We took delivery on an Elkmont 24 last week. We're both retired and in our early 70's. For the last ten years we camped in a 24 ft. Towlite 23TD, made by HiLo, and similar to the HiLo in operation. We really liked it, but puting stuff away before moving and getting it out again when we stopped was getting old along with us, as someone else said. Packing the wheel bearings every year was getting old, too. (We heard a couple of weeks ago that HiLo has gone out of business.)
We travel a lot if miles, and we, too, were concerned about gas mileage. The trip home from the dealer (Dave Arbogast in Troy, OH) was about 400 miles, and we took three days to do it. Gas mileage was about 12.5. We got about about 13.5 with the Towlite, so we are happy with the Elkmont. The Towlite was about 500 lbs heavier (including a Hensley Arrow hitch) than the Elkmont, but it collapsed down to a lower towing height. I thought the lower weight of the Elkmont might make up for the lower towing height of the Towlite, and it almost did.
The salesman at Arbogast said it would tow like a dream, and it does. No problems at all with sway or stability, even on the interstates. The tongue weight this morning was 528 lbs, with 1 1/2 tanks of propane and 1/4 tank of water. and nothing of consequence stored forward of the axle. We tow with 2003 Tahoe. There were a couple of other small problems, but Arbogast is taking care of them.
I have read a couple of posts about problems with roof leaks. We went through a couple of pretty bad rainstorms on the way home, with no leak problems.
We really like the Elkmont. A lot of thought obviously went in to its design, from both the layout and useage standpoint, and with regard to weight and towing characteristics.
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