Recommend a HTT for a family

[Veik]

Hi,
looking for recommendation on a hybrid.
Two adults, two small kids (2 and 6)

I will be towing with a Tundra (which can pull 6500-10,000#, depending on engine size)

We need 2+ beds, dinning area and ideally...a couch bed.
A/C is a must.

I have been looking at used Forest River Shamrock and Roo and Kodiak

What would you recommend? The smaller the better...within reason

[Campfire_Time]

The Jayco Jayfeather 23B might fit your needs, one it's best features is the slide out (which our X20E has). But another Jayco model to consider is the X18D, it has 3 fold out beds.

Noise? People always cite this as a concern. We started off tenting and then went to a pup. And if it's that noisy where one camps, one needs to look for a better place to camp.

Stories of water leaks on HTT beds are highly overblown. Yes, they happen. No they are not common. We had our previous HTT for 10 years and never had a leak save a small one on a roof seam that any TT is susceptible to. Our current HTT is soon starting it's 3rd season and has no bed leaks.

[TheGreatWaz00]

We just purchased a Roo 23SS. Tons of storage. Hitch weight about 510 lbs loaded. Take a look at it.

[Veik]

kvangil wrote:
We have 4 kids, age 2 through 11. We camp in a Jayco x23b. I have no experience with other HTT's, but I'd recommend this one. The open floor plan is good for all the kids' foot traffic. We have no water leak issues on our 11-year-old HTT, and as for noise issues, running a space heater, AC, or fan normally drowns out most noise. Your Tundra (assuming it's the bigger 5.7 v8) is plenty capable for towing just about any HTT you might want out there.

do you boondock in yours? if so - can you run the a/c of good size generator? thanks

[kvangil]

We have 4 kids, age 2 through 11. We camp in a Jayco x23b. I have no experience with other HTT's, but I'd recommend this one. The open floor plan is good for all the kids' foot traffic. We have no water leak issues on our 11-year-old HTT, and as for noise issues, running a space heater, AC, or fan normally drowns out most noise. Your Tundra (assuming it's the bigger 5.7 v8) is plenty capable for towing just about any HTT you might want out there.

[RoyB]

I really like the idea of the outside fold down tent beds on these models. Really frees up alot of room inside the trailers not having the beds to walk around..

These models however may be prone to water leaks as the large bottom that folds out may slightly warp and be a water leak problem. The earlier models had this problems at any rate.

Also it seems there isn't as much discussions on the hybrids on the forums as they used to be...

The only model I really looked at up-close was the ROO's... I imagine they might be somewhat noisy inside from outside on-goings due to the fabric tent material. I know my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer has this downside but we usually setup back off the trails somewhere and enjoy the day/night outside sounds...

Roy Ken

[buddybar]

Can't go wrong with either a 23b model or a 23ss model. We have the 23b and love it because of the open floorplan. Some people don't like climbing over the U-Dinette to the main bed, but we don't mind it at all and like the layout.