Towed Aliner Expedition Camper from coastal NC to central South Carolina

[JoelD]

Towed the Aliner Expedition from home in coastal NC to central South Carolina. We we’d been looking for a place to go for a quick getaway, and a place that’s EV friendly.

The South Carolina State Park system has an arrangement with Rivian, and there are waypoint chargers at each park. Just got here today, will do some hiking and exploring tomorrow. The R1T is hooked up for an overnight charge at the waypoint charger, about a half mile from the campsite.

Starting with a full charge at home, and getting a full charge here means the 275 mile one way trip needs only one charge, which we did at a Circle K on I95. Nice chargers, maxed at 167 kW.

As you see from the screenshot we averaged 1.5 m/kWh with the Aliner, which the Rivian reports as 3,000 pounds. That sounds about right. Mine has a factory dry weight sticker of 2,345. I drive the speed limit, except on a 70 mph interstate where I stay at 65 in the right lane.

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[Philip]

Towed the Aliner Expedition from home in coastal NC to central South Carolina. We we’d been looking for a place to go for a quick getaway, and a place that’s EV friendly. The South Carolina State Park system has an arrangement with Rivian, and there are waypoint chargers at each park. Just got here today, will do some hiking and exploring tomorrow. The R1T is hooked up for an overnight charge at the waypoint charger, about a half mile from the campsite. Starting with a full charge at home, and getting a full charge here means the 275 mile one way trip needs only one charge, which we did at a Circle K on I95. Nice chargers, maxed at 167 kW. As you see from the screenshot we averaged 1.5 m/kWh with the Aliner, which the Rivian reports as 3,000 pounds. That sounds about right. Mine has a factory dry weight sticker of 2,345. I drive the speed limit, except on a 70 mph interstate where I stay at 65 in the right lane.

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[Gen(R3)Xer]

That sounds like a fun trip. I’ll have to check out the chargers when I visit SC this summer. Does Rivian plan on having chargers at every major national and state park? That’s a great goal if true.

 

[JoelD]

That sounds like a fun trip. I’ll have to check out the chargers when I visit SC this summer. Does Rivian plan on having chargers at every major national and state park? That’s a great goal if true.

NC does not have them (Rivian Waypoint chargers) in the state parks nor VA insofar as I know. However VA and NC have the Adventure DCFC along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is very nice. There’s good hiking here, we did an 3 and a half mile loop this morning and is apparently a very popular mountain/trail biking spot. I’ll post a few pix when my phone finishes syncing to iCloud. And there is decent Verizon LTE coverage here too which is nice.

 

[jeeden]

NC does not have them (Rivian Waypoint chargers) in the state parks nor VA insofar as I know. However VA and NC have the Adventure DCFC along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is very nice. There’s good hiking here, we did an 3 and a half mile loop this morning and is apparently a very popular mountain/trail biking spot. I’ll post a few pix when my phone finishes syncing to iCloud. And there is decent Verizon LTE coverage here too which is nice.

There's a waypoint charger in the outer Banks at a park. I'm not sure if it's a state park or national park though. It's kind of in an odd spot.

 

[HaveBlue]

That's good efficiency at those speeds! At 60mph I get 1.6-1.7 with our TrailManor which is a bit bigger and heavier but speed kills. I'm jealous about the Waypoints. So far CA state parks have dropped the ball on this.

 

[Marchin_MTB]

Towed the Aliner Expedition from home in coastal NC to central South Carolina. We we’d been looking for a place to go for a quick getaway, and a place that’s EV friendly.

The South Carolina State Park system has an arrangement with Rivian, and there are waypoint chargers at each park. Just got here today, will do some hiking and exploring tomorrow. The R1T is hooked up for an overnight charge at the waypoint charger, about a half mile from the campsite.

Starting with a full charge at home, and getting a full charge here means the 275 mile one way trip needs only one charge, which we did at a Circle K on I95. Nice chargers, maxed at 167 kW.

As you see from the screenshot we averaged 1.5 m/kWh with the Aliner, which the Rivian reports as 3,000 pounds. That sounds about right. Mine has a factory dry weight sticker of 2,345. I drive the speed limit, except on a 70 mph interstate where I stay at 65 in the right lane.

Any pictures of your rig?

 

[JoelD]

Some pix here at Poinsett, including the camper

 

[KBabione]

Thanks for posting the photos - we've always been full-on tent campers but as I become less young, the idea of a trailer is becoming more and more appealing. My parents went full time in a 34 ft RV for 12 years after they retired (and rented out their townhouse in northern VA to pay for it). I've been looking at both the Aliner AMP and the Trailmanor series. It's really nice to see photos of them in use with a Rivian.

The other thought I had was trying to sleep in our R1S. I'm too old for a RTT and the thought of climbing down the ladder multiple times during the night is less than appealing. We'll see where it evolves.

 

[Riviot]

What's your normal range? And how's that A liner look when towing?

 

[sunrogue]

NC does not have them (Rivian Waypoint chargers) in the state parks nor VA insofar as I know. However VA and NC have the Adventure DCFC along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which is very nice.

Tennessee has a well-distributed network of waypoint chargers, too.

 

[JoelD]

What's your normal range? And how's that A liner look when towing?

Range 350 in conserve, 320 all purpose, 210 pulling the Aliner, 150 towing the 24’ Boston Whaler walk around (Conquest 236) but I live just a mile from the boat ramp

As to the look of the Aliner towing, it folds to about 6 feet, so you can’t see over it with mirrors. With the bed view camera, I can see a truck behind, but not a car…

 

[JoelD]

Final stats with about 80 miles w/o trailer.

The Waypoint charger at Poinsett park made all the difference!

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