Shopping for 1st TT. What should I consider?

bernercamper wrote:
I have 4 young children under 11. I have 3 teens but if they join us they will be able to tent camp I think. And maybe drive separately too!

I have a 2007 expedition that says it can pull up to 9200lbs.

4 kids means quad bunks which in turn pretty well means a 30'+ trailer, the limitation then being your Expedition's lack of payload capacity, especially because it would be expected to carry the weight of not just 2 adults but also those 4 kids PLUS any tongue weight transferred from the trailer to the TV. Having once owned one I'm not a big fan of hybrids but in your case I'd be looking at triple bed hybrids which will be much shorter and lighter than any 30' quad bunk bed travel trailer. An example ...