01 What makes it unique
Gulf Stream lists the Ameri-Lite 22RSD at 4,170 lb dry, a net carrying capacity of 3,320 lb and a tongue weight of 490 lb. It prints no GVWR for it.
It is 25' 8" long and 10' 9" high. Gulf Stream prints no tank capacity for it.
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 18 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 22RSD, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the 22RSD differs from the other 33 Ameri-Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Cargo capacity, 3,320 lb: fourth-largest of 34, between the 20RBS (3,027 lb) and the 241RB (3,487 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.8%: twelfth-smallest of 34, between the 177BH and 189DD (11.7%) and the 241RB (11.9%).
- Length, 25 ft 8 in: sixteenth-longest of 34, between the 221RK (25 ft 6 in) and the 240RK (26 ft 3 in).
- Dry weight, 4,170 lb: seventeenth-heaviest of 34, between the 241RB (4,031 lb) and the 20RBS (4,360 lb).
- Exterior height, 10 ft 9 in: shared with the 15TH and 16RD; of 34, nineteen lower and twelve taller, nearest the 197BH, 199RK and 19RD (10 ft 8 in) and the 238RK, 240RK and eight others (11 ft 1 in).
- Tongue weight, 490 lb: shared with the 199RK; of 34, fifteen lighter and seventeen heavier, nearest the 15TH (480 lb) and the 248BH (500 lb).
Next to the 241RB, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 22RSD is 139 lb heavier by dry weight, has 167 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 12 lb heavier, is 1 ft 8 in shorter and stands 11 in taller; the two publish the same interior height.
Next to the 20RBS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 22RSD is 190 lb lighter by dry weight, has 293 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 90 lb heavier, is 2 ft 9 in longer and stands 5 in lower; the two publish the same interior height.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 25' 8"
- Exterior height
- 10' 9"
- Exterior width
- 8'
- Interior height
- 6' 8"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 4,170 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- Not published by Gulf Stream
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 3,320 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 490 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- Not published by Gulf Stream
- Grey water
- Not published by Gulf Stream
- Black water
- Not published by Gulf Stream
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- Not published by Gulf Stream
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by Gulf Stream
- Factory grouping (as printed)
- Ameri-Lite (Light Weight Trailers)
- Furnace
- 20,000 BTU
- Water Heater
- Tankless
- LP Tank
- 2 x 20 lbs
- Weight basis (as printed)
- Gulf Stream prints "Dry Weight", "Hitch Weight" and "Net Carrying Capacity" on this page with no unit on the figures (its own line listing states weights in lbs.; tank figures carry no unit). No GVWR is printed, so nothing is checked against one. Page footnote: "Specifications are approximate and subject to change. Check the label in your unit for actual weights and capacities."
- Model year
- Not stated by Gulf Stream; figures as published on Gulf Stream's site (https://www.gulfstreamcoach.com/products/light-weight/amerilite/model/22rsd), read 6 Nov 2026
- Also sold as
- Conquest Lite, Innsbruck Lite, Kingsport Lite, Trailmaster Lite: identical floorplan codes and figures on Gulf Stream's site
- Fresh water (as printed, no unit)
- 35
- Grey tank (as printed, no unit)
- 34
- Black tank (as printed, no unit)
- 33
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
Size, with end view
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
03 The Ameri-Lite floorplan family
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.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameri-Lite 134BH | 16' | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 134RD | 16' | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 14RE | 15' 10" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 177BH | 20' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 15TH | 16' 2" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 18QB | 20' 10" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 178RB | 20' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 16RD | 16' 3" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 189DD | 20' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 199DD | 20' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 16RBT | 19' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 199RK | 22' 2" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 19RD | 23' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 197BH | 22' 2" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 248BH | 26' 7" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 192DS | 22' 3" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 241RB | 27' 4" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 22RSD | 25' 8" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 20RBS | 22' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 228SB | 23' 4" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 221RK | 25' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 238RK | 28' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 26BHG | 29' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 24RLS | 28' 10" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 275FBG | 30' | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 236RL | 28' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 268BH | 29' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 240RK | 26' 3" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 269BH | 29' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 251RE | 30' | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 257RB | 28' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 279BH | 32' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 274QB | 32' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Ameri-Lite 292RBH | 33' 11" | — | Profiled |
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.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What Gulf Stream does not publish for the Ameri-Lite 22RSD
Gulf Stream prints no GVWR, tire size, grey-tank, black-tank, sleeping capacity 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
4,031 lb dry and Not published by Gulf Stream GVWR, against this model’s 4,170 lb and Not published by Gulf Stream.
