Traveling across the country in a Hybrid???
We are going to be newbies to the RV world and my husband wants to get a hybrid. I would like to have experienced RVer's opinions on using a Hybrid to do an 8 week tour across country. We are from n...
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Hybrids are wonderful if you like to spend time in state/national parks & forests. They are great in nice weather. Like popups, they can be a bit damp in rainy weather, and they are a pain to set up completely in a pouring rain. (Anything is, but if you want to deploy the bed ends, you and the beds will get soaked.) If you are camping in a noisy spot - right by the interstate highway, for example, or in a crowded campground on a holiday weekend - you will get all the noise as if you were outside, since canvas absorbs very little sound. Should you choose to "turtle" and sleep on the couch/dinette instead, be aware that in most models, those alternatives are made for young children, and not full-size adults. (Been there, done that, exactly ONCE.)
If your kids have a minivan, they may have trouble pulling any but the smallest hybrids anyway. Just a thought. (We pulled ours with a 6-cyl older Explorer, and decided to avoid mountains entirely.)
Only you can decide what's best for you, but if it were my choice, for long periods of use, I'd go with a fully enclosed trailer.
Good luck with your decision!
If your kids have a minivan, they may have trouble pulling any but the smallest hybrids anyway. Just a thought. (We pulled ours with a 6-cyl older Explorer, and decided to avoid mountains entirely.)
Only you can decide what's best for you, but if it were my choice, for long periods of use, I'd go with a fully enclosed trailer.
Good luck with your decision!
