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2021 CoachmenClipper Sport 125ST

A 17-foot camping trailer that Coachmen lists at 2,396 lb dry, with a 3,241 lb GVWR, for 2021.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2021

2,396lb
Dry Weight
3,241lb
GVWR
241lb
Hitch Weight
17ft
Length
Sleeps 8 Camping trailer · Coachmen Built by · Forest River Model year · 2021

01 What makes it unique

Coachmen lists the 2021 Clipper Sport 125ST at 2,396 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,241 lb, a net carrying capacity of 845 lb and a tongue weight of 241 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 17' 9" long. Coachmen prints no tank capacity for it.

Every number on this page was read on 7 Nov 2026 from Coachmen’s Clipper camping-trailer brochures (filed in Coachmen’s year folders; the brochures print no year); model year 2021 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the 125ST differs from the other nineteen Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2021). How these ranks are worked out.

  • Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.1%: third-smallest of nineteen, between the EXPLORE9.0TD (23.2%) and the 9.0TD (26.9%).
  • Length, 17 ft 9 in: fourth-longest of twenty, between the V1 (17 ft 2 in) and the V2 (18 ft 3 in).
  • Dry weight, 2,396 lb: fifth-heaviest of twenty, between the V1 (2,394 lb) and the 12.0TDPRO (2,493 lb).
  • Sleeping capacity, 8: largest of twenty, level with the 128LS; next are the 107LS and 108ST (7).
  • Cargo capacity, 845 lb: seventh-smallest of nineteen, between the 108ST (824 lb) and the 128LS (1,019 lb).
  • Tongue weight, 241 lb: eighth-heaviest of twenty, between the 128LS (223 lb) and the EXPLORE9.0TD (245 lb).
  • Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.1%: shared with the 106, 128LS and 9.0; of twenty, one smaller and fifteen larger, nearest the 108ST (10%) and the 12.0TDMAX, 12.0TDXL and 806XLS (10.2%).
  • GVWR, 3,241 lb: ninth-highest of twenty, between the 128LS (3,223 lb) and the 1285SST (3,296 lb).
  • Interior height, 6 ft 10 in: shared with the 106, 860QS and three others; of twenty, thirteen lower and one taller, nearest the 9.0 (6 ft 6 in) and the 12.0TD (7 ft 2 in).

Next to the V1, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 125ST is 2 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 533 lb lower, has 535 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 33 lb lighter, is 7 in longer and sleeps two more; the two publish the same interior height.

Next to the 12.0TDPRO (2023 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 125ST is 97 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 599 lb lower, has 502 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 99 lb lighter, is 9 in longer, has 10 in more interior height and sleeps five more.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
17' 9"
Exterior height
Not published by Coachmen
Exterior width
7' 1"
Interior height
6' 10"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
2,396 lb
GVWR (max loaded)
3,241 lb
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
845 lb
Hitch / tongue weight
241 lb

Capacities

Fresh water
Not published by Coachmen
Grey water
Not published by Coachmen
Black water
Not published by Coachmen

Running gear

Hitch type
Bumper pull
Tire size
ST185/80R13

Sleeping & layout

Sleeps
8
Height as printed (Travel Height)
58"
Length as printed (Travel Length)
17' 9"
Interior Box Size
12'
Exterior Open Length
23' 5"
Tire Load Range
D
Axle Weight (lbs.)
2083
Coupler Size
2"
Weight basis (as printed)
UVW, cargo capacity and GVWR as printed; footnote "*Weights shown are approximate. †Estimated average based on standard build optional equipment."

How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.

Drawn to scale

Weight budget

Loaded weight budget for the Clipper Sport 125STHorizontal bar. Dry weight 2,396 pounds, then cargo capacity 845 pounds, against a GVWR of 3,241 pounds. Tongue weight 241 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 3,241 lbsDry 2,396 lbsCargo capacity 845 lbsTongue weight 241 lbs — same scale

Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.

Towing it

Tow rating needed3,241 lb
Published tongue weight241 lb
Loaded tongue weight, rule of thumb324–486 lb
Receiver hitch rating needed3,241 lb towed / 486 lb tongue
Payload check. Budget loaded, not dry: subtract the loaded range, every passenger, the bed and cab load and a weight-distributing hitch from the payload on your tow vehicle’s door-pillar placard (49 CFR 571.110 S4.3).

Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.

Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (3,241 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (486 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.

Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433).

Check this floorplan against your own vehicle’s numbers

03 The Clipper Camping Trailers floorplan family

Coachmen’s Clipper camping-trailer brochures (filed in Coachmen’s year folders; the brochures print no year) lists 20 Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

FloorplanNominalSleepsNotable
Clipper Express 9.012' 10"2Profiled
Clipper Teardrops ESCAPE9.0TD14'-2"2Profiled
Clipper LS 860LS12'-2"4Profiled
Clipper Sport 860QS12' 2"4Profiled
Clipper Teardrops 9.0TD14'-2"2Profiled
Clipper LS 806XLS12'-11"6Profiled
Clipper Teardrops EXPLORE9.0TD14'-2"2Profiled
Clipper Sport 10612'8"6Profiled
Clipper LS 107LS13'-2"7Profiled
Clipper Sport 108ST16'-10"7Profiled
Clipper Express 12.0TD16' 9"3Profiled
Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDXL17'-5"3Profiled
Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDMAX17'-5"3Profiled
Clipper LS 128LS17'-9"8Profiled
Clipper V-Trec V117' 2"6Profiled
Clipper Sport 125ST17' 9"8Profiled
Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDPRO17'-5"3Profiled
Clipper V-Trec V218' 3"6Profiled
Clipper Classic 1285SST19'6Profiled
Clipper V-Trec V321' 8"6Profiled

Coachmen’s Clipper camping-trailer brochures (filed in Coachmen’s year folders; the brochures print no year) lists 20 Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.

04 Notes on this floorplan

What Coachmen does not publish for the Clipper Sport 125ST

Coachmen prints no grey-tank, black-tank for this model, so none is given. Nothing is filled from a sibling model, a different model year or a dealer listing.

Read the label on the trailer

Federal rules put a load-carrying label inside every RV trailer: its unloaded weight with full propane, its cargo carrying capacity and its GVWR (49 CFR 571.110 and 571.120). Those figures come from the trailer itself and govern the towing decision.

05 How it compares

Lighter
Coachmen Clipper V-Trec V1

2,394 lb dry and 3,774 lb GVWR, against this model’s 2,396 lb and 3,241 lb.

Heavier
Coachmen Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDPRO

2,493 lb dry and 3,840 lb GVWR, against this model’s 2,396 lb and 3,241 lb.

06 Loading it for a trip

Cargo capacity on the Clipper Sport 125ST is 845 lb.

07 Where this floorplan sits

Closest sibling: the Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper LS 128LS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 6 fields both publish (this plan first): length 17 ft 9 in vs 17 ft 0 in; dry weight 2,396 lb vs 2,204 lb; GVWR 3,241 lb vs 3,223 lb; cargo capacity 845 lb vs 1,019 lb; hitch weight 241 lb vs 223 lb. They match on sleeps.

Clipper Camping Trailers plansThis planPosition, low to highRange
GVWR (lb)3,24112 of 201,277–4,427
Dry weight (lb)2,39616 of 20761–3,217
Cargo capacity (lb)8457 of 19456–1,786
Hitch weight (lb)24113 of 2077–427
Length17 ft 9 in17 of 2012 ft 0 in–21 ft 8 in
Sleeps819–20 of 202–8

Either side of it by GVWR: Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper LS 128LS is 18 lb lighter (3,223 lb GVWR); Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Classic 1285SST is 55 lb heavier (3,296 lb GVWR).

Nearest Clipper Camping Trailers siblingsLengthSleepsDry (lb)GVWR (lb)CCC (lb)Hitch (lb)Fresh (gal)
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Sport 125ST17 ft 9 in82,3963,241845241—
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper LS 128LS17 ft 0 in82,2043,2231,01922323
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Sport 108ST16 ft 0 in71,8632,68782418723
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V117 ft 2 in62,3943,7741,380274—
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V218 ft 3 in62,5813,7901,209290—
Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper LS 107LS13 ft 0 in71,8012,9381,13720823

All 20 Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans: Clipper Camping Trailers line hub.

