Introducing Orion—our Oliver Travel Trailer

It was love at first site when we first encountered an  Oliver Travel Trailer.  After living on the road full time in a 16’ Tab Clamshell, we were ready to take the plunge and buy a full time nomadic home suitable for two. Our most limiting factor of the Tab was constantly having to convert between the bed and the table—so we wanted something that allowed us to keep a bed and still have table space all of the time. 

 

We had tracked down the Casita Spirit Deluxe as an ideal floorplan, and even visited their factory.  We were very impressed, and were on the edge of ordering one. But we had to take into consideration that we wanted a lot of customizations—such as a solar panel, upgraded electrical system, privacy windows and much more. Casita wasn’t equipped to do customizations like that, so we’d be on our own to do those aftermarket.

 

And then we found a new player in the industry—Oliver.  They had taken all that we loved about the Casita, and improved on everything. From a double hull with insulation, double pane windows, privacy window coverings, aluminum frame, shocks, electric levels, gel coat finish (instead of carpeted walls), custom floors & fabrics and quality hardware finishing touches—it was truly a luxury model in its class.  And on top of that, they were not only willing—but excited—to do customizations.

 

We worked with Oliver over a period of weeks to custom spec an Oliver Legacy Elite to be our ideal home, and we quickly felt like part of the family in the process.  They kept us in the loop through every step of the way and you can read the history of our build process here. On July 30, we drove to Hohenwald, TN and met Orion—our fabulous new home built for two technomads. 

At just technically one foot longer than our Tab, the Oliver gives us so much more!  A full bed (that can convert to a 4 person dinette), double dinette (that can convert to a single bed), a full bath, air conditioning, refrigerator and more.  Orion is 17”, single axel and about 3500 lbs.

Our four person dinette (that we actually keep as a full size bed most of the time) with our 24” Dell Ultrasharp monitor on a swing arm that allows us to position the monitor in a variety of places for movie watching and as a second monitor over the table.

 

The kitchen is compact, but well laid out with lots of storage. We added suction cup bins behind the sink to hold our plates and spices to save on storage room.

 

We were able to choose our own flooring, and send Oliver the exact microfiber fabric we wanted for our cushions.   We even sent them our own graphics for the exterior.

In the front of the Oliver is a full bath behind the mirror door (which really helps open up the space). We also have closet in the front that provides lots of storage room.  There’s storage bins along the entire top of the Oliver with custom panels that you can order in a variety of colors. And there’s storage underneath the seats as well. We’ve really been surprised with just how much storage room there is.

For more pictures of our Oliver—Click here.

Visit Oliver’s website at http://www.olivertraveltrailers.com for more information on this great travel trailer.  And tell them that Technomadia sent you!

 

If you’d like to see an Oliver in person, check to see if we’re traveling in your area. We LOVE giving tours of our Oliver and will be happy to meet up with you. Contact us:  us@technomadia.com .