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Forest RiverNorthern Spirit Ultra Lite Models

The 8 Northern Spirit Ultra Lite travel trailers in Coachmen’s Northern Spirit Ultra Lite brochure (filed in Coachmen’s /brochures/2021/ folder; the brochure prints no year), each shown with the weights Coachmen prints for it.

Coachmen Northern Spirit Ultra Lite at a Glance — MY2021

8modelsModels Coachmen lists
8pagesModels with a published dry weight
4,926lbLightest dry weight (Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 1943RB)
8,248lbHeaviest dry weight (Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 3379BH)
Built by · Forest River Model year · 2021

01 What Coachmen publishes for the Northern Spirit Ultra Lite

Coachmen RV, a division of Forest River, Inc. lists 8 Northern Spirit Ultra Lite travel trailers in its Northern Spirit Ultra Lite brochure (filed in Coachmen’s /brochures/2021/ folder; the brochure prints no year). Coachmen prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for 0 of them. It prints a net carrying capacity for 8; on the 0 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 0. (How the data is verified.)

02 Coachmen Northern Spirit Ultra Lite models

Coachmen Northern Spirit Ultra Lite · 8 models

ModelDry weightCargo (CCC)GVWRTongueLengthSleepsOn this site
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 1943RB4,926 lb1,574 lbNot published by Coachmen520 lb23' 10"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 2255RK5,462 lb2,138 lbNot published by Coachmen656 lb27' 2"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 2454BH5,552 lb2,098 lbNot published by Coachmen770 lb28' 9"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 2557RB5,842 lb1,758 lbNot published by Coachmen648 lb29' 3"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 2659BH6,218 lb1,382 lbNot published by Coachmen850 lb31' 8"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 2963BH6,408 lb1,192 lbNot published by Coachmen760 lb33' 11"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 3272BH7,198 lb2,602 lbNot published by Coachmen928 lb36' 4"—Profiled
Northern Spirit Ultra Lite 3379BH8,248 lb1,552 lbNot published by Coachmen1,094 lb36' 11"—Profiled

Read from Coachmen’s Northern Spirit Ultra Lite brochure (filed in Coachmen’s /brochures/2021/ folder; the brochure prints no year), 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.

03 Reading Coachmen’s figures

A maker’s published weight is for a base trailer; options and dealer-installed equipment add weight to any particular unit. The federal weight label inside the trailer carries its own unloaded weight, cargo carrying capacity and GVWR (49 CFR 567 and 571.120): read it on the unit itself before any towing decision.

04 Documents

PDFCoachmen Northern Spirit Ultra Lite brochure (2021)coachmenrv.com · read 6 Nov 2026

05 Recalls

No campaign in either of our passes over NHTSA’s recall record names this line. That is not the same as a clean record — a line can be recalled under a parent name, and prose matching is imperfect. Treat it as no result found, not as no recalls.

Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.

No campaign is filed under the Coachmen Northern Spirit name.

06 Owner-reported problems

A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.

How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.

Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.

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What reviewers say

Independent reviews of this line, summarised in this site’s own words and linked to the original. Each says whether the reviewer actually towed or inspected the trailer. Reviews are opinions about the year and floorplan they looked at; every figure on this site still comes only from the maker’s own documents.

RV Travel (RVtravel.com) · not stated 2252MD · by Tony Barthel, 2022-07-03

Not a hands-on test: written from the maker’s information and the reviewer’s own research.

Tony Barthel really likes this Northern Spirit floor plan and says it might be one of his favourites in the category. He praises the bedroom reading lights, a full-width front pass-through cabinet, a true queen mattress, Azdel walls and access in travel mode. He dislikes the 16-inch oven, a slightly cramped toilet and a single low-performance fan.

Liked

  • Full-width front pass-through cabinet
  • Proper queen mattress
  • Azdel substrates inside and out
  • Usable in travel mode

Criticised

  • 16-inch oven
  • Toilet a bit cramped
  • One low-performance fan (bathroom); wants a vent over the bed

Read the review on rvtravel.com