Leg Tank $169.99

[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

And thank you to John, HDRider and MAX Burner, for your kind welcomes! 

We spent a few nights on top the AZ High Country. Our camp site was at 7580 ft with afternoon high of mid 80s, when home in Prescott was high 90s (Phoenix 112)! Very comfortable in the shade of the pines. We were on the base on Kendrick Mountain, with a short hike we could see the San Francisco peaks and the slopes of the Arizona Snow Bowl. We could only see Kendrick when driving to and from the site, since we camped at the base of the mountain. One picture below is from just north of Parks AZ, looking back at Kendrick Mtn.

Our Oliver got quite dirty on the back roads. We drove a good 20 miles of dirt getting to the campsite and she got a good pressure washing when we got home. Our only complaint is the tanks! I thought the % tank readings would be more accurate on the Oliver but found that the readings change drastically when the level of the trailer changes. When can you get a trailer exactly level? Not in Arizona and not on our property when filling the fresh tank. I think we had only 20-25 gallons filled when fresh water came running out of the overflow. Good thing we equipped our TV with a 35-gallon fresh-water tank purchased at TSC. We pumped in another 20 gallons, and all was good! One future project for me is to reroute some plumbing to change these water valves w/o removing the bed! What were they thinking? It would be time to add a water accumulator too like I've seen on a newer EII.

[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

Thanks again to Bill, SeaDawg, rideandfly and Katjo!

Per Seadawg's question, the prior owner had it on a national RV sales website, where it sat for a month, paid ad expired. Then as I wrote before, it was "listed locally for sale online." I will refrain from promoting any company names. I would imagine, we could look for years and not see another Oliver listed in the neighborhood. Just lucky!

 

 

[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

Thank you for your kind welcomes, Mossey and Kirk & Carrie!

Was just out to check the hitch height again and set the trailer brake controller. I just installed a modern Tekonsha (It had an old one, circa 2001).

Took a couple of pics, TV and OTT!

 

[New owners - 2016 Oliver Elite II Hull #113]

We're very happy to be new owners and part of this Oliver Community. Just one month ago, we had no idea! What is an Oliver?

We started (part-time) RV life about 5 years ago, with hopes to travel the great American West! We started big with a Class A diesel-pusher. Sold that one a year later, then tried a Class C. By the way, RV manufactures have no business mounting a 30' box on an E450 chassis. Sold this one in May, wanting something smaller, likely a travel trailer, that would make it up and down the dirt roads prevalent in Arizona.  

We were very lucky to find a used Oliver listed locally for sale online, and it was right down the road from us. I wanted to see it, thinking there is NO WAY we would spend that kind of money on a TT! We bought it a few days later. 

Haven't been out yet, but planning to leave Monday, heading north to Kendricks Peak Wilderness Area for a few days dry camping. We do not usually summer-camp, down here in the SW climate, but hoping up at 8K feet elevation, it will be cool enough without hookups and A/C. 

So far, I've replaced the old corner TV, with a centered 30" Samsung smart TV, got the Dish Satellite working. Filled, cleaned and drained tanks. Pulled the regulators off our grill and fire-ring  and purchased quick-connect LP lines. Thought our 2008 Lexus GX 4.7L v8 might pull it, and it was OK around town, but not climbing steep grades in the Rockies! So, another great find was an older Dodge Ram Cummins, not as powerful as the newer ones, but perfect for this trailer, and there it was in excellent condition, white with gray lowers and black moldings and it looks perfect with the Oli in tow and should pull fine up the mountains (will post pic soon). 

We're likely have a lot of questions and will post improvements. Glad to see so much info here and with a decent search engine! Thank you, ahead of time for your help!