01 What makes it unique
The Coleman 17R takes the popular 17-foot footprint and rethinks it for couples. Where the 17B packs in bunks, the 17R turns the main queen bed 90 degrees so both people can get in and out without climbing over each other — a small change that makes the trailer far more comfortable for two. The slightly longer body frees space for a bathroom that spans the full width of the trailer and a large wardrobe closet for clothes or linens.
Underneath it's the same Keystone value construction as the rest of the line: a conventional stick-built body on an I-beam steel frame with stamped-steel cross-members, a walkable roof, and a one-piece heated and enclosed underbelly. It carries the line's practical kit — full pass-through storage with extra-tall doors, a power awning, quick-drop stabilizers, a power tongue jack, blackout shades, and Furrion backup-camera prep — in a 78-inch-tall cabin with a stainless sink.
At 3,061 pounds dry on a single axle it's still easy to tow, and at an MSRP of $16,488 it's priced like the value trailer it is. It sleeps three rather than five — this is a couples' trailer, optionally with room for a child — and trades the bunks for comfort and storage. For two people who want a brand-new trailer under $17,000 with a proper walk-around bed and a full bath, the 17R is one of the most sensible buys in the segment.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 20 ft 8 in
- Exterior width
- 8 ft 0 in
- Exterior height
- 9 ft 9 in
- Interior height
- 78 in
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 3,061 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 4,300 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 368 lb
- Net cargo capacity
- 1,239 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 21 gal
- Grey water
- 34 gal
- Black water
- 34 gal
- Refrigerator
- 3.3 cu ft
Construction
- Frame
- I-beam steel · stamped cross-members
- Roof
- Walkable
- Underbelly
- One-piece heated & enclosed
- Body
- Stick-built
Running gear
- Axles
- 1
- Hitch
- Bumper pull
- Stabilizers
- Quick-drop
- Tongue jack
- Power
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 2-burner
- Sink
- Stainless steel
- Bath
- Full-width rear
- A/C
- Sidewall
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 3
- Primary bed
- Turned queen (walk-around)
- Bath
- Full-width rear
- Storage
- Large wardrobe + pass-through
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch.
03 Coleman floorplan family
The base Coleman line — Keystone's compact, value-priced travel trailers. The 17R on this page is highlighted; each other plan links to its own profile. The full line runs from a 13-foot couples' plan up through 27-foot family layouts.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13B | 16 ft | 4 | Ultra-compact; bunks; lightest |
| 17B | 20 ft | 5 | Bunks; family value; sleeps 5 |
| 17R | 21 ft | 3 | Couples; turned queen; full-width bath |
Coleman is sold in four series: the base Coleman line shown here, plus the larger Coleman Lantern, the laminate Coleman Light, and the mid-range laminate Coleman Legacy. Additional base-line floorplans (13R, 19B, 19R, 23B, 25B, 27B) are documented on the line hub.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Built for two
Turning the queen 90 degrees lets both people get in and out without climbing over each other — the 17R's whole reason for being, and a genuine comfort upgrade over the 17B for couples.
Full-width rear bath
The slightly longer body makes room for a bathroom spanning the full width of the trailer plus a large wardrobe — unusual at this size and price.
Easy to tow, easy to buy
At 3,061 lb dry on a single axle and an MSRP of $16,488, it's both light and genuinely affordable for a new trailer.
Sleeps three, not five
Choosing the 17R means trading the 17B's bunks for comfort and storage — the right call for couples, the wrong one for families needing berths.
05 How it compares
The same length with bunks instead of a walk-around bed — sleeps five, the family counterpart to the 17R's couples layout.
Shorter, lighter, and cheaper, with bunks — for smaller tow vehicles, at the cost of the full-width bath and walk-around bed.
Couples-oriented value trailers from the other volume brands — compare the turned-bed layout, build, and price.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 21-gallon fresh tank is roughly 14% of the 1,239-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Coleman 17R with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,239 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (21 gal × 8.34 lb) | −175 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,064 lb | 14% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 355 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 3 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 368 pounds is 12% of the 3,061-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 4,300-pound GVWR the Coleman 17R is towing 1,239 pounds more than its 3,061-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 21 gallons of fresh against 34 grey and 34 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Of the 3 Coleman floorplans profiled here, the Coleman 17R carries the highest GVWR at 4,300 pounds. It is the top of the line by weight, which makes tow-vehicle capability the first thing to settle rather than the last.
Either side of it in the same line: Coleman 17B is 310 pounds lighter at 3,990 lb GVWR.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman 17R | 4,300 | 3,061 | 3 | 20 ft 8 in |
| Basecamp 20X | 4,300 | 3,400 | 4 | 20 ft 2 in |
| Caravel 16RB | 4,300 | 3,500 | 4 | 16 ft 2 in |
| Zinger Lite Mini 12BH | 4,300 | 2,550 | 4 | 16 ft 1 in |
| Flagstaff E-Pro E171SLE | 4,345 | 2,949 | 2 | 20 ft 0 in |
| Rockwood Geo Pro G17SLE | 4,345 | 2,949 | 2 | 20 ft 0 in |
| Hideout 175BH | 4,350 | 3,020 | 6 | 20 ft 6 in |
Against the Coleman 17R: the Basecamp 20X sleeps 1 more; the Caravel 16RB is 4 ft shorter and sleeps 1 more; the Zinger Lite Mini 12BH is 5 ft shorter and sleeps 1 more. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Coleman floorplans profiled here run 2,526 to 3,061 pounds dry and 16 to 21 feet of exterior length across 3 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Coleman line hub.
08 Common questions about the Coleman 17R
How much does the Coleman 17R weigh?
It leaves the factory at 3,061 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 4,300 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the Coleman 17R carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,239 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 21-gallon fresh tank uses about 175 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the Coleman 17R?
The published dry tongue weight is 368 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the Coleman 17R need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 4,300 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the Coleman 17R sleep?
It is rated to sleep 3. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the Coleman 17R?
Fresh 21 gallons, grey 34 gallons, black 34 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the Coleman 17R?
Exterior length is 20 ft 8 in. Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 15 of them for the Coleman 17R. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: slide count, tire specification, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (96%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Coleman line, and NHTSA holds 11 recall campaigns and 2 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
Too few reports to show a pattern. 2 complaints have been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. They cover structure.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Coleman line page.