2012 KZCoyote CL163

KZ lists the 2012 Coyote CL163 at 3,054 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 446 lb and a tongue weight of 332 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 20' 2" long and 10' 1" high. KZ prints its tanks as 20 gal fresh, 25 gal grey, 25 gal black.

Among the 11 Coyote floorplans KZ’s Coyote brochure (filed in KZ’s 2012 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 3 from the lightest, in a range from 2,890 lb (Coyote 15C) to 4,400 lb (Coyote 23CKS). Every figure in that comparison is KZ’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from KZ’s Coyote brochure (filed in KZ’s 2012 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year); model year 2012 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the CL163 differs from the other ten Coyote floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 446 lb: smallest of eleven; next is the 16C (559 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 12.7%: smallest of eleven; next is the 16C (16%).
• Tongue weight, 332 lb: lightest of eleven; next is the 20C (350 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 1 in: lowest of eleven; next are the 15C and 16C (10 ft 2 in).
• Fresh tank, 20 gal: smallest of eleven; next are the 15C, 16C and two others (25 gal).
• Dry weight, 3,054 lb: third-lightest of eleven, between the 16C (2,941 lb) and the 20C (3,460 lb).
• Length, 20 ft 2 in: third-shortest of eleven, between the 16C (18 ft) and the 20C (20 ft 9 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.9%: fourth-smallest of eleven, between the 20C (10.1%) and the 22CP (11.9%).
• Grey tank, 25 gal: smallest of eleven, level with the 22CTS; next are the 15C, 16C and seven others (32 gal).
• Black tank, 25 gal: smallest of eleven, level with the 22CTS; next are the 15C, 16C and seven others (32 gal).
• GVWR, 3,500 lb: lowest of eleven, level with the 15C and 16C; next are the 20C and CL180 (4,500 lb).

Next to the 16C, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the CL163 is 113 lb heavier by dry weight, has 113 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 58 lb lighter, is 2 ft 2 in longer, stands 1 in lower, has a fresh tank 5 gal smaller, has a grey tank 7 gal smaller and has a black tank 7 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR and interior height.

Next to the 20C, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the CL163 is 406 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,000 lb lower, has 594 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 18 lb lighter, is 7 in shorter, stands 3 in lower, has a fresh tank 5 gal smaller, has a grey tank 7 gal smaller and has a black tank 7 gal smaller; the two publish the same interior height.

KZ’s Coyote brochure (filed in KZ’s 2012 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists 11 Coyote floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 20-gallon fresh tank is about 166 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 37% of the Coyote CL163’s 446 lb cargo capacity, leaving 280 lb. Across 11 Coyote floorplans the water share runs 19% to 40%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Coyote 16C at 37% and Coyote CL180 at 40%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

The record at the top of this page is the CL163 from 2012. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the CL163, and those 2 years are, each from its own brochure printed here: 2010 to 2011. 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.