R1T towing an inTech Sol Dawn

[VandalSibs]

First camping trip of the year in the bag!

Here's some numbers:

Total towing distance: 205.1 miles
Max speed when towing: 60mph
mi/kWh on the way: 1.47
mi/kWh going home: 1.26
mi/kWh average for trip: 1.37

Overall, my wife and I are very happy with this setup! Never had to charge on the road (45% left on arrival, 35% left when we got home). There's a 1,000 foot elevation change over about 10 miles on this route, downhill on the way and up going home... so that affected things. Also had a nice tailwind on the way out, but crosswinds heading home today.

Nosed in so that we could charge the truck off the 14-50 outlet at the campsite. Wish we had chosen one with more trees around it for more shade and some wind breaks... oh well.

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[KBabione]

Thanks for the photos...This thread prompted me to call our favorite Pennsylvania State Park (Hickory Run) and ask if they had a policy about charging your EV if you're staying on one of the sites with electric - each of which has 20/30/50 amp service. You pay more per night to have electric, water, and sewer at your site. She reminded me that they (but not every SP) have a couple L2 chargers available at the Visitor's Center but that you're not allowed to leave it plugged in overnight. As far as she knew, there's no restriction on charging an EV at an electric site - "If it works, go for it!"

 

[moosetags]

We took Factory Delivery of Opal (our R1T) in Normal last April. We had gone up there with our 25' Airstream Travel Trailer towed by our Silverado Duramax. We spent about ten days camped in the Love's RV Park in Normal. We spent this time touring Central Illinois in the Rivian and familiarizing ourselves with the Rivian and EV driving. We had a great time doing this. The campground had 20/30/50 amp electric service. Our Airstream uses 30 amp service. We were able to plug Opal into the 50 amp outlet at our campsite, and got her fully charged overnight. The campground did not charge us any extra for using the 50 amp for Opal. We also did some DC charging in the the area to familiarize us with the process. We also did some test towing of the Airstream with Opal during our stay in Illinois.

On our return trip to Florida we camped at three different campgrounds along the route. All of these had 20/30/50 amp electric service. Each night we were able to fully charge Opal for the next day's run. We also did some minimal DC charging along the route. The trip back was very pleasant.

WE realize that as EV's become more prevalent as camper tow vehicles, campgrounds will start charging for plugging in an EV at your campsite. This would be acceptable to us because it sure is convenient.

We found that during our limited campground EV charging experience, we were getting between
15 and 18 MPH charge on the campground's 50 amp outlets. Our leisurely RV camping style lends itself very well to this scenario.

Brian

 

[Bernard]

We took Factory Delivery of Opal (our R1T) in Normal last April. We had gone up there with our 25' Airstream Travel Trailer towed by our Silverado Duramax. We spent about ten days camped in the Love's RV Park in Normal. We spent this time touring Central Illinois in the Rivian and familiarizing ourselves with the Rivian and EV driving. We had a great time doing this. The campground had 20/30/50 amp electric service. Our Airstream uses 30 amp service. We were able to plug Opal into the 50 amp outlet at our campsite, and got her fully charged overnight. The campground did not charge us any extra for using the 50 amp for Opal. We also did some DC charging in the the area to familiarize us with the process. We also did some test towing of the Airstream with Opal during our stay in Illinois.

On our return trip to Florida we camped at three different campgrounds along the route. All of these had 20/30/50 amp electric service. Each night we were able to fully charge Opal for the next day's run. We also did some minimal DC charging along the route. The trip back was very pleasant.

WE realize that as EV's become more prevalent as camper tow vehicles, campgrounds will start charging for plugging in an EV at your campsite. This would be acceptable to us because it sure is convenient.

We found that during our limited campground EV charging experience, we were getting between
15 and 18 MPH charge on the campground's 50 amp outlets. Our leisurely RV camping style lends itself very well to this scenario.

Brian
Could you share the efficiency you were getting in towing your Airstream 25 with your R1T? I am waiting my R1T in Montreal and we have an Airstream 25 as well Thank Brian,
Bernard

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