New owner equipment

[Douglas Rink]

Hello all, just joined and happily waiting for delivery of my Apex 23 the first of October. Wondering if a few of “yall” owners would share information on the types of blocks/chalks, hitch lock, ladder and/or other Oliver unique items you’d suggest I get before delivery. Thanks! 

[topgun2]

DR - 

Welcome to our Family!

Bet ya can't wait for that new Apex.  Make sure that you ask your Sales person what items are included at delivery with your new Ollie.  This information will help you to either delay purchase or only get those things that you believe will suit your type of camping/travel.

Any chance that you are planning on attending the annual Owner's Rally?  If yes, then really delay so that you can see what others have .

Next - start reading this Forum specifically looking for mods that might interest you.  For instance - the use of "blocks" to shorten the distance your "levelers" have to travel is a practice used by many of us.  These blocks not only save wear and tear on your levelers but also act as a "slip plane" (something that easily slides away such that a more permanent thing like you jack/leveler is not harmed) in the event you mistakenly leave the leveler down while moving the Ollie.  Blocks can be as simple as a stack of wood, or, a 6x6 10 to 11 inch long block of wood, or, something like an Andersen block like THIS or THIS or "legos" like This or some combination of all these.

Another item to consider is some type of side to side leveling helper - again like stacks of lumber or the "lego" blocks mentioned above or "ramps" such as THESE from Andersen.  

Once you have taken a look to see what's out there, come on back here and ask about the goods and bads of a particular item.  Most likely you will get a variety of opinions on just about any single item, so, again, it would be helpful to detail what your intent is for usage.

Have fun with all of this but don't go crazy until you get some idea of what things just might work best for YOU.

Bill

 

[Galway Girl]

Check out the Oliver Outfitters guide:

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also look over our travel web page for camping reviews and blog posts

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also found at the bottom of our signature below. 

 

Edited yesterday at 10:57 PM by Galway Girl

[Douglas Rink]

22 hours ago, topgun2 said:

DR - 

Welcome to our Family!

Bet ya can't wait for that new Apex.  Make sure that you ask your Sales person what items are included at delivery with your new Ollie.  This information will help you to either delay purchase or only get those things that you believe will suit your type of camping/travel.

Any chance that you are planning on attending the annual Owner's Rally?  If yes, then really delay so that you can see what others have .

Next - start reading this Forum specifically looking for mods that might interest you.  For instance - the use of "blocks" to shorten the distance your "levelers" have to travel is a practice used by many of us.  These blocks not only save wear and tear on your levelers but also act as a "slip plane" (something that easily slides away such that a more permanent thing like you jack/leveler is not harmed) in the event you mistakenly leave the leveler down while moving the Ollie.  Blocks can be as simple as a stack of wood, or, a 6x6 10 to 11 inch long block of wood, or, something like an Andersen block like THIS or THIS or "legos" like This or some combination of all these.

Another item to consider is some type of side to side leveling helper - again like stacks of lumber or the "lego" blocks mentioned above or "ramps" such as THESE from Andersen.  

Once you have taken a look to see what's out there, come on back here and ask about the goods and bads of a particular item.  Most likely you will get a variety of opinions on just about any single item, so, again, it would be helpful to detail what your intent is for usage.

Have fun with all of this but don't go crazy until you get some idea of what things just might work best for YOU.

Bill

 

 

[Douglas Rink]

Thank you sir and I’m definitely excited to get into the Apex! I appreciate the advice and “yes” I’ll be at the annual rally (site F-22 to make your Topgun moniker smile…). 

[Steph and Dud B]

Welcome. We have a Fort Knox hitch lock for the Bulldog coupler.