Jason Foster

Mine still has the latch and I haven't noticed the magnets. It doesn't catch or vibrate. The large stainless piano hinge goes from the top to the bottom guaranteeing a long life, and the mirror is full length. Funny thing though, when the light is on in the bathroom and it is dark in the trailer, the door glows around the mirror. Like a halo, or an opening into the multiverse. Don't want to go into that one unannounced though.

They offered it to me when I showed up, but it was too expensive.

I can verify all of these changes. In addition to these, the touch lights have been replaced with switchable ones. The bathroom door: And the side where the fridge vent used to be:

Good idea. Thanks.

Thanks. It is new. I am hoping to keep it that way for as long as possible.

I forgot to mention the mud hole we were in. I put my camp rug down, but the clay soaked all the way through. We don't wear our shoes inside, but the struggle was still quite difficult because our dog wears his "shoes" all of the time.

We are on the mend and feeling much better. Thanks.

Thanks. I guess I should have said frumpy. Others who have posted theirs seem to have hired an interior decorator.

I need to update my signature. I went to Tennessee to buy a 2023 model. They gave me a 2024 for the price of the 23. Can't complain. The bathroom door: I was wondering about the touch lights in a previous post, wondering if I would need to replace them. Oliver already did it (They are much brighter than my phone imaged them: And finally, my dog. He is about 20 lbs or so: The bed fits almost perfectly between the walls and it is out of the way. If I remember correctly, the aisle is exactly 24 inches. I can check that again if needed.

“It's like the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad has happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. I know now folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.” Samwise Gamgee

And don't forget to have them check the spare as well. Even though it is unused, in case of a flat, it could leave you hobbling to a tire shop with three tires and a prayer.

Uggh. Especially on a motorcycle where spontaneous eruptions will leave road rash for days.

This sounds like me. I never buy extended warranties. Not worth the paper they are likely not printed on. Murphy's Law is almost always right. My philosophy is just save the money for a new one or learn to fix the old one. I know Truma offers a free extended warranty by registering, so I will get that but anything past two years is just bonus.

I asked Oliver why it didn't have a filter. They didn't have an answer, and I'm still confused about this. Your filter idea is exactly what I was thinking about doing, and even though you encountered the error message, I am assuming it is because you needed to INCREASE the filter surface area to improve airflow. My idea included using a HEPA filter since I have horrible dust and mold allergies. With your test, I will have to create a larger box to allow for more airflow. Hopefully, this will be enough to not cause the error.

Looks great. My Lithionics are two weeks old, so maybe in about 10 years, I'll look into this. Or I might be installing cold fusion by then or else floating around in space on Dom Cobb's spinning totem.

According to the Xantrex website, it looks like it might work (Performance via bluetooth): Also, a quick search on their website lists that this charger was made in 2018, so it technically should work fine. The easiest way to tell would be to just DL the app and see if it plays game. Here is the link to the manual: Xantrex | Freedom XC 2000 230V Owners Guide - English

Looks like I dodged the bullet on this. Any ideas what might be causing this?

