Hybrid Travel Trailers on the West Coast

Several dealers up the road in Utah carry the Roo's if you are up for the drive.

PAThwacker wrote:
Pugs should be silver side up year round according to Bob Pitney.

Boondocking. Add solar to run fans and recharge a battery bank. Water/waste water are the biggest challenges.

Most light weight trailers are in the 30/30/30 variety.

Sorry, just saw this, We only put the pugs on in cool weather green side up to keep it dark inside, and to have it look nice, not for "keeping it warmer". We actually like the pugs for keeping it darker on the ends in the morning, more then keeping the heat or chill out.

I'm out here in Vegas with you and they are hard to find. They seem to go in fits on craigslist. Sometimes there are lots, then none. Keep the search open on distance, I often see them in and around SLC and Flagstaff. They seem to start showing up in the fall, people done with the summer I guess.

SoCal has them but most that I looked at were expensive and generally not in great shape.

And if you aren't scared of dirt, there is lots of great boondocking you can do around here. In fact, I've yet to go to a proper campsite. I have some good spots that are a little on the remote side but nice and quite and not too far from town.

Pugs should be silver side up year round according to Bob Pitney.

Boondocking. Add solar to run fans and recharge a battery bank. Water/waste water are the biggest challenges.

Most light weight trailers are in the 30/30/30 variety.

We have a hybrid and we're in Carmel on the coast. We've travelled a lot with it and hardly ever see them out here, when we do we are happy and always say hi!!!

We use Pugs every trip, if it's cook out we put the green side up and if its hot out we put the silver side up. When it's cool, we only really put them on to keep it nice and dark in the morning.....plus our hybrid is a tan and green scheme so the green on the ends looks nice.

I know that Pan Pacific in Morgan Hill, California sells new ones....but we got ours on Craigslist.

Reg Tt. Can also turn into an oven if the power goes out or not hooked up. If you use a camper for boondock camping go with a htt and enjoy the open tent ends.

Bring extra potable water and gray water collection system.

rwbradley wrote:

bikendan wrote:

bristevens wrote:
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Still on the fence about a hybrid. Mainly, because we have 4 dogs. We're concerned about them barking at every passer by or noise they hear through the tent material. I don't think they would rip the tent if we were gone, but that's always a possibility too. I do like the concept though!

You also have to consider keeping the trailer cool and hybrid will be more difficult, if you need a/c.
Barking dogs in a campground aren't appreciated and may draw complaints to the ranger.
If they're barkers, I don't suggest a hybrid.

I would be concerned about the dogs, but I would not worry about heating or cooling. We have had ours in 100 degree with 100% humidity and also at freezing temps. The Air could keep up just fine even with the sun hitting one of the tent ends, and we could heat the whole thing with one of the little square ceramic heaters.

i meant that a regular TT would be easier to keep cool, than a hybrid.
a hybrid needs PUGs and Reflectix to even have a chance to stay cool, in real hot weather. and it will still lose some of the cool air through the tent ends. the a/c will work a lot harder in a hybrid, than it will in a regular TT.

bikendan wrote:

bristevens wrote:
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Still on the fence about a hybrid. Mainly, because we have 4 dogs. We're concerned about them barking at every passer by or noise they hear through the tent material. I don't think they would rip the tent if we were gone, but that's always a possibility too. I do like the concept though!

You also have to consider keeping the trailer cool and hybrid will be more difficult, if you need a/c.
Barking dogs in a campground aren't appreciated and may draw complaints to the ranger.
If they're barkers, I don't suggest a hybrid.

I would be concerned about the dogs, but I would not worry about heating or cooling. We have had ours in 100 degree with 100% humidity and also at freezing temps. The Air could keep up just fine even with the sun hitting one of the tent ends, and we could heat the whole thing with one of the little square ceramic heaters.

bristevens wrote:
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Still on the fence about a hybrid. Mainly, because we have 4 dogs. We're concerned about them barking at every passer by or noise they hear through the tent material. I don't think they would rip the tent if we were gone, but that's always a possibility too. I do like the concept though!

You also have to consider keeping the trailer cool and hybrid will be more difficult, if you need a/c.
Barking dogs in a campground aren't appreciated and may draw complaints to the ranger.
If they're barkers, I don't suggest a hybrid.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Still on the fence about a hybrid. Mainly, because we have 4 dogs. We're concerned about them barking at every passer by or noise they hear through the tent material. I don't think they would rip the tent if we were gone, but that's always a possibility too. I do like the concept though!