2025 CoachmenChaparral Lite 30BHS

Coachmen lists the 2025 Chaparral Lite 30BHS at 9,535 lb dry, a GVWR of 11,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,965 lb and a pin weight of 1,553 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 37' 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 7 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 30BHS differs from the other eighteen Chaparral floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,965 lb: third-smallest of nineteen, between the 235RK (1,890 lb) and the 373MBRB (1,969 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17.1%: sixth-smallest of eighteen, between the 381DBL (16%) and the 334FL (17.3%).
• Dry weight, 9,535 lb: seventh-lightest of nineteen, between the 30RLS (8,981 lb) and the 298RLS (9,575 lb).
• Pin weight, 1,553 lb: seventh-lightest of nineteen, between the 30RLS (1,445 lb) and the 336TSIK (1,880 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 16.3%: shared with the 274BH; of nineteen, three smaller and fourteen larger, nearest the 284RL and 30RLS (16.1%) and the 381DBL (16.7%).
• GVWR, 11,500 lb: shared with the 284RL; of nineteen, five lower and twelve higher, nearest the 274BH and 30RLS (11,000 lb) and the 298RLS (12,000 lb).
• 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, 274BH 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).
• Length, 37 ft: shared with the 336TSIK; of nineteen, seven shorter and ten longer, nearest the 274BH (35 ft 11 in) and the 360IBL (39 ft 9 in).

Next to the 30RLS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 30BHS is 554 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 500 lb higher, has 54 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 108 lb heavier and is 2 ft 10 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 298RLS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 30BHS is 40 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 500 lb lower, has 460 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 382 lb lighter, is 2 ft 4 in longer, stands 10 in lower, has a fresh tank 8 gal smaller, has a grey tank 24 gal smaller and has a black tank 12 gal smaller.

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), 17% of the Chaparral Lite 30BHS’s 1,965 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,633 lb. Across 19 Chaparral floorplans the water share runs 13% to 22%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Chaparral 393MBX at 16% and Chaparral 381DBL at 17%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).