01 What makes it unique
Off Grid Trailers lists the Switchback at 1,500 lb dry, a GVWR of 3,500 lb and a tongue weight of 200 lb. Off Grid Trailers prints no cargo carrying capacity for it, so none is given here; the federal label inside the trailer carries one.
It is 130 IN long. Off Grid Trailers prints its tanks as 31 gal fresh.
Among the 4 Off Grid Trailers floorplans Off Grid Trailers’s Off Grid Trailers buying guide on offgridtrailers.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 2 from the lightest, in a range from 1,200 lb (Sprocket 3.0) to 2,300 lb (Pando 3.0). Every figure in that comparison is Off Grid Trailers’s, read from the same set of model pages.
Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Off Grid Trailers’s own Off Grid Trailers buying guide on offgridtrailers.com (no model year stated) for the Switchback, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the Switchback differs from the other three Off Grid Trailers floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Length, 10 ft 10 in: shortest of four; next is the Sprocket 3.0 (12 ft 1 in).
- Dry weight, 1,500 lb: second-lightest of four, between the Sprocket 3.0 (1,200 lb) and the Expedition 3.0 (2,200 lb).
- Tongue weight, 200 lb: second-lightest of four, between the Sprocket 3.0 (125 lb) and the Expedition 3.0 (300 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.3%: second-smallest of four, between the Sprocket 3.0 (10.4%) and the Pando 3.0 (13.5%).
Next to the Sprocket 3.0, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the Switchback is 300 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 600 lb higher, has a tongue weight 75 lb heavier and is 1 ft 3 in shorter.
Next to the Expedition 3.0, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the Switchback is 700 lb lighter by dry weight, has a tongue weight 100 lb lighter and is 3 ft shorter; the two publish the same GVWR and fresh tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 130 IN
- Exterior height
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
- Exterior width
- 75 IN
- Interior height
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 1,500 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 3,500 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 200 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 31 gal
- Grey water
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
- Black water
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by Off Grid Trailers
- MAX GVW (as printed)
- 3500 LB
- DEPARTURE ANGLE
- 50°
- TRACKWIDTH
- 72 IN
- GROUND CLEARANCE
- 21 IN
- WHEELBASE
- 120 IN
- INTERIOR WIDTH
- 56.5 IN
- FRONT STORAGE BOX
- 40 CUBIC FT
- Spec block note (as printed)
- Above specifications are estimations only
- OVERALL HEIGHT (no unit printed)
- 70
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.
Towing it
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (3,500 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (525 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433).
03 The Off Grid Trailers floorplan family
Off Grid Trailers’s Off Grid Trailers buying guide on offgridtrailers.com (no model year stated) lists 4 Off Grid Trailers floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprocket 3.0 | 145 IN | — | Profiled |
| Switchback | 130 IN | — | Profiled |
| Expedition 3.0 | 166 IN | — | Profiled |
| Pando 3.0 | 166 IN | — | Profiled |
Off Grid Trailers’s Off Grid Trailers buying guide on offgridtrailers.com (no model year stated) lists 4 Off Grid Trailers floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What Off Grid Trailers does not publish for the Switchback
Off Grid Trailers prints no cargo carrying capacity, tire size, interior height, 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
1,200 lb dry and 2,900 lb GVWR, against this model’s 1,500 lb and 3,500 lb.
2,200 lb dry and 3,500 lb GVWR, against this model’s 1,500 lb and 3,500 lb.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Off Grid Trailers Expedition 3.0, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 5 fields both publish (this plan first): length 10 ft 10 in vs 13 ft 10 in; dry weight 1,500 lb vs 2,200 lb; hitch weight 200 lb vs 300 lb. They match on GVWR and fresh tank.
| Off Grid Trailers plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 3,500 | 2–4 of 4 | 2,900–3,500 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 1,500 | 2 of 4 | 1,200–2,300 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 200 | 2 of 4 | 125–310 |
| Length | 10 ft 10 in | 1 of 4 | 10 ft 10 in–13 ft 10 in |
Either side of it by GVWR: Off Grid Trailers Pando 3.0 matches it at 3,500 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Off Grid Trailers siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off Grid Trailers Switchback | 10 ft 10 in | — | 1,500 | 3,500 | — | 200 | 31 |
| Off Grid Trailers Expedition 3.0 | 13 ft 10 in | — | 2,200 | 3,500 | — | 300 | 31 |
| Off Grid Trailers Sprocket 3.0 | 12 ft 1 in | — | 1,200 | 2,900 | — | 125 | — |
| Off Grid Trailers Pando 3.0 | 13 ft 10 in | — | 2,300 | 3,500 | — | 310 | — |
All 4 Off Grid Trailers floorplans: Off Grid Trailers line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry or base (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switchback | 3,500 | 1,500 | — | 10 ft 10 in |
| Sport 16RB | 3,500 | 2,860 | 4 | 16 ft 0 in |
| Bambi 16RB | 3,500 | 3,150 | 4 | 16 ft 3 in |
| Basecamp 16X | 3,500 | 2,700 | 2 | 16 ft 2 in |
| Bean Trailer Bean Stock X | 3,500 | 1,600 | 2 | 14 ft 0 in |
| Casita 15′ Patriot | 3,500 | 2,000 | — | 15 ft 0 in |
| Colt 13RD | 3,500 | 2,550 | 4 | 16 ft 1 in |
Against the Switchback: the Sport 16RB is 5 ft longer; the Bambi 16RB is 5 ft longer; the Basecamp 16X is 5 ft longer.
08 Common questions about the Switchback
How much does the Switchback weigh?
1,500 lb dry; 3,500 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
What is the tongue weight of the Switchback?
200 lb as published, 13% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Switchback need?
A tow rating of at least 3,500 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How long is the Switchback?
130 IN overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
6 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Switchback. Not published: cargo capacity (CCC), exterior height, interior height, grey tank, black tank, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: 4910254.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 2 recall campaigns against the Off Grid Trailers line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
Reports that name the Switchback
2 of those records name this floorplan specifically rather than the line as a whole.
| Type | Date | Reference | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recall | 7 Jun 2022 | 22V400000 | A gas leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. |
| Recall | 2 Mar 2023 | 23V139000 | A gas leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. |
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 Off Grid Trailers line page.