01 What makes it unique
Coachmen lists the 2021 Clipper V-Trec V2 at 2,581 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,790 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,209 lb and a tongue weight of 290 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.
It is 18' 3" 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 V2 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.
- Dry weight, 2,581 lb: third-heaviest of twenty, between the 12.0TDPRO (2,493 lb) and the 1285SST (2,840 lb).
- GVWR, 3,790 lb: third-highest of twenty, between the V1 (3,774 lb) and the 12.0TDPRO (3,840 lb).
- Length, 18 ft 3 in: third-longest of twenty, between the 125ST (17 ft 9 in) and the 1285SST (19 ft).
- Tongue weight, 290 lb: fourth-heaviest of twenty, between the V1 (274 lb) and the 1285SST (296 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 31.9%: eighth-smallest of nineteen, between the 128LS (31.6%) and the ESCAPE9.0TD (32.1%).
- Cargo capacity, 1,209 lb: ninth-largest of nineteen, between the 106 (1,177 lb) and the V3 (1,210 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.2%: ninth-largest of twenty, between the 9.0TD (10.8%) and the V1 (11.4%).
- Interior height, 6 ft 10 in: shared with the 106, 125ST 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).
- Sleeping capacity, 6: shared with the 106, 1285SST and three others; of twenty, ten smaller and four larger, nearest the 860LS and 860QS (4) and the 107LS and 108ST (7).
Next to the 12.0TDPRO (2023 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the V2 is 88 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 50 lb lower, has 138 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 50 lb lighter, is 1 ft 3 in longer, has 10 in more interior height and sleeps three more.
Next to the 1285SST (2023 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the V2 is 259 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 494 lb higher, has 753 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 6 lb lighter, is 9 in shorter and has 10 in more interior height; the two publish the same sleeping capacity.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 18' 3"
- Exterior height
- Not published by Coachmen
- Exterior width
- 7' 1"
- Interior height
- 6' 10"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 2,581 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 3,790 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,209 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 290 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
- ST235/75R15
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 6
- Height as printed (Travel Height)
- 65"
- Length as printed (Travel Length)
- 18' 3"
- Interior Box Size
- 12'
- Exterior Open Length
- 22' 5"
- Tire Load Range
- C
- Axle Weight (lbs.)
- 2291
- Coupler Size
- 2-5/16"
- 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
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
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 (3,790 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (568 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).
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.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper Express 9.0 | 12' 10" | 2 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops ESCAPE9.0TD | 14'-2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Clipper LS 860LS | 12'-2" | 4 | Profiled |
| Clipper Sport 860QS | 12' 2" | 4 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops 9.0TD | 14'-2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Clipper LS 806XLS | 12'-11" | 6 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops EXPLORE9.0TD | 14'-2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Clipper Sport 106 | 12'8" | 6 | Profiled |
| Clipper LS 107LS | 13'-2" | 7 | Profiled |
| Clipper Sport 108ST | 16'-10" | 7 | Profiled |
| Clipper Express 12.0TD | 16' 9" | 3 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDXL | 17'-5" | 3 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDMAX | 17'-5" | 3 | Profiled |
| Clipper LS 128LS | 17'-9" | 8 | Profiled |
| Clipper V-Trec V1 | 17' 2" | 6 | Profiled |
| Clipper Sport 125ST | 17' 9" | 8 | Profiled |
| Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDPRO | 17'-5" | 3 | Profiled |
| Clipper V-Trec V2 | 18' 3" | 6 | Profiled |
| Clipper Classic 1285SST | 19' | 6 | Profiled |
| Clipper V-Trec V3 | 21' 8" | 6 | Profiled |
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 V-Trec V2
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
2,493 lb dry and 3,840 lb GVWR, against this model’s 2,581 lb and 3,790 lb.
2,840 lb dry and 3,296 lb GVWR, against this model’s 2,581 lb and 3,790 lb.
