snowlakemike

I have had this issue since I opened my account, but never brought it up to the forum. Thanks, Muppy for bringing this up! Matt, repairs did not work for me so long as I used Internet Explorer to update. Thanks, Buzzy, for providing the solution. I changed browsers to Chrome and the profile updated on the first try.

Thoughts and prayers for my new friends in Florida, Hap and Trumpet Guy. Wishing you well through the storm.

Hey, Bill Elizabeth and I did the tour as planned. It was a very enjoyable trip. We are only 3 hours away, much less than most owners, so were able to have a leisurely day trip with stops along the Natchez Trace on the trip home. The staff welcomed us as family, and practically stole our puppies from us. They babysit the fur babies while we did the tour, refusing to let them stay in a crate. Elizabeth left the tour early. The odor in the fiberglass shop nauseated her a bit so she dropped out. It is really more my thing anyway. Isn't it great to see manufacturing alive in our USA? I was impressed with the attention to detail, beginning with the design. Water tanks are spread beneath the floor providing what appears to my eye to be good weight distribution for towing. Lots of soft plumbing...hope a mouse never gets in between the floor compartments! I liked the welds done on the prefab chassis. They bring them in, then reinforce them to meet a higher standard. The wheels and brakes (drum) appear substantial. All that said, perhaps the most impressive thing is the pure white sheen of the newly coated fiberglass. It is absolutely lovely. Beats aluminum rivets any day!! We looked in several units, most notably the 2016 that remains in stock. Elizabeth is concerned about the size of the bath. It might be a problem for her, but I promised that we would stop at camp grounds with showers where possible. (hope that works out). We did like the 2016 pretty well. It lacked a couple of options that we would require, but they would be easy add ons. Still, we could not work out an agreement on it, so were unable to buy that one ready off the floor. They want only about $1,000 less for it than for a new 2017. All that said, we have the fever. She is anxious for me to get retired so we can hit the road. To that end, I am hoping to make a "hull announcement" within ten days or so. Can't do it just yet. Here's an open invite to Ollie owners to meet up with us "halfway" at a campgrounds after we get ours and help us through the ropes. There is so much to learn! I don't even know what size ball I need :). To any lurkers out there considering an Ollie. It is worth the trip, even if you have to sleep over somewhere. Heck, buy the 2016 and sleep over in it! Thanks, SnowlakeMike Mike Smith

Met with Hap and his boss yesterday at Hohenwald. Thanks to them both for all the useful information, both Oliver and general camping. Great people! I hope you got home to Florida safely.

I do hope we get to meet. We expect to arrive around 10 am, but a 3 hour drive with two small dogs, we may miss that mark just a bit. I am sitting here amazed at the responses I am getting and at the concept of being away from home for 3 months. That is hard for me to imagine...too many chores and details here at home to manage. Perhaps a month? With neighbors checking in on the place? I wonder how you manage it? I'll ask you Monday.

Hi, all. I am a Mississippian headed to retirement in a few weeks. The wife and I have been dreaming of getting out to see the Western States and perhaps Alaska. We have been looking at travel trailers for that purpose. I am hesitant. I feel that the sales people are pushing whatever they have on us. I am not at all certain they even listen when I describe how we anticipate using a trailer. We want something that can handle a lot of miles, not something that we pull to the nearest lake for a weekend. I check ratings and all the manufacturers I check have bad, bad, ratings (as do the local dealers). Most of the bad ratings seem to be centered around service issues related to repairs. I am not interested in a trailer to repair, but one to roam. I tried to set up a "see an Ollie" for a particular nearby unit, but the owners are traveling...won't be back for months. I have lurked in the forums a bit. I have contacted the TN office and am doing a tour Monday, August 29th. Here's to posting a hull number soon!