05/26/2026
🎉 This spring, we delivered Kimbo #600!! 🎉
And to us, the best way to celebrate that milestone is by celebrating the owners behind it: Joe + Brian!
Owners #600 feel like a perfect representation of what Kimbo has always been about: simplicity, capability, and building a life around the places you want to go.
“Our inspiration to own a Kimbo: We’ve had a VW camper van and a Tab trailer, and trailers are a hassle. The VWs don’t get us into the rugged mountains we love, plus our lifestyle demands that we have a truck for our projects, but at the same time we don’t want to drive a huge truck. We love our Tacoma 4 door short bed. Then along comes Kimbo, the perfect camper option that works with our Tacoma.”
Based between Hope, Idaho and Stanley, Idaho each summer, Joe and Brian regularly turn the 8 hour drive between the two into its own adventure.
“We once turned the 8 hour drive into a 6 day all dirt roads trip. We want to do it again with the Kimbo.”
They’re already planning trips into the Selway Crags, climbing in the Bitterroots near Hamilton, Montana, and eventually an Alaska loop using the ferry system. Canada, the desert southwest, and maybe one day Nova Scotia are all on the list too.
And true to form, they built their camper around how they actually travel:
“You’ll see in the pics we chose a 20 inch bench across to make the seating much more lounge-able for us. We’re minimalists, so we didn’t do the fridge, but we love the heater and the simple sink and counter space. Our fancy Tab trailer drove us crazy with all its high tech systems. We wanted stress free.”
We’ve never wanted Kimbo to feel disposable or overbuilt with things people don’t actually need. The goal has always been to build something simple, durable, and deeply loved. Something that becomes part of your life over time. Something that collects stories.
To everyone who’s been part of this community so far, thank you. We genuinely could not do this without you!
Here’s to the first 600 adventures and the thousands of memories made!
