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I still fail to see the point of a Facebook group. All it does is siphon posts and solutions from this site to make both less useful.

 

 

I agree, for a great number of reasons.

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Steve, Tali and our dog Rocky plus our beloved Storm, Maggie, Lucy and Reacher (all waiting at the Rainbow Bridge)

2008 Legacy Elite I - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #026 | 2014 Legacy Elite II - Outlaw Oliver, Hull #050 | 2022 Silverado High Country 3500HD SRW Diesel 4x4 

 

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I still fail to see the point of a Facebook group. All it does is siphon posts and solutions from this site to make both less useful.

The Oliver Owners site on Facebook is fluffier. I like it. It's mostly photos of beautiful campsites & new Ollie owners. For the real meat & taters, this is where I come.

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2022 F-250 Lariat 7.3 Godzilla 4x4 Lakeland,FL
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I don't think anyone on this forum would challenge the "better choices", however you play the cards you were dealt! No regrets at this point in life; can't change the past...enjoy the future!

 

New guy here catching up on Ollie history.

 

2019 Legacy Elite #431;  2019. TV 2019 GMC Canyon Denali, crew cab, 4X4, Long bed, Duramax Diesel.

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I regret that I did not find out about these trailers a decade earlier. I regret that there was not an offroad Independent Suspension Package and Disk Brake Package to order. I regret that the factory is a 30 hour drive away from my home.

 

Otherwise I regret nada!

 

I discount completely any negative comments on this page by a brand new forum member whose first and ONLY post (147117) was on the day (s)he joined seven months ago, and who has no profile information whatsoever. Especially when the problems whined about relate to common RV appliances, not to an Oliver trailer.

 

Wait, we need an “RV Appliance Hate Thread”....

 

John Davies

 

Spokane WA

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SOLD 07/23 "Mouse":  2017 Legacy Elite II Two Beds, Hull Number 218, See my HOW TO threads: https://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/john-e-davies-how-to-threads-and-tech-articles-links/

Tow Vehicle: 2013 Land Cruiser 200, 32” LT tires, airbags, Safari snorkel, Maggiolina Grand Tour 360 Carbon RTT.

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I regret that I did not find out about these trailers a decade earlier

 

Sorry about that, jd.

 

I'm only 11 years in. Happy camper, so far... what else can I say?

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2008 Oliver Elite, Hull #12

Florida and Western North Carolina, or wherever the truck goes....

400 watts solar. DC compressor fridge. No inverter. 2 x 105 ah agm batteries .  Life is good.


        
 

 

 

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The only regret I have is about the interior space.  We camp with our 5-year-old and two small dogs...a lot of beings for a small space, and I realize we're not the target market for the Ollie.  During clement weather it isn't a problem as we're mostly outside anyway.  But when it's really cold or really hot or raining, when people want to be inside, it feels pretty small.  If you're just a couple (or a single) with or without some pets I'd say the Oliver is the perfect size.

 

I am ashamed to admit I looked at larger options like Bigfoot recently.  But they're expensive, poorly balanced (25 footer has 1200lb+ tongue weight) and still require a lot of costly upgrades to get to where Oliver is already.  And that interior....

 

I know a larger Oliver would be pushing the weight and cost envelope and give up some of the excellent tow-ability, but I would seriously consider it.

 

But other than that the quality is what we found attractive about Oliver and it hasn't disappointed so far.  Although that may not be saying much since we're less than a year into ownership.  The mechanic that we take our trailer to for maintenance has been "in the biz" for 20 years and says our Ollie is the best-made RV he's ever worked on.

 

Once we decorated inside it isn't "sterile" anymore and simply looks modern and CLEAN!  Love the solar and beefy battery bank that makes boondocking easy peasy; not some piddly 120w panel and "upgraded" single battery that other manufacturers try to pass off as a boondocking setup.   Mounting the four heavy batteries over the axles is a great design which ensures a properly balanced trailer, unlike just about every other travel trailer on the market.  That's just one example of the superior design that you get in an Oliver.  Another is the sewer storage bumper setup.

 

I dislike not having a dry bath (separate shower) but what I like a lot better is a big, extremely useful closet and pantry in a trailer this size.  I don't need a big 9 cu ft refrigerator/freezer like other makes offer.  A) those trailers can't be off grid for more than a day or two anyway and B) where do you think you're going that you'd need that quantity of refrigerated/frozen provisions?  We've taken five-day off-grid trips and the Dometic in the Ollie has been the perfect size.

 

The benefit of the smaller-ish size is that we can fit into the vast majority of state/national park and forest service campsites, which was a priority for us since that's where we like to go.

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2018 OLEII #344   |   2018 Ford Expedition

 

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