feighti
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My name is Rich. My bride and I just bought our first travel trailer. Before this, we had a pop-up for 6 years. Prior to that, we tented for 16 years.
We choose the Imagine AIM RB15 as a transitioning to couples camper. Our kids are 13 and 16 and soon will be in college and probably no longer wish to camp with us. We wanted a well-designed small camper so we could travel around and see the country when we are empty nesters. This past summer we went west with the kids and saw Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, Devil's Tower, the Grand Canyon, and the Rockies from hotel to hotel. I kept thinking how cool would this trip be in a camper. Anyway, so far so good.
My setup - We pull our AIM with a 2018 BMW 40e. We have a Blue Ox weight distribution sway system attached to a CURT aftermarket hitch. BMW installed the electric and adjusted the computer programming. I use a CURT Bluetooth Echo for the brake controller and am working on getting my DoHonest backup camera to work through my phone. Although so far that's been a challenge.
I do have a question for anyone towing with a PHEV on a Grand Design system with solar - when you set your driving status to charge your PHEV while driving it, do you think the camper battery is taking the charge? Because when I set my BMW to "save" and replenish the battery, it doesn't charge. Rather I think it might actually be charging the camper batter. Maybe I'll ask this in another thread.
Thanks for the community. We'll be interested in growing our camping friends as we transition into the next phase of life...
We choose the Imagine AIM RB15 as a transitioning to couples camper. Our kids are 13 and 16 and soon will be in college and probably no longer wish to camp with us. We wanted a well-designed small camper so we could travel around and see the country when we are empty nesters. This past summer we went west with the kids and saw Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, Devil's Tower, the Grand Canyon, and the Rockies from hotel to hotel. I kept thinking how cool would this trip be in a camper. Anyway, so far so good.
My setup - We pull our AIM with a 2018 BMW 40e. We have a Blue Ox weight distribution sway system attached to a CURT aftermarket hitch. BMW installed the electric and adjusted the computer programming. I use a CURT Bluetooth Echo for the brake controller and am working on getting my DoHonest backup camera to work through my phone. Although so far that's been a challenge.
I do have a question for anyone towing with a PHEV on a Grand Design system with solar - when you set your driving status to charge your PHEV while driving it, do you think the camper battery is taking the charge? Because when I set my BMW to "save" and replenish the battery, it doesn't charge. Rather I think it might actually be charging the camper batter. Maybe I'll ask this in another thread.
Thanks for the community. We'll be interested in growing our camping friends as we transition into the next phase of life...