2027 Highland Ridge Range Lite225BSM

The Range Lite 225BSM leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 6,045 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,500 lbs and 1,455 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 19% of the loaded rating, and Highland Ridge's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 55-gallon fresh tank spends 457 lbs of that 1,455 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 660 lbs, or 11% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 55 gallons fresh, 76 grey and 40 black, 116 gallons of waste capacity against 55 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Highland Ridge publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Range Lite roster this is the 8th of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,935 lbs to 6,960 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 6,045 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 6,773 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 7,500 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was read from Highland Ridge's own factory page for this floorplan. It was read once, from that page only, so there is no second factory listing to check it against. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Highland Ridge does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Highland Ridge publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 225BSM is a Range Lite designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 225BSM differs from the other eleven Range Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.4%: smallest of twelve; next is the 260RLL (19.8%).
• Black tank, 40 gal: largest of twelve; next are the 215MKU, 240DBH and two others (38 gal).
• Sleeping capacity, 7: second-largest of four, between the 215MKU and 260RKB (2) and the 240DBH (8).
• Cargo capacity, 1,455 lb: third-smallest of twelve, between the 220DBM (1,445 lb) and the 200MLM (1,465 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.9%: third-smallest of twelve, between the 280MKI (10.3%) and the 240DBH (11.1%).
• Length, 28 ft: fourth-shortest of twelve, between the 220DBM (26 ft 8 in) and the 230MKD (28 ft 7 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: fourth-tallest of twelve, between the 211RKM, 215MKU and three others (9 ft 11 in) and the 270DBL (10 ft 3 in).
• Dry weight, 6,045 lb: fifth-heaviest of twelve, between the 240DBH (6,015 lb) and the 260RLL (6,095 lb).
• Grey tank, 76 gal: shared with the 215MKU, 240DBH and 270DBL; of twelve, seven smaller and one larger, nearest the 230MKD, 260RLL and 280MKI (71 gal) and the 260RKB (106 gal).
• Tongue weight, 660 lb: shared with the 230MKD; of twelve, four lighter and six heavier, nearest the 220DBM (655 lb) and the 215MKU (664 lb).
• GVWR, 7,500 lb: shared with the 250RBL; of twelve, five lower and five higher, nearest the 215MKU and 230MKD (7,400 lb) and the 240DBH and 260RLL (7,600 lb).

Next to the 240DBH, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 225BSM is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb lower, has 130 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 5 lb lighter, is 1 ft 8 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a black tank 2 gal larger and sleeps one fewer; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 260RLL (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 225BSM is 50 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb lower, has 50 lb less cargo capacity, is 3 ft 4 in shorter, stands 4 in taller, has a grey tank 5 gal larger and has a black tank 9.5 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Eleven Range Lite floorplans with a full factory record for 2027. They run 4,885 lb to 7,090 lb dry across 23' 4" to 33' 2" of exterior length, with cargo capacity of 1,400 lb to 1,760 lb and tongue weights of 555 lb to 860 lb. Every one publishes a GVWR, 6,400 lb to 8,850 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly.

A full 55-gallon fresh tank is about 457 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 31% of the 225BSM’s 1,455 lb cargo capacity, leaving 998 lb (143 lb per rated berth). Across 12 Range Lite floorplans the water share runs 24% to 33%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Range Lite 200MLM at 31% and Range Lite 220DBM at 32%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Range Lite 240DBH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 28 ft 0 in vs 29 ft 8 in; sleeps 7 vs 8; dry weight 6,045 lb vs 6,015 lb; GVWR 7,500 lb vs 7,600 lb; cargo capacity 1,455 lb vs 1,585 lb; hitch weight 660 lb vs 665 lb; black tank 40 gal vs 38 gal. They match on fresh tank and grey tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Range Lite 230MKD is 100 lb lighter (7,400 lb GVWR); Range Lite 250RBL matches it at 7,500 lb GVWR.

All 12 Range Lite floorplans: Range Lite line hub.

Against the 225BSM: the Coachmen Freedom Express Ultra Lite 245RKS sleeps 3 fewer; the Jay Flight 236TH sleeps 3 fewer.

12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 225BSM. Not published: interior height, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.