Travel Trailer Manufacturing

The Oliver family started building trailers because they couldn't find one durable enough for the kind of camping they actually did. The Tennessee-built Legacy Elite and Elite II are the result: easy to tow, simple to set up, and built to hold up over years of use.

Oliver's manufacturing is built around long-term customer relationships. Each trailer is hand-built in Tennessee with aircraft-grade aluminum, marine-grade components, and double-hull fiberglass. Service and support run out of the same Hohenwald factory.

Oliver has built the 18'5" Legacy Elite and the 23'6" Legacy Elite II since 2007. Production paused in 2008 during the economic downturn and resumed in 2013 under new ownership. Both models have been built continuously in Hohenwald since.

Oliver travel trailers use a four-shell fiberglass construction: two inner and two outer. The lower outer shell bolts to an aluminum frame that carries the wiring, plumbing, and tanks. Bonded inner shells form the interior, with built-in seats, cabinets, lighting, doors, and cutouts. The assembly fits into the lower shell, connects, and is topped with the upper outer shell.

The mold surface is finished by hand until it's smooth enough that the gel-coated exterior comes out of the mold ready to use, with no additional body work required.

The gel coat on every Oliver resists chipping from road debris and fading from UV exposure. The exterior stays smooth and white-gelcoat-bright for years.

After the gel coat cures, a hand-rolled layer of resin and chopped fiberglass goes on top. Hand-rolling removes air pockets, which is what gives the finished shell its strength.

A core mat is glassed into the roof, which reinforces the structure without adding weight. The result is a roof that holds up over years of towing.

Oliver uses carbon core, a lightweight honeycomb composite, to strengthen the roof and wall structures. It adds durability and insulation without adding weight, which keeps the interior temperature more stable on long trips.

We hand-lay two layers of woven mat and a bi-directional glass cloth on the outer lower shell's channels, which strengthens the frame-body connection. The mat gives tensile strength; the cloth adds multi-directional durability.

After the fiberglass shells harden, we remove them from the mold carefully to preserve their integrity. Each mold is then inspected, prepped, and reused for the next build.