2026 Coachmen Apex Nano194BHS

The Coachmen Apex Nano 194BHS leaves Coachmen's factory at 3,938 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 4,700 lbs and 762 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 16% 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 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 762 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 554 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 52 gallons fresh, 27 grey and 27 black, 54 gallons of waste capacity against 52 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 Nano roster this is the 7th of 13 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,420 lbs to 4,632 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 3,938 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 4,319 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 4,700 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. 194BHS is a Coachmen Apex Nano designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 194BHS differs from the other twelve Coachmen Apex Nano floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Cargo capacity, 762 lb: smallest of thirteen; next is the 190RBS (764 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 16.2%: smallest of thirteen; next is the 190RBS (16.3%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.1%: largest of thirteen, level with the 190RBS; next is the 213RDS (14%).
• Length, 22 ft 8 in: fifth-shortest of thirteen, between the 190RBS (22 ft 7 in) and the 183BH and 186BH (22 ft 11 in).
• Dry weight, 3,938 lb: seventh-lightest of thirteen, between the 190RBS (3,936 lb) and the 203RBK (4,158 lb).
• Tongue weight, 554 lb: shared with the 190RBS; of thirteen, eight lighter and three heavier, nearest the 224RBS (546 lb) and the 216RKS (570 lb).
• Grey tank, 27 gal: smallest of thirteen, level with the 181RB, 183BH and three others; next are the 190RBS, 203RBK and three others (35 gal).
• Black tank, 27 gal: smallest of thirteen, level with the 181RB, 183BH and three others; next are the 190RBS, 203RBK and five others (35 gal).

Next to the 190RBS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 194BHS is 2 lb heavier by dry weight, has 2 lb less cargo capacity, is 1 in longer, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller and has a black tank 8 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR, tongue weight, exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 203RBK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 194BHS is 220 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,300 lb lower, has 1,080 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 24 lb heavier, is 9 in shorter, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller and has a black tank 8 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Apex Nano is the narrow, light end of the Apex family: every floorplan is 7.5 ft wide, against 8 ft for the Ultra-Lite and X-Series. The 13 plans in Coachmen's 2026 table run from 3,420 lb to 4,632 lb unloaded, on published hitch weights of 423 to 590 lb, and they carry one of only 2 GVWR figures between them: 4,700 lb and 6,000 lb. So the line splits cleanly into a lighter group rated 4,700 lb and a longer group rated 6,000 lb, and inside each group the plan with the higher unloaded weight has less cargo capacity left, because the rating does not move. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR on 13 of 13.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 57% of the 194BHS’s 762 lb cargo capacity, leaving 328 lb. Across 13 Coachmen Apex Nano floorplans the water share runs 24% to 57%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Coachmen Apex Nano 190RBS at 57%. 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 Nano 183BH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 22 ft 8 in vs 22 ft 11 in; dry weight 3,938 lb vs 3,770 lb; cargo capacity 762 lb vs 930 lb; hitch weight 554 lb vs 497 lb. They match on GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Coachmen Apex Nano 190RBS matches it at 4,700 lb GVWR; Coachmen Apex Nano 203RBK is 1,300 lb heavier (6,000 lb GVWR).

All 13 Coachmen Apex Nano floorplans: Coachmen Apex Nano line hub.

Against the 194BHS: the Jay Flight SLX 160LK is 50 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Wildcat 160BATH is 59 lb heavier; the Forest River r·pod RP-194 is 60 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 194BHS. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.