2026 Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series29BHX

The Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 29BHX leaves Coachmen's factory at 6,123 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,884 lbs and 1,761 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 22% of the loaded rating, and cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 50-gallon fresh tank spends 415 lbs of that 1,761 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 884 lbs, or 14% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 50 gallons fresh, 35 grey and 35 black, 70 gallons of waste capacity against 50 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Coachmen publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series roster this is the 3rd of 3 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,507 lbs to 6,123 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 6,123 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 7,003 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 7,884 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was read from one factory document: Coachmen's own 2026 brochure for this line, and each figure was read back against that document's text before it was published. This is a single-channel record rather than the two-page cross-check this site runs on saved factory web pages, and it is described that way rather than dressed up as more. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because the brochure does not publish it, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Coachmen publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 29BHX is a Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 29BHX differs from the other two Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 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, 6,123 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 26BHX (5,773 lb).
• GVWR, 7,884 lb: highest of three; next is the 26BHX (7,350 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,761 lb: largest of three; next is the 26BHX (1,577 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.3%: largest of three; next is the 26BHX (21.5%).
• Tongue weight, 884 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 26BHX (730 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.4%: largest of three; next is the 26BHX (12.6%).
• Length, 33 ft 7 in: longest of three; next is the 26BHX (30 ft 11 in).

Next to the 26BHX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 29BHX is 350 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 534 lb higher, has 184 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 154 lb heavier and is 2 ft 8 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

The X-Series is a three-floorplan group Coachmen publishes in its own table beside the Apex Ultra-Lite, 8 ft wide, running 5,507 to 6,123 lb unloaded on hitch weights of 614 to 884 lb. Its standards page differs from the Ultra-Lite's in ways the brochure prints: a wood truss roof with a Tufflex membrane and steel rims on the X-Series, against a laminated aluminum trussed roof and aluminum rims on the Ultra-Lite. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR on 3 of 3.

A full 50-gallon fresh tank is about 417 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 29BHX’s 1,761 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,344 lb. Across 3 Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series floorplans the water share runs 24% to 28%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 26BHX at 26%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 26BHX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 33 ft 7 in vs 30 ft 11 in; dry weight 6,123 lb vs 5,773 lb; GVWR 7,884 lb vs 7,350 lb; cargo capacity 1,761 lb vs 1,577 lb; hitch weight 884 lb vs 730 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 26BHX is 534 lb lighter (7,350 lb GVWR).

All 3 Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series floorplans: Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series line hub.

Against the 29BHX: the Cherokee Grey Wolf Black Label 27GHBL is 2 ft shorter; the Colt 27BPS is 16 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Jay Flight 262RLS is 16 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 29BHX. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.