Other lines, nearest by GVWRGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
Clipper Sport 125ST3,2412,396817 ft 9 in
Aliner Classic Rear Sofa/Mattress3,0001,725—15 ft 0 in
SylvanSport GO1,650840——

Against the Clipper Sport 125ST: the Aliner Classic Rear Sofa/Mattress is 241 lb lighter and 3 ft shorter; the SylvanSport GO is 1,591 lb lighter.

08 Common questions about the Clipper Sport 125ST

How much does the Clipper Sport 125ST weigh?

2,396 lb dry; 3,241 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.

How much can the Clipper Sport 125ST carry?

845 lb, 26% of its GVWR (median across 20 camping trailers here: 36%).

What is the tongue weight of the Clipper Sport 125ST?

241 lb as published, 10% of the dry weight (median across 91 camping trailers here: 11%).

What size tow vehicle does the Clipper Sport 125ST need?

A tow rating of at least 3,241 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.

How many people does the Clipper Sport 125ST sleep?

It is rated to sleep 8. No other Clipper Camping Trailers floorplan here is rated for more.

How long is the Clipper Sport 125ST?

17' 9" overall, tongue or pin box included.

From the figures above.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

9 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Clipper Sport 125ST. Not published: exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank, slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.

11 NHTSA safety record

NHTSA files neither recalls nor complaints under the name Clipper Camping Trailers. That is a filing convention and not a clean record — the roster sits under the parent line, Clipper.

Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Clipper line page.

Earlier model years

The record at the top of this page is the 125ST from 2021. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the 125ST, and those 2 years are, each from its own brochure printed here: 2019 to 2020. The figures change from year to year, so check the year on the trailer’s own label. A field a year’s brochure does not print reads “Not published” and is never filled from another year.

Model yearDry (UVW)GVWRCargo (CCC)Dry tongueLengthSleeps
20202,3963,24184524117' 9"8
20192,3963,24184524118'3"8

Full record for each earlier model year

2020 125ST 2,396 lb dry · 3,241 lb GVWR

Dimensions

Exterior length
17' 9"
Exterior width
7' 1"
Exterior height
58"
Interior height
6' 10"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
2,396 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
3,241 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
845 lbs
Dry tongue weight
241 lbs

Running gear

Tire size
ST185/80R13
Hitch type
Bumper pull
Model year of record
2020

Capacities

Fresh water
Not published
Grey water
Not published
Black water
Not published
Awning
Not published

Sleeping

Sleeps
8

As printed in this brochure

Interior Box Size
12'
Exterior Open Length
23' 5"
Tire Load Range
D
Axle Weight (lbs.)
2083
Coupler Size
2"
Weight basis (as printed)
UVW, cargo capacity and GVWR as printed; footnote "*Weights shown are approximate. †Estimated average based on standard build optional equipment."

Changed from 2019 to 2020 (only figures both brochures print): Length 18'3" → 17' 9". Unchanged: Dry weight (UVW), GVWR, Cargo capacity, Dry hitch weight, Sleeps, Tire size.

Source for 2020. Printed in Coachmen’s Clipper Camping Trailers brochure (coachmenrv.com). The document itself prints no model year; Coachmen files it under 2020 in its own brochure folder. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the printed GVWR exactly (2,396 + 845 = 3,241 lb). Nothing in this record is copied from another model year.

2019 125ST 2,396 lb dry · 3,241 lb GVWR

Dimensions

Exterior length
18'3"
Exterior width
85"
Exterior height
58"
Interior height
6'10"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
2,396 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
3,241 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
845 lbs
Dry tongue weight
241 lbs

Running gear

Tire size
ST185/80R13
Hitch type
Bumper pull
Model year of record
2019

Capacities

Fresh water
Not published
Grey water
Not published
Black water
Not published
Awning
Not published

Sleeping

Sleeps
8

As printed in this brochure

Interior Box Size:
12'
Exterior Open Length:
23'5"
Tire Load Range:
5 Bolt D
Axle Weight(lbs.):
2083
Coupler Size:
2"
Weight basis (as printed)
UVW, cargo capacity and GVWR as printed; footnote "*Weights shown are approximate. †Estimated average based on standard build optional equipment."

Source for 2019. Printed in Coachmen’s Clipper Camping Trailers brochure (coachmenrv.com). The document itself prints no model year; Coachmen files it under 2019 in its own brochure folder. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the printed GVWR exactly (2,396 + 845 = 3,241 lb). Nothing in this record is copied from another model year.