GlacierGirl

@Steve Morris, oh, thank you so much! Your knowledge about such things is helpful and your answer is comforting. I appreciate your input! Barb

@Steve Morris, I wonder if you saw my question in the above post?

@jd1923, WOW! I am so grateful for thorough explanations like yours so I can learn about these Oliver details of which I know nothing about! Thank you! It must have been a different Mark & Barb who had brake shoe issues; regardless, I want to have some knowledge to be prepared for possible future malfunctions. Your previous comment about your brake locking up put fear in me - now I know a bit about what to do. Thanks!

@jd1923, or anyone, what is one supposed to do when a brake locks up? 😬

@Steve Morris, argh! I made the mistake of having my husband install the Reese receiver backwards(?) on our back bumper. In other words, the wider & higher “lip” around the receiver is closest to our spare tire. Is this a problem? It would be an easy fix if we could simply turn it around, but with the original Oliver receiver holes drilled in the bumper, and now the “backward” Reese receiver holes, I worry about rotating and moving the Reese receiver off-center and adding more holes. What is your opinion? Thank you! Barb

That's a good idea since we often camp far away from cellular reception. Yes, it's more expensive, but not terrible. And, @Steve Morris, it's good to know that your Trak-4 has been mostly reliable most of the time. This is going to be a difficult decision!

Oh, I did not see that option on their website!

We feel safe when the trailer is at home, but we want tracking abilities when we boondock in isolated areas in Utah and leave the trailer while we go off hiking for the day.

That's a good idea, @CRM! I was looking into the Trak-4 tracker, and their subscription is $7 a month, after purchasing the device for around $15 on Amazon. So the phone would actually be a costlier method, but I like your ingenuity!☺️

We are wanting to place a GPS tracker on our Ollie. The posts concerning trackers that I’ve seen on these forums all appear to be at least two years old. I’d love to know what trackers you folks are using now - and, of course, details on how you like them, the monthly/annual cost, etc. We have android phones. Thanks, Barb

Very good points. This is why I asked y'all on the forums!

Thank you, @Rivernerd! That’s the direction my husband would like to go. We appreciate the links.😊

INDEED!!!

Looks like that will be our route, too. I’m glad @Steve Morris walked the road ahead of us. ☺️

".. a true 2 inch receiver is 2 1/16 inches" - that's interesting!!!