Not your typical travel trailer - Oliver Elite

[John E Davies]

These are way cool and the single axle 18'6" model starts at US$45K and the tandem 23'5" one is US$48.5K That is a ton of cash for a little bitty pod but they are beautifully crafted, have amazingly ingenious design, and very well specced out.

http://olivertraveltrailers.com

Has anyone looked at one in person? There have been maybe 75 built, so they are very very rare.

Check out this 75 minute video review and tell me what you think.

http://wincrasher.blogspot.com/2015/03/video-review-of-oliver-legacy-elite-ii.html

John Davies
Spokane WA USA

 

[Victorian]

They look nice!

 

[cactusjk]

I considered one of these and went with an Airstream Sport 22.

 

[John E Davies]

I considered one of these and went with an Airstream Sport 22.

Can you tell us why you picked the Airstream? I crawled around that model (a new one) last week and was less than impressed, especially with the single pane glass, minimal equipment (single battery, small tanks), exposed pipes and all the garbage hanging way down low under the chassis just asking to get ripped off.



Oliver:



Thanks,

John Davies
Spokane WA USA

 

[cactusjk]

Long story but we do not plan on doing any off-road with it. We are upgrading to solar with 2 batteries and a few other items. We wanted the full bathroom, counter space in the galley and liked the 7'3" width. Lighter and a lot less than the Flying Cloud. Probably not comparable to the Ollie with fewer features but we wanted to get into an Airstream...


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[joelbert]

re: airstream

Not to derail the thread, but owning a Airstream Bambi 19 prior to finding this forum and really defining our preferred camping sites, I would go with the Oliver any day of the week just due to build quality and under clearance.

We never planned on off roading or anything, but even a rutted road to a campground is really too much for the Airstream. The main issue being the "wood/cabinet designs" and the "low hanging" stuff underneath.

We saw an Oliver on the tours that they do around the country and it addressed every issue that we have had with our Airstream.

 

[cactusjk]

Not to derail the thread, but owning a Airstream Bambi 19 prior to finding this forum and really defining our preferred camping sites, I would go with the Oliver any day of the week just due to build quality and under clearance.

Totally agree! Back to topic.


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[armymgdude]

My wife and I own a 17ft Casita, which is great, but someday would love to move to an Oliver. It seems Oliver took ideas from Casita and Escape and made it better (and more expensive). I like the fact that it is a triple layer shell so it eliminates the condensation. And it is a 4 season camper.

 

[OCD Overland]

Just watched the video - they really look interesting. I guess you could swap the axles around to an overslung mount easily enough and gain another 3-4" clearance?

 

[John E Davies]

Just watched the video - they really look interesting. I guess you could swap the axles around to an overslung mount easily enough and gain another 3-4" clearance?

Found this pic.....



It would be simple enough to get more clearance. I bet they would do it at the factory. I don't think the small one would be safe for the White Rim Trail in Moab (my measuring stick for terrain) but this type of unimproved road would be fine. I wouldn't take the tandem anywhere but secondary forest service roads due to low approach and departure angles.

The single axle unit has quad shocks standard.

John Davies
Spokane WA USA

 

[OCD Overland]

I'd be more concerned about tight switchbacks with a long trailer. I don't know, though - the big trailer looks about the same length as the tandem trailer in the Gall Boys videos and they don't seem afraid to take that one anywhere. There's has a much beefier, sort of 'mirrored' trailing arm suspension setup though. I'm sure that type of suspension has a name.

Our plan for a trailer is to also keep a roof top tent on the tow vehicle, so that we can ditch the trailer someplace safe if needed for short excursions.

 

[gaap master]

The Oliver trailers are impressive. Unfortunately, they're just too small for us. We would need sleeping capacity for four and would prefer a dry bath. We've been looking at Airstreams and other options.


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