2026 CoachmenFreedom Express Select 249SE

Coachmen lists the 2026 Freedom Express Select 249SE at 5,132 lb dry, a net carrying capacity of 2,268 lb and a tongue weight of 674 lb. It prints no GVWR for it.

It is 28' 5" long and 11' 0" high. Coachmen prints its tanks as 52 gal fresh, 35 gal grey, 35 gal black.

Among the 22 Coachmen Freedom Express floorplans Coachmen lists for 2026 with a published dry weight, it is number 5 from the lightest, in a range from 3,932 lb (Freedom Express Select 18SE) to 8,720 lb (Freedom Express Liberty Edition 330BHJJ). 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 2026 Freedom Express brochure, the maker’s own dated document for model year 2026.

How the 249SE differs from the other nine Coachmen Freedom Express floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.1%: third-largest of ten, between the 324RLDS (12.8%) and the 21SE (13.5%).
• Dry weight, 5,132 lb: fourth-lightest of ten, between the 21SE (4,672 lb) and the 247SE (5,356 lb).
• Exterior height, 11 ft: fourth-lowest of ten, between the 18SE, 19SE and 21SE (10 ft 6 in) and the 29SE (11 ft 1 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,268 lb: fifth-largest of ten, between the 18SE (2,068 lb) and the 31SE (2,330 lb).
• Tongue weight, 674 lb: fifth-heaviest of ten, between the 29SE (642 lb) and the 30SE (770 lb).
• Length, 28 ft 5 in: fifth-shortest of ten, between the 247SE (28 ft 2 in) and the 30SE (33 ft 3 in).

Next to the 21SE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 249SE is 460 lb heavier by dry weight, has 940 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 44 lb heavier, is 3 ft 6 in longer and stands 6 in taller; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 247SE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 249SE is 224 lb lighter by dry weight, has 624 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 3 in longer and stands 3 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Coachmen lists 24 Coachmen Freedom Express floorplans for 2026; this site profiles every one with a printed weight, from Coachmen’s own 2026 Freedom Express brochure.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water, 19% of the Freedom Express Select 249SE’s 2,268 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,836 lb. Across 10 Coachmen Freedom Express floorplans the water share runs 14% to 33%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Coachmen Freedom Express Freedom Express Select 31SE at 18% and Coachmen Freedom Express Freedom Express Select 18SE at 21%.