Gulf StreamAmeri-Lite 228SB

Gulf Stream lists the Ameri-Lite 228SB at 4,430 lb dry, a net carrying capacity of 1,300 lb and a tongue weight of 530 lb. It prints no GVWR for it.

It is 23' 4" long and 10' 6" high. Gulf Stream prints its tanks as 35 gal fresh, 34 gal grey, 34 gal black.

Among the 34 Ameri-Lite floorplans Gulf Stream’s Ameri-Lite model pages on gulfstreamcoach.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 20 from the lightest, in a range from 2,630 lb (Ameri-Lite 134BH) to 6,320 lb (Ameri-Lite 292RBH). Every figure in that comparison is Gulf Stream’s, read from the same set of model pages.

Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Gulf Stream’s own Ameri-Lite model pages on gulfstreamcoach.com (no model year stated) for the Ameri-Lite 228SB, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.

How the 228SB differs from the other 33 Ameri-Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,300 lb: fourteenth-smallest of 34, between the 134BH and 134RD (1,270 lb) and the 199RK (1,370 lb).
• Dry weight, 4,430 lb: fifteenth-heaviest of 34, between the 20RBS (4,360 lb) and the 221RK (4,620 lb).
• Tongue weight, 530 lb: sixteenth-heaviest of 34, between the 248BH (500 lb) and the 251RE (550 lb).
• Length, 23 ft 4 in: seventeenth-shortest of 34, between the 19RD (23 ft 1 in) and the 221RK (25 ft 6 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12%: shared with the 26BHG; of 34, thirteen smaller and nineteen larger, nearest the 241RB (11.9%) and the 221RK (12.1%).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 6 in: shared with the 192DS; of 34, fourteen lower and eighteen taller, nearest the 26BHG and 275FBG (10 ft 5 in) and the 197BH, 199RK and 19RD (10 ft 8 in).

Next to the 20RBS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 228SB is 70 lb heavier by dry weight, has 1,727 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 130 lb heavier, is 5 in longer and stands 8 in lower.

Next to the 221RK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 228SB is 190 lb lighter by dry weight, has 1,640 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 30 lb lighter, is 2 ft 2 in shorter and stands 2 in taller.

Gulf Stream’s Ameri-Lite model pages on gulfstreamcoach.com (no model year stated) lists 34 Ameri-Lite floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 35-gallon fresh tank is about 290 lb of water, 22% of the Ameri-Lite 228SB’s 1,300 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,010 lb. Across 3 Ameri-Lite floorplans the water share runs 12% to 22%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Ameri-Lite 292RBH at 18%.