Quality of 2025 Imagine 2670 MK

[Jason and Melissa Mills]

My wife and I just purchased the 2025 Imagine 2670 MK. I'd like to hear from others who own the same trailer. Are you experiencing any quality issues with the trailer so far?

 

[NB Canada]

My wife and I just purchased the 2025 Imagine 2670 MK. I'd like to hear from others who own the same trailer. Are you experiencing any quality issues with the trailer so far?

The build and parts are exactly the same as all Imagine trailers and in fact most trailers on the market
Are you experiencing issues?

 

[Jason and Melissa Mills]

No. We haven't even picked up our new trailer yet. From research I have done, most Grand Design RV owner's seem pleased with their rigs.

 

[NB Canada]

No. We haven't even picked up our new trailer yet. From research I have done, most Grand Design RV owner's seem pleased with their rigs.

Ohh
i wouldn’t worry about things that haven’t happened yet
Enjoy your trailer

 

[terryriddle]

But be prepared and hope you have an extended warranty for roadside assistance. In my fifty years of camping and RVs, there are normal issues and debugging needs. However, I think GD has addressed the slide issues by moving to a new system and the frig is 12V vs the larger two door unit I had that will fail if one of the rear fans fails...resulting it a total removal of the frig to replace a computer fan. Makes no sense!!! Make sure you know how to manually move the slide in or out should the motor fail.

With my slide system, I carry an extra motor and always take one or two ice chests, should one of the fans fail. A 2 amp fuse shuts the frig down when that happens. You do not have either of these issues with a 2025.

 

[sande005]

Mine is a 2017 model. I have not seen a definitive confirmation that later versions do not have a tongue weight issue, so be a bit cautious for the tow home, and the first few trips. Getting official weights at a truck scale is a must.
Mine was prone to sway. Real sway, where the back end starts moving back and forth, getting worse as it continues (as opposed to one off events like wind pushes or trucks passing). Watch your side mirrors for one corner peeking out, then moving over to peeking out of the other mirror. SLOW DOWN if you see it, even if you don't feel anything. It can get started on its own, by road bumps, wind, or trucks passing. If it gets to the point of being felt DO NOT apply truck brakes! Take your foot off the gas, and perhaps pulse the trailer only brakes using your controller to slow down. Sway can build very fast, to the point where it throws your entire rig off the road! Speed determines the severity, and speed with which it builds.
It is due to not enough weight on the tongue. Mine, from the factory, had 9.5% of the total weight as tongue weight, for that first tow home. Loaded for camping, I got it up to 10.5% of the new total weight. Even with full water tanks, which help a bit, but then decrease what else you can put in the trailer.
The ideal is to have about 11.5%-12.5% of the total weight on the tongue. It may be a challenge to pack enough up front to get there.
Many hitches advertise sway control. In most cases, it depends on friction to resist the side to side. But once that friction is overcome....
Me? After much testing, including testing with cinder blocks up front to increase the Tongue Weight, I got it in range with much heavier batteries (two), a much heavier mattress, and packing all the heavy stuff as far forward as I could - plus a massive assembly used for my hitch. The hitch is a very expensive ProPride, which I highly recommend - there is also the slightly cheaper Hensley. Both designed by the same guy, who was forced out of the company with his name, and which can only make the older design. ProPride has all his later, far better, improvements. But either, with their unique design, completely prevent sway, rather than discourage it.

Do you need to get it right away??? They are very expensive. If GD has made design changes to move the main wheels slightly back (a few inches), the issue is resolved. The direct way to know is to get weights at a truck scale, and see where your trailer ends up. A search here may turn up posts about what hitches others use, and whether there still seems to be an issue.

The only other big issue was a routing problem with the 12v wire to the brakes - it chafed on one of the exit points coming out of the axel, and I lost braking on a trip. Deal pulled new wire, with heavy protective sleeving and better fastening, and all has been trouble free for years.

Otherwise, just minor DIY fixes - things coming loose due to the almost 15,000 miles on the road, all easily fixable.

 

[FjClay]

Mine is a 2017 model. I have not seen a definitive confirmation that later versions do not have a tongue weight issue, so be a bit cautious for the tow home, and the first few trips. Getting official weights at a truck scale is a must.
Mine was prone to sway. Real sway, where the back end starts moving back and forth, getting worse as it continues (as opposed to one off events like wind pushes or trucks passing). Watch your side mirrors for one corner peeking out, then moving over to peeking out of the other mirror. SLOW DOWN if you see it, even if you don't feel anything. It can get started on its own, by road bumps, wind, or trucks passing. If it gets to the point of being felt DO NOT apply truck brakes! Take your foot off the gas, and perhaps pulse the trailer only brakes using your controller to slow down. Sway can build very fast, to the point where it throws your entire rig off the road! Speed determines the severity, and speed with which it builds.
It is due to not enough weight on the tongue. Mine, from the factory, had 9.5% of the total weight as tongue weight, for that first tow home. Loaded for camping, I got it up to 10.5% of the new total weight. Even with full water tanks, which help a bit, but then decrease what else you can put in the trailer.
The ideal is to have about 11.5%-12.5% of the total weight on the tongue. It may be a challenge to pack enough up front to get there.
Many hitches advertise sway control. In most cases, it depends on friction to resist the side to side. But once that friction is overcome....
Me? After much testing, including testing with cinder blocks up front to increase the Tongue Weight, I got it in range with much heavier batteries (two), a much heavier mattress, and packing all the heavy stuff as far forward as I could - plus a massive assembly used for my hitch. The hitch is a very expensive ProPride, which I highly recommend - there is also the slightly cheaper Hensley. Both designed by the same guy, who was forced out of the company with his name, and which can only make the older design. ProPride has all his later, far better, improvements. But either, with their unique design, completely prevent sway, rather than discourage it.

Do you need to get it right away??? They are very expensive. If GD has made design changes to move the main wheels slightly back (a few inches), the issue is resolved. The direct way to know is to get weights at a truck scale, and see where your trailer ends up. A search here may turn up posts about what hitches others use, and whether there still seems to be an issue.

The only other big issue was a routing problem with the 12v wire to the brakes - it chafed on one of the exit points coming out of the axel, and I lost braking on a trip. Deal pulled new wire, with heavy protective sleeving and better fastening, and all has been trouble free for years.

Otherwise, just minor DIY fixes - things coming loose due to the almost 15,000 miles on the road, all easily fixable.

I think the 2025 Imagines all come standard with sway control. Not sure how good it works but maybe that would help with front end light trailer.

 

[Gru]

Modern trucks have sway control computerized systems. I don't think trailers do. In 2024 GD went with ABS brakes on their Imagine series, if you have red brake drums then you have ABS for the trailer - except for some very early '24 models with ABS and black brakes.

 

[NB Canada]

Modern trucks have sway control computerized systems. I don't think trailers do. In 2024 GD went with ABS brakes on their Imagine series, if you have red brake drums then you have ABS for the trailer - except for some very early '24 models with ABS and black brakes.

Well they do have “sway control”. Listed right on the website