Buying used trailer: couple of questions
We're hoping to buy our first travel trailer in the very near future and have been making the rounds of dealerships and obsessively checking Craigslist for a few weeks now. The frontrunner at the mome...
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kokotg wrote:
Plan is for weekend trips and then long road trips in summer. My husband's a teacher, so we're hoping to do multi-week trips every summer and then sometimes make it out west and take most of the summer.
Our real limiting factor is that we have 4 kids (from 2-14....so the oldest one is already adult sized and the next one will be soon). We like the idea of a hybrid because it gives us some room to stretch out without needing to tow something 30+ feet long.
That's exactly how we use our hybrid camper. We also have 4 kids age 2 through 12. In the middle of a thunderstorm, our tent-sleeping grandparents and uncle would squeeze into the camper with us and we'd have 9 sleeping inside! :) IMHO, the main drawback of a hybrid is that, like pop-ups and tents, you will have to deal with condensation on the bunk ends; ambient, outside noises are also more intrusive. There are ways to minimize both, but it's just a part of hybrid camping--we're used to it. Otherwise, we've never had any leak issues, whether camping or on the road in a driving rain...And ours is an 11-year-old hybrid now.
Look for any bubbles in the sidewalls, and for any rotted wood, soft floor, etc--basically any signs of water leaks. Otherwise, definitely get that tire taken care of, and if you can swing it, replace all 4. Good luck.