What the heck? It is 1am but I am going to go check mine out right now. 😨

TLDR: We drove to Tennessee, then to Arkansas, where it rained, got sick, drove home and forgot all the pictures. A few bad pictures are at the bottom of this wall of text. Our adventure started on Sunday December 17. It was sunny and cool and stayed that way all the way to Tennessee. The first leg of our journey was my wife's idea. She wanted to extend this trip a little longer, so she talked me into leaving a day early with an unnecessary layover in Hot Springs, AR. We left Longview, TX, at 9am. Traffic was good and we made very few stops, so we got there at 1pm. After checking into the hotel, we drove around and ate at a fast casual restaurant named NEWKS. We have one of these in Longview, so we knew the food was good. With not much left to do, we went back to the hotel and stared out of the window overlooking the lakes. Monday was cooler but still sunny and bright. We left at 7:30am after eating the hotel breakfast, which wasn't that good, but it was free. We made good time until my wife noticed the big blue and yellow IKEA warehouse in Memphis, TN. Unfortunately, we stayed in there...let me clarify, we got lost in there for several hours. Thankfully, we didn't spend much to escape. They have a lot of very interesting stuff but most of it was about three times what we wanted to pay for it. I really wanted an expandable light globe that looked like the Death Star, but I resisted the Dark Side. We bought just enough to get a free bag then left. The rest of the drive was uneventful. After six hours, a stop at McDonalds to load and unload, we arrived at Hurricane Mills, TN. Once we got well past Memphis, the drive started getting pretty, but not amazing. We filled up the diesel tank for the first time here. After checking into the hotel, I drove over to Loretta Lynns Kitchen for some greasy food, then we called it a night. Tuesday started to get interesting. We drove down Dyer Road and feasted our eyes on some Tennessee back country, arriving at Oliver at 7:45. Our appointment wasn't until 8:30am but we got in early, and Hannah walked us through an exhausting power course. I had already learned most of the systems on Oliver's website, but my wife needed the hands-on training which lasted past lunch. My hats off to the people at Oliver. They are some down to earth great people. I made the right choice when I splurged on this trailer. Lori got us squared away on the paperwork and Chase stopped by for a chat over coffee. They had another couple scheduled for delivery later in the afternoon, so we rolled out onto the on-site campground and stayed the night in our new Oliver LE2. It was a cold night, but we stayed quite warm. Sadly, I failed to get pictures because I was too excited, then too tired. We planned to get pictures when we got to my parents' house the next day. That didn't turn out the way I expected. Wednesday started out nice. We slept comfortably, the trailer performed admirably, i.e. nothing was broken or messed up. Since we didn't bring any food, we skedaddled on out and hit 412 back to Arkansas. We slept later than usual, so we skipped breakfast and grabbed brunch at Subway. The trailer pulled like a dream. After big, hefty and obtrusive monsters, this thing slipped through the air like you would expect something with the name of Airstream to do, only much better. It didn't wobble, it didn't bounce. It is so well balanced; I hardly knew I was pulling a trailer. Obviously, my fuel mileage suffered some and the Cummins didn't have as much pep, but I can't say enough about this. I love it. Sadly, the trip started to go downhill once I started going uphill at Alma, AR, and it had nothing to do with the trailer. It started raining. Thursday, rain. Friday, rain, Saturday, rain. Sunday, rain. Did I mention, it rained? We arrived at my parents' house on Thursday at 8:30pm to rain. We parked the trailer, unhooked and got it leveled in less than 10 minutes. I was soaked but still had a great time. Obviously, it was dark, and the trailer was filthy, so we didn't get the pictures we had planned on getting when we arrived. But this week gets better. First the rain, then I couldn't get my dad's power to work with the trailer. Thankfully, we had enough foresight to purchase the 390 AH Lithium package. Since we had no power coming in and the solar panels were denied the glory of the sun, we were careful not to overindulge our electronic resources. Some coffee in the morning using an electric tea kettle, (I know, I need a regular kettle that I can use on the stove.) and a little TV at night kept the tanks above 50% for four days. Saturday, it went from bad to worst. My dad got sick with some kind of flu on Friday. Then my mom got sick the next day, followed by my wife. My sister, who works at the hospital never contracted this illness, so she elected to stay and take care of them while we drove home. Halfway through the drive on Sunday, I started feeling bad. Though I always try to look for the silver lining in adversity, it took some sunlight once we crested the Ouachita Mountains to liven my mood. We got home after dark. The rain had stopped but my wife felt terrible. I got her in bed and left the trailer hooked up to the truck for two days before I got the energy up to back it in, level it and hook it to some good power food. It was an executive decision on my part. I monitored the batteries using the LI3 app, making sure they didn't drop too low, and I left the heat on in the trailer at 60 degrees to combat the early morning chill. Once I got the trailer hooked up, I finally talked myself into some pictures as follows: The first two images are of the outside northeast of my house. The third picture is of our messy interior complete with dog bed. Fourth picture me not feeling too good. We are planning to spend a few days this weekend at Ratcliff Recreation deep in the Davy Crocket National Forest. Though not technically its maiden voyage, it will be the first for what we bought it for: Camping, not mooch docking. I will get pictures this time. I promise.

Sadly, though I indeed have the capacity to dive deep into the proverbial rabbit hole, I am entirely too lazy to dig to the depth of self harm. 😞

Wait, how do I achieve this level of Rabbit Holiness? This is literally my life dream.

I noticed that you said chairs twice. Ooof. How many, exactly, are we talking about here, my dude?

Same. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. All the twist locks I've used over the years work fine with the exception of that ridiculously flimsy, woefully and ineffectively threaded, plastic locking ring.

I prescribe to the Less-is-More philosophy. My wife and I have two stainless steel double walled coffee cups. That's it. If neighbors come by, they better bring their own cups if they want to sample the good stuff.

Being a welder with the skills and the equipment, I can't justify $1250 for a box. I may wind up building one when I am bored.