Wife and I have a 23' rockwood hybrid that we usually keep at a permanent lot on Lake Huron. I say usually, but we've only had it just over a year. Queen bunk and full bunk, with a slide out for the couch. Used it all last summer at the lake lot, no issues at all with it. Threw up a solar panel with a cheap PWM charge controller to keep the battery topped off as there is no power at the lake yet. Hopefully we will have some put in soon. Even with just the battery we can still run lights, stove, fridge, and fans at night.
Last fall we did take it on a trip through the UP; stayed 2 nights at Tahquamenon Falls and 3 nights at Porcupine Mountains. Have a site booked at Onaway State Park for early May so far this year. After that we will probably take it out to the lake for the summer. Paid just under $2,000 for it last January as the people selling it were in a bind with their HOA. I would like to travel more and camp at other places, but it's just too easy to go to the lake as it's less than 10 minutes from home and pretty isolated as far as neighbors.
The wife and I are planning on going to Gettysburg later this year for a week, and we will be taking the camper for that. The driveway pic is when I first bought it, the front bunk door looks a little worse for the wear as it was rotted on the bottom; I bought a whole new door and replaced it shortly after that. The other pics are from the UP trip. Front facing is at Tahquamenon Falls, the rear facing is at Porcupine Mountains. The pic by the water is the lake lot, it's not the best picture but I actually don't have any good pics of the setup out there. The glamor shot is in RC on the way to the UP, cause why not? We used the camper for everything while there, I only used the public restroom once when I had the Hersey squirts and needed some time to....well, I needed some time.
Very much love the light weight of the camper, 3,200lbs dry, 370lbs HW and prolly 4,000lbs fully loaded with gear (we don't travel with water in the tank). Ended up not using a WD hitch with the Ram, and only had a sway control; not once did I feel the WD was necessary, but sway control was 100%+ needed. Had to tighten it a few times driving to western UP with very high winds. There are drawbacks to the hybrid, as a real bed would be preferable as opposed to bunk ends; however we used it without opening the bunks at all for my buddies wedding last Oct cause it was like 15 degrees out; with the furnace it stayed nice and toasty in there. I slept on the couch (folds down to a bed) and wife slept on the dinette bed. Other upgrades we did was swap out all the halogen bulbs inside for LEDs, and new peel and stick flooring,
Eventually we may get another camper, but this one is perfect for us and I love the setup. The price can't be beat too; I almost feel bad as the people took like a $4,000 loss on the camper, but their loss is my gain.