4,360 lb dry and Not published by Gulf Stream GVWR, against this model’s 4,170 lb and Not published by Gulf Stream.
06 Loading it for a trip
Cargo capacity on the Ameri-Lite 22RSD is 3,320 lb.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Ameri-Lite 241RB, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 4 fields both publish (this plan first): length 25 ft 8 in vs 27 ft 4 in; dry weight 4,170 lb vs 4,031 lb; cargo capacity 3,320 lb vs 3,487 lb; hitch weight 490 lb vs 478 lb.
| Ameri-Lite plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry weight (lb) | 4,170 | 18 of 34 | 2,630–6,320 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 3,320 | 31 of 34 | 610–4,330 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 490 | 16–17 of 34 | 300–930 |
| Length | 25 ft 8 in | 19 of 34 | 15 ft 10 in–33 ft 11 in |
Either side of it by dry weight: Ameri-Lite 241RB is 139 lb lighter (4,031 lb dry); Ameri-Lite 20RBS is 190 lb heavier (4,360 lb dry).
| Nearest Ameri-Lite siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameri-Lite 22RSD | 25 ft 8 in | — | 4,170 | — | 3,320 | 490 | — |
| Ameri-Lite 241RB | 27 ft 4 in | — | 4,031 | — | 3,487 | 478 | — |
| Ameri-Lite 248BH | 26 ft 7 in | — | 3,899 | — | 3,601 | 500 | — |
| Ameri-Lite 221RK | 25 ft 6 in | — | 4,620 | — | 2,940 | 560 | — |
| Ameri-Lite 20RBS | 22 ft 11 in | — | 4,360 | — | 3,027 | 400 | — |
| Ameri-Lite 238RK | 28 ft 6 in | — | 4,815 | — | 2,865 | 640 | — |
All 34 Ameri-Lite floorplans: Ameri-Lite line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by dry weight | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameri-Lite 22RSD | — | 4,170 | — | 25 ft 8 in |
| Escape E231BH | 5,000 | 4,170 | 8 | 27 ft 3 in |
| Micro Minnie 2200FBH | 5,500 | 4,170 | 5 | 23 ft 11 in |
| IBEX 19QRB | 4,915 | 4,168 | — | 24 ft 2 in |
| Cherokee Wolf Pup Black Label 17JWBL | 5,702 | 4,174 | — | 23 ft 11 in |
| E-Series 18RBE | 5,690 | 4,175 | 4 | 21 ft 10 in |
| Pause R12RB | 5,600 | 4,163 | — | 17 ft 0 in |
Against the Ameri-Lite 22RSD: the Escape E231BH is 2 ft longer; the Micro Minnie 2200FBH is 2 ft shorter; the IBEX 19QRB is 2 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter.
08 Common questions about the Ameri-Lite 22RSD
How much can the Ameri-Lite 22RSD carry?
3,320 lb.
What is the tongue weight of the Ameri-Lite 22RSD?
490 lb as published, 12% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
How long is the Ameri-Lite 22RSD?
25' 8" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
7 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Ameri-Lite 22RSD. Not published: GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: gulfstreamcoach.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 8 recall campaigns and 5 owner complaints (model years 2005 on) against the Ameri-Lite line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
Too few reports to show a pattern. 5 complaints have been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. They cover latches/locks/linkages, structure, suspension and wheels.
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 Ameri-Lite line page.