2025 CoachmenChaparral Lite 274BH

Coachmen lists the 2025 Chaparral Lite 274BH at 8,692 lb dry, a GVWR of 11,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 2,308 lb and a pin weight of 1,420 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 35' 11" long and 12' high. Coachmen prints its tanks as 40 gal fresh, 66 gal grey, 33 gal black.

Among the 19 Chaparral floorplans Coachmen’s 2025 fifth-wheel brochure lists with a published dry weight, it is number 4 from the lightest, in a range from 6,950 lb (Chaparral Lite 235RK) to 13,080 lb (Chaparral 393MBX). Every figure in that comparison is Coachmen’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from Coachmen’s 2025 fifth-wheel brochure, the maker’s own dated document for model year 2025.

How the 274BH differs from the other eighteen Chaparral floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 8,692 lb: fourth-lightest of nineteen, between the 254RLS (7,512 lb) and the 284RL (8,908 lb).
• Pin weight, 1,420 lb: fourth-lightest of nineteen, between the 254RLS (1,388 lb) and the 284RL (1,434 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21%: sixth-largest of eighteen, between the 367BH (20.5%) and the 368TBH (21.2%).
• Length, 35 ft 11 in: seventh-shortest of nineteen, between the 298RLS (34 ft 8 in) and the 30BHS and 336TSIK (37 ft).
• GVWR, 11,000 lb: shared with the 30RLS; of nineteen, three lower and fourteen higher, nearest the 254RLS and 25RE (9,800 lb) and the 284RL and 30BHS (11,500 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,308 lb: eighth-smallest of nineteen, between the 254RLS (2,288 lb) and the 381DBL (2,314 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 16.3%: shared with the 30BHS; of nineteen, three smaller and fourteen larger, nearest the 284RL and 30RLS (16.1%) and the 381DBL (16.7%).
• Exterior height, 12 ft: lowest of nineteen, level with the 235RK, 254RLS and four others; next is the 368TBH (12 ft 2 in).
• Grey tank, 66 gal: shared with the 235RK, 284RL and two others; of nineteen, two smaller and twelve larger, nearest the 254RLS and 25RE (33 gal) and the 334FL and 393MBX (85 gal).
• Black tank, 33 gal: smallest of nineteen, level with the 235RK, 254RLS and four others; next are the 298RLS, 334FL and four others (45 gal).
• Fresh tank, 40 gal: smallest of nineteen, level with the 235RK, 254RLS and five others; next are the 298RLS, 334FL and nine others (48 gal).

Next to the 254RLS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 274BH is 1,180 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,200 lb higher, has 20 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 32 lb heavier, is 5 ft 2 in longer and has a grey tank 33 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 284RL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 274BH is 216 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 500 lb lower, has 284 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 14 lb lighter and is 1 ft 9 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Coachmen’s 2025 fifth-wheel brochure lists 19 Chaparral floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 14% of the Chaparral Lite 274BH’s 2,308 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,976 lb. Across 19 Chaparral floorplans the water share runs 13% to 22%, and 12 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Chaparral 355FBX at 13% and Chaparral Lite 254RLS at 15%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).