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oldbird
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Aug 08, 2013

Hybrid with a big family

I'm planning on getting an RV in the near future, and I'm thinking that a hybrid might be best. I'm hoping the great knowledge and experience here can help me out.

A little intro might help. I live outside of Portland, OR right now, and most of our trips would be fairly local, hopefully growing into longer and farther trips later on. We've got two sets of twins (yes, you read that right) that are 7 and 4. Tow vehicle for the next few years is a 1991 GMC suburban 1500, so weight is a concern.

My wife refuses to camp in a tent on the ground, but will do an RV.

Any thoughts on whether a hybrid will be good for us?

Coast is a concern with kids that eat us out of house and home, and weight. Most of our time would be spent outdoors, but on rainy days we would need enough room for all of us. Any suggestions on which used models to look at?

Thanks in advance!

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  • Thanks for the thoughts. The kids are pretty close, at 4 the girls still share a bed. I think we could live with putting the dinette down. I didn't even realize there were three bedroom ones.
  • 2 sets of twins, lucky you (we have 1 set, now 7, and 1 older). A 3 bed HTT could work well for you, if your kids are happy to sleep together. We really love our HTT and could sleep 2 adults/4 kids easily if you don't mind dropping down the dinette table every night.
  • Hi, we've got a family of 4 kids aged 9-15 so space is an issue for us as well. I was also worried about weight and length, so we ended up after many years in several pop up trailers with a 23 ft Jayco hybrid model. Couldn't be happier with our unit. It has a dinette slide out which I highly recommend. Ours is only approx 12 inches deep by about 5 ft long however it opens up the living space immensely. Some of the other slides are 2 to 3 ft out and down the length of the trailer so I highly recommend this option. Our trailer is only 4000 pounds dry however be mindful you can cram a lot of weight in that space we bring 6 bikes plus food/beer/water etc. Love the open air of the hybrids you can hear mother nature when you like and nice and breezy during the day. Good luck.
  • a rockwood roo 183 will give you 3 queen beds.Most room you will get for sleeping while staying the lightest.