Hull #1607 (delivered in December 2024)

[GEN11]

Thanks to Neil’s RV in Orem Utah!

Our ‘shakedown’ trip completed (5000 miles over 18 days!) with 50-70 mph crosswind gusts… 
Very happy!

[Galileo]

Congrats on the new Oliver, and a successful and long maiden voyage!

With strong winds like that, it’s nice to have a heavy, rounded Ollie rather than a lightweight, boxy trailer!

[topgun2]

Gen11 - 

Great looking Ollie!  And, welcome to the Forum along with your new baby!

Did you report those 4 UFO's in the sky of the middle pic?😉

Bill

[Patriot]

@GEN11

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your maiden voyage. A great looking new OLE2!

Patriot🇺🇸

 

 

[johnwen]

Congrats!!!  That's quite impressive...277+ miles a day for 18 days :)  Hope you have the best of times enjoying your new trailer.  Safe travels...John

[Mike and Carol]

Welcome to the group and congrats on the new trailer and thorough break in trip!  Mike

[bugeyedriver]

Welcome to the Ollie family!  You've jumped in, headfirst, with a great break-in walkabout.  Very nice picture setups and captures . . . looking forward to many more in the future.

 

[Felix and Tess]

Congrats! Very beautiful! We pick up ours this June sometime. Not sure of the exact day, but we're very very excited. safe travels

[Galway Girl]

Welcome and Congrats.  Nice bright campsite & rig.

Did you get instruction the requirement to burnish in the brakes on your trailer?
Since you picked it up at a dealer curious if it was towed there and the brakes were already burnished in.  
When we picked ours up at the factory, we had to burnish them in as part of our break in drive.

Burnishing Brakes:
Any time you have a new trailer, or have new brakes on an existing trailer, the electric drum style brakes must be burnished. (Broken in.)

One procedure:
On a lonely back road...
Set the gain on your brake controller to 10 (or High) .
Then  drive up to 40 mph then using only the trailer brakes slow to 20.  
Drive a bit an repeat ....about 20 stops.

Another way:
On a 65mph highway, but in right lane...to drive at 60MPH.
With control set on high or 10.
Depress the controller for trailer only brakes for 1/2 Mile.  Make sure you're not locking up brakes on trailer.
After a 1/2 mile, pull over somewhere safe and smell/feel or measure with laser reader for hot brakes >350F on all 4 wheels.
You may smell burning smells which are ok as you're trying to heat and seat the brakes.

After burnishing (in either method) your brake controller can now be set to ~5 (or half) and should be setup for safe stopping.

Here's our blog for future travel and outfitting inspiration:

https://4-ever-hitched.com/trips-overview

Welcome!

Craig & Rose

Hull 505 - aka Galway Girl