Elite Caravans Questions & Answers

Chris, Elites website says its off road and no doubt it will travel down any unsealed roads without any real drama. with its little use it may still be suffering with the poor workmanship from when it was built so be prepared to have a close look at everything. The biggest issue will be masses as the compliance plate will be inherently understated with the tare weight and ball weight. Consideration to payload is paramount as it will determine what you can legally carry and with off road more the inadequate allowance of 400kg is far too low. Also being a front door the ball weight will be heavier which impacts on your vehicle and the necessity of an LDH requirement.
I hope this helps.
Micko

Thank you Micko, he’s been up the centre a couple of times and across the Kimberlys once. So I’m sort of thinking that in that time and klms he should have the bugs out of it. My goodness we’ve only just started looking for a van and seriously the choices seem to be endless, but when you narrow it to Off Road it certainly helps.

Do yourself a huge favor and don’t by anything from elite or ballistic as they are called now

We have a 200 series and tows very well

We tow with a hundred series...perfect match!

Hi Marto
Are you having an on board generator fitted to your caravan, and if so what brand of generator are you having fitted.

Archi

Good luck Marto, you will need it. Elite are run by monkeys.

Hello Archi no there is no generator

Our ball weight is about 340 kg, we have not made any changes to the gvm of the van

Hi, we have an Elite Hume Series 2 Off Road (triple bunk). It is awesome! Had a few minor warranty issues (screens in windows, shower rose, electric step), but all fixed. Biggest drama was the repairer we used to do the work. Had no problems with dealing with warranty staff and when we took van in for first service (whilst warranty work was being completed) I asked staff at Elite what things to look for to make sure the service was completed correctly (as I had little faith in the repairer). One of their staff called me and talked me through everything. Our van is now out of warranty for about 12 months and whenever I have had an issue (ie sticker on side had cracked and cupboard handle broke), I called elite and offered to pay for these things given we were out of warranty. They simply sent everything to me I requested. On the black top, no problems at all. We tow the van with a 200 series (which we also had a gvm upgrade). The van is about 24ft. This van is so much easier to tow than the last Expander we had. Only drama we ever had towing was when we picked it up from the 'then' Brisbane dealer. Worked out when we got home that perhaps either in the sale years or travel from Melbourne the DO35 had taken a knock and there had a very slight bend (only picked up with measurements and a spirit level). A new hitch was couriered to us and we received it the next day.

Thanks Rk5 & Sally,
We have, after 3 trips from Adelaide to Melbourne for conversation & carefull decision making, ordered a 25 foot off road van, with various modifications. Michael & Karen (particularly) provided us with excellent assistance...after a fairly hard sell @ the Adelaide Camping & Caravan Show. It seems that's the way of things these days. We look forwards to taking delivery. Will let you know when we do!

Make it a condition of the handover that you will have professional inspection prior to paying . also make sure you have it weighed. Once they have your money they will b very hard to deal with for any rectifications. Good luck and hope you have a better outcome than we did.