Hey everyone! I'm curious if anyone has ever gone from a TT to a HTT and want to know your thoughts. Here's my short-version scenario:After spending lots of years in a large TT with our three kids, we sold it a while back because our kids were at an age where we just didn't have time to use it. Now our two oldest are in college and our youngest, a middle schooler, wants really badly to go camping. And DW and I miss it terribly. The long term plan has always been to get back into it when our youngest goes off to college, with a rig built for two. But that's not for another 6 years. And we're not in the position to spend lots of money on a new rig/storage/insurance, etc. My suggestion was a used pop up (I grew up in one) but DW says it has to have a potty and place to change clothes. So I started looking at used HTT's that wouldn't break the bank and that I could park in my driveway. Then I read on here about people who made the switch to TT's and the things they wouldn't miss about their HTT (noise, leaks, maintenance, etc) so it got me thinking there must be people with experience in this area.Anyone want to share their stories of HTT's or maybe even differences of opinions on them vs. TT's? Not sure if I'm just dreaming at this point, but I've got a serious itch to get back outside among the trees, campfires, and the good people who love nature like I do.Thanks for all your comments!!

Sleeping in my hybrid takes me back to sleeping on the porch during the summer at the cottage in the Thousand Islands. I full-time in one (for 3 years now- before that in a pop-up)and haven't seen any leak/maintenance issues that would be attributable to the hybrid form.

Assuming you are keeping the F150, I doubt you need to go HTT to get the size/weight down for the truck.Up front cost isn't a big difference comparing the two options.Are you really tight on your storage space at home?I would go TT and keep it simple.

Thanks soon2bexpat - I feel like I'd enjoy the open feeling of the tent ends. And right valhalla, I was pulling close to 9K with the truck so it's not that. Really the space thing is the biggest issue. If I keep it at home I need something short. My driveway ends in an alley with a brick wall opposite my house and I've got a gate besides. A HTT will give me considerably more space inside while keeping it short enough to maneuver into my driveway. Going from a 33' with two slide outs, I'm not sure we're ready for a 20-ish foot TT...

17 years in a tent trailer, 5 years in a hybrid and now 11 years in our current trailer. When it comes to "camping" the hybrid can't be beat, in my opinion. You are outside, under the canvas with plenty of fresh air to breath and good beds to sleep on and a bathroom with a shower. We loved our hybrid but.....As we neared retirement we knew we would be hitting the road for far off places. We did take the hybrid on long trips but those were spent at campgrounds for a couple of days, or more, at a time before moving on. We also camped mainly in the summer to accommodate the kid's school year. It worked really well.Going camping and traveling are two different things. We have over 50K miles on our current trailer. We can go out in the cold early spring and the cold and rainy fall. While on the road for hours at a time we can stop somewhere to have lunch, use the bathroom and be on our way in the matter of just minutes. No need to avoid the cold and no requirement to set up the tent ends and store them away when wet as we are moving to our next destination.If, you are planning on camping with your son, a hybrid would be perfect. Again, we loved ours and never regretted owning one. Your plan to get a used one, use it for a few years and then maybe get something different is a good one. Best wishes.

I have owned a TC, pop-up, TT, HTT and now back to a TT. A hybrid can be light and easy to pull with lots of room. You can turtle in it in bad weather. But they have some disadvantages. They are hot in summer, cold in winter and loud all the time. The space blanket material on the pop-out ends helps somewhat. There are those nights when the cooling breeze flows through the rig with the canvas open that are really memorable. When boondocking you can hear the critters like bugling elk much easier. But it was the heat that finally convinced me to go back to a travel trailer. Now I have a Rockwood and it is a class rig. Much warmer at night in the mountains, the shoulder season and in winter.

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bikendan
Explorer
Nov 23, 2020
We did the typical progression of popup, hybrid and TT and next year a 5th wheel.
We only left the Hybrid world because our camping style changed. We retired and wanted to take 3 month long trips south, during late winter/early spring. A hybrid is not the best choice for this.
We definitely miss the openness of a hybrid and its versatility but we'll never go back to a hybrid because it doesn't fit our current lifestyle.
The DW prefers the theater recliners and walk-around bed.
ppine
Explorer II
Nov 23, 2020
I have owned a TC, pop-up, TT, HTT and now back to a TT.
A hybrid can be light and easy to pull with lots of room. You can turtle in it in bad weather.
But they have some disadvantages. They are hot in summer, cold in winter and loud all the time. The space blanket material on the pop-out ends helps somewhat.

There are those nights when the cooling breeze flows through the rig with the canvas open that are really memorable. When boondocking you can hear the critters like bugling elk much easier. But it was the heat that finally convinced me to go back to a travel trailer.

Now I have a Rockwood and it is a class rig. Much warmer at night in the mountains, the shoulder season and in winter.
aftermath
Explorer III
Nov 23, 2020
17 years in a tent trailer, 5 years in a hybrid and now 11 years in our current trailer. When it comes to "camping" the hybrid can't be beat, in my opinion. You are outside, under the canvas with plenty of fresh air to breath and good beds to sleep on and a bathroom with a shower. We loved our hybrid but.....

As we neared retirement we knew we would be hitting the road for far off places. We did take the hybrid on long trips but those were spent at campgrounds for a couple of days, or more, at a time before moving on. We also camped mainly in the summer to accommodate the kid's school year. It worked really well.

Going camping and traveling are two different things. We have over 50K miles on our current trailer. We can go out in the cold early spring and the cold and rainy fall. While on the road for hours at a time we can stop somewhere to have lunch, use the bathroom and be on our way in the matter of just minutes. No need to avoid the cold and no requirement to set up the tent ends and store them away when wet as we are moving to our next destination.

If, you are planning on camping with your son, a hybrid would be perfect. Again, we loved ours and never regretted owning one. Your plan to get a used one, use it for a few years and then maybe get something different is a good one. Best wishes.
Stebon
Explorer
Nov 23, 2020
Thanks soon2bexpat - I feel like I'd enjoy the open feeling of the tent ends. And right valhalla, I was pulling close to 9K with the truck so it's not that. Really the space thing is the biggest issue. If I keep it at home I need something short. My driveway ends in an alley with a brick wall opposite my house and I've got a gate besides. A HTT will give me considerably more space inside while keeping it short enough to maneuver into my driveway. Going from a 33' with two slide outs, I'm not sure we're ready for a 20-ish foot TT...
valhalla360
Navigator
Nov 23, 2020
Assuming you are keeping the F150, I doubt you need to go HTT to get the size/weight down for the truck.

Up front cost isn't a big difference comparing the two options.

Are you really tight on your storage space at home?

I would go TT and keep it simple.
soon2bexpat
Explorer
Nov 23, 2020
Sleeping in my hybrid takes me back to sleeping on the porch during the summer at the cottage in the Thousand Islands.

I full-time in one (for 3 years now- before that in a pop-up)and haven't seen any leak/maintenance issues that would be attributable to the hybrid form.

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