2027 Grand Design Imagine AIM17MKA

Grand Design publishes an unloaded vehicle weight (UVW) of 4,945 lb and a GVWR of 6,395 lb for the 2027 Imagine AIM 17MKA, with a hitch weight of 525 lb. It does not publish a cargo carrying capacity on the floorplan page, so none is shown here, and none is worked out by subtracting one published figure from the other. The trailer’s own federal weight label, inside the door, carries its cargo capacity as built.

It is 21' 8" long, 10' 10" high and 8' wide, with 37 gal fresh, 45 gal grey and 37 gal black tanks as Grand Design lists them. Fresh water weighs about 8.3 lb per US gallon, so a full fresh tank adds roughly 307 lb before anything else is loaded.

Among the 6 Imagine AIM floorplans profiled from Grand Design’s 2027 pages, it is number 5 of 6 by unloaded weight, in a range from 3,547 lb to 5,361 lb. Every figure in that comparison comes from the same Grand Design page type for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 19 Oct 2026 from Grand Design’s own floorplan page for the Imagine AIM 17MKA, whose structured data names the model year 2027.

How the 17MKA differs from the other five Imagine AIM floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Dry weight, 4,945 lb: second-heaviest of six, between the 20BHA (4,538 lb) and the 21MBA (5,361 lb).
• Tongue weight, 525 lb: second-heaviest of six, between the 19MLA (478 lb) and the 21MBA (560 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.6%: third-smallest of six, between the 21MBA (10.4%) and the 19MLA (11%).
• Length, 21 ft 8 in: third-shortest of six, between the 15RBA and 16MLA (19 ft 8 in) and the 19MLA (22 ft).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 10 in: tallest of six, level with the 21MBA; next are the 19MLA and 20BHA (10 ft 5 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 2: smallest of six, level with the 19MLA; next are the 15RBA and 16MLA (3).

Next to the 20BHA, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 17MKA is 407 lb heavier by dry weight, has a tongue weight 57 lb heavier, is 2 ft 2 in shorter, stands 5 in taller and sleeps three fewer; the two publish the same GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 21MBA, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 17MKA is 416 lb lighter by dry weight, has a tongue weight 35 lb lighter, is 3 ft 3 in shorter and sleeps three fewer; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and slide-out count.

Grand Design lists 6 Imagine AIM floorplans for 2027. 6 without an existing page here are profiled from Grand Design’s own floorplan pages, from 3,547 lb to 5,361 lb unloaded; the others link to their existing pages. Grand Design publishes UVW, GVWR and hitch weight for these trailers, and no cargo carrying capacity.

Closest sibling: the Imagine AIM 19MLA, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 21 ft 8 in vs 22 ft 0 in; dry weight 4,945 lb vs 4,361 lb; hitch weight 525 lb vs 478 lb. They match on sleeps, GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Imagine AIM 16MLA is 1,600 lb lighter (4,795 lb GVWR); Imagine AIM 19MLA matches it at 6,395 lb GVWR.

All 6 Imagine AIM floorplans: Imagine AIM line hub.

Against the 17MKA: the Airelume 260 is 4 lb heavier and 7 ft longer; the Jay Feather 19MRK is 5 lb heavier and 2 ft longer; the Range Lite 200MLM is 5 lb heavier and 2 ft longer.

14 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 17MKA. Not published: cargo capacity (CCC), interior height, awning, air conditioning.

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