06 Loading it for a trip
Cargo capacity on the Clipper V-Trec V2 is 1,209 lb.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V1, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 6 fields both publish (this plan first): length 18 ft 3 in vs 17 ft 2 in; dry weight 2,581 lb vs 2,394 lb; GVWR 3,790 lb vs 3,774 lb; cargo capacity 1,209 lb vs 1,380 lb; hitch weight 290 lb vs 274 lb. They match on sleeps.
| Clipper Camping Trailers plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 3,790 | 18 of 20 | 1,277–4,427 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 2,581 | 18 of 20 | 761–3,217 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 1,209 | 11 of 19 | 456–1,786 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 290 | 17 of 20 | 77–427 |
| Length | 18 ft 3 in | 18 of 20 | 12 ft 0 in–21 ft 8 in |
| Sleeps | 6 | 11–16 of 20 | 2–8 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V1 is 16 lb lighter (3,774 lb GVWR); Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDPRO is 50 lb heavier (3,840 lb GVWR).
| Nearest Clipper Camping Trailers siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V2 | 18 ft 3 in | 6 | 2,581 | 3,790 | 1,209 | 290 | — |
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V1 | 17 ft 2 in | 6 | 2,394 | 3,774 | 1,380 | 274 | — |
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper V-Trec V3 | 21 ft 8 in | 6 | 3,217 | 4,427 | 1,210 | 427 | — |
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Teardrops 12.0TDPRO | 17 ft 0 in | 3 | 2,493 | 3,840 | 1,347 | 340 | 27 |
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Classic 1285SST | 19 ft 0 in | 6 | 2,840 | 3,296 | 456 | 296 | 23 |
| Clipper Camping Trailers Clipper Sport 125ST | 17 ft 9 in | 8 | 2,396 | 3,241 | 845 | 241 | — |
All 20 Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans: Clipper Camping Trailers line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper V-Trec V2 | 3,790 | 2,581 | 6 | 18 ft 3 in |
| Aliner Amp | 3,500 | 2,600 | — | 18 ft 0 in |
| SylvanSport GO | 1,650 | 840 | — | — |
Against the Clipper V-Trec V2: the Aliner Amp is 290 lb lighter; the SylvanSport GO is 2,140 lb lighter.
08 Common questions about the Clipper V-Trec V2
How much does the Clipper V-Trec V2 weigh?
2,581 lb dry; 3,790 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Clipper V-Trec V2 carry?
1,209 lb, 32% of its GVWR (median across 20 camping trailers here: 36%).
What is the tongue weight of the Clipper V-Trec V2?
290 lb as published, 11% of the dry weight (median across 91 camping trailers here: 11%).
What size tow vehicle does the Clipper V-Trec V2 need?
A tow rating of at least 3,790 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the Clipper V-Trec V2 sleep?
It is rated to sleep 6. 4 of the 20 Clipper Camping Trailers floorplans that publish a count sleep more.
How long is the Clipper V-Trec V2?
18' 3" 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 V-Trec V2. Not published: exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank, slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: forestriverinc.com, coachmenrv.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
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 V2 from 2021. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the V2, 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.
Full record for each earlier model year
2020 V2 2,581 lb dry · 3,790 lb GVWR
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 18' 3"
- Exterior width
- 7' 1"
- Exterior height
- 65"
- Interior height
- 6' 10"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 2,581 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 3,790 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,209 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 290 lbs
Running gear
- Tire size
- ST235/75R15
- 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
- 6
As printed in this brochure
- Interior Box Size
- 12'
- Exterior Open Length
- 22' 5"
- Tire Load Range
- C
- Axle Weight (lbs.)
- 2291
- Coupler Size
- 2-5/16"
- 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): none of the 7 figures both years print changed.
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 (2,581 + 1,209 = 3,790 lb). Nothing in this record is copied from another model year.
2019 V2 2,581 lb dry · 3,790 lb GVWR
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 18'3"
- Exterior width
- 85"
- Exterior height
- 65"
- Interior height
- 6'10"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 2,581 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 3,790 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,209 lbs
- Dry tongue weight
- 290 lbs
Running gear
- Tire size
- ST235/75R15
- 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
- 6
As printed in this brochure
- Interior Box Size:
- 12
- Exterior Open Length:
- 22'5"
- Tire Load Range:
- 5 Bolt C
- Axle Weight(lbs.):
- 2291
- Coupler Size:
- 2 5/16"
- 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 (2,581 + 1,209 = 3,790 lb). Nothing in this record is copied from another model year.