OCD Overland
Explorer
They use Reflectix insulation on both the inside and outside shells. I also think they spray a layer of Lizardskin insulation but that may only have been on the older trailers so I plan to verify that on Friday.
Everything is supposed to be serviceable without cutting any fiberglass. I've seen a few situations mentioned on the Oliver boards where people complained about access to repair specific items but nothing which prevented them from doing so - it was just inconvenient. Even the water tanks can be slid out the rear of the trailer. There's actually an interesting thread on their boards right now where one of the owners has devised a better pick up tube for the fresh water supply, and another owner has provided a video of the process, including spin welding a new port into the top of the water tank, and it's all done with everything in place and just using the provided panels for access.
That's not to say that there aren't a few things though that would be tricky. For example, just last week I asked how difficult it would be to pull 2ga cable from the solar panels to the charge controller after construction. Answer: pretty difficult, so that's on the list to discuss while I'm there to see if they could do that before gluing the shells together. But apart from something like that, there are fairly generous access panels and ports throughout the interior.
By the way, we considered swapping out the gas cooktop for induction but I wasn't happy with the performance of the affordable induction cooktops. Plus I refer to the indoor cooktop as the 'cooktop of last resort', and plan do do most cooking outside. That's one of those things that seemed really neat to do but then the practicality of it faded away - easy enough to buy a portable induction later if we want to spend the money on a nice one like the Volrath Mirage Pro. We did size the battery bank and solar assuming that we would have one though.
Everything is supposed to be serviceable without cutting any fiberglass. I've seen a few situations mentioned on the Oliver boards where people complained about access to repair specific items but nothing which prevented them from doing so - it was just inconvenient. Even the water tanks can be slid out the rear of the trailer. There's actually an interesting thread on their boards right now where one of the owners has devised a better pick up tube for the fresh water supply, and another owner has provided a video of the process, including spin welding a new port into the top of the water tank, and it's all done with everything in place and just using the provided panels for access.
That's not to say that there aren't a few things though that would be tricky. For example, just last week I asked how difficult it would be to pull 2ga cable from the solar panels to the charge controller after construction. Answer: pretty difficult, so that's on the list to discuss while I'm there to see if they could do that before gluing the shells together. But apart from something like that, there are fairly generous access panels and ports throughout the interior.
By the way, we considered swapping out the gas cooktop for induction but I wasn't happy with the performance of the affordable induction cooktops. Plus I refer to the indoor cooktop as the 'cooktop of last resort', and plan do do most cooking outside. That's one of those things that seemed really neat to do but then the practicality of it faded away - easy enough to buy a portable induction later if we want to spend the money on a nice one like the Volrath Mirage Pro. We did size the battery bank and solar assuming that we would have one though.
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