The ElkRidge is a great weekend and short trip, mild-season rig. It doesn't like extremely hot or extremely cold. It just doesn't have the insulation for it.
They originally debuted as the EagleRidge, but to avoid lawsuit, changed the name in 2010 to ElkRidge. It was the 4th in the line of products: from top to bottom Landmark, Big Horn, Big Country, then ElkRidge, then Sundance, NorthTrail, etc.
Our 2010 had a few issues, and when we came upon one, we usually upgraded (i.e., tires, faucets, vent fan, that sort of thing.) However, the trailer itself functioned very well, and after our initial warranty time, it did not go into the shop except for some storm damage.
Some units during this time experienced frame flex-- where the front overhang was flexing and causing broken aluminum welds inside the walls. Although we never saw any real "damage", we saw a slight gap at the caulking of the overhang once hitched that was concerning, as this was evidence of the frame flex according to what we found on this forum. After discussing with HL, We took our unit back to Heartland and they fixed at no charge, in 2013.
Maintenance becomes more and more important on older rigs, so be sure everything works well, no cracks or bad caulking, no delamination, no soft spots or leaks.
This was our second HL product, and we had a great experience so we bought another.
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