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03-30-2010, 03:05 PM

I was surprised how well the Elkmont handles in high winds. Travelling around 60mph, we had 30mph gusts off Lake Erie that were noticeable but not usually disturbing or dangerous. No loss of control, no swerving back and forth. The Elkmont tracks very well; if it gets nudged off track, it comes right back.

And we have no sway control, just a weight distribution hitch. But our wheelbase is 140.5" so maybe that helps.

But twice a semi passed during heavy gusting, and for some reason, I think when it blocked the wind, we would sort of get sucked closer to the semi ... both the Elkmont and the Tacoma. That was a bit unnerving, so after the first incident I was always on the look out for semi's passing during high gusts and made sure both hands were on the wheel.

So it was tiring, and we're considering adding a couple of friction sway controllers to our WDH. But, I'm not really sure if sway control would have helped much.

03-30-2010, 03:05 PM	#16
brulaz Guest Posts: n/a	I was surprised how well the Elkmont handles in high winds. Travelling around 60mph, we had 30mph gusts off Lake Erie that were noticeable but not usually disturbing or dangerous. No loss of control, no swerving back and forth. The Elkmont tracks very well; if it gets nudged off track, it comes right back. And we have no sway control, just a weight distribution hitch. But our wheelbase is 140.5" so maybe that helps. But twice a semi passed during heavy gusting, and for some reason, I think when it blocked the wind, we would sort of get sucked closer to the semi ... both the Elkmont and the Tacoma. That was a bit unnerving, so after the first incident I was always on the look out for semi's passing during high gusts and made sure both hands were on the wheel. So it was tiring, and we're considering adding a couple of friction sway controllers to our WDH. But, I'm not really sure if sway control would have helped much.