2027 Highland Ridge Range Lite240DBH

The Range Lite 240DBH leaves Highland Ridge's factory at 6,015 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,600 lbs and 1,585 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 21% 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 1,585 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 665 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 38 black, 114 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 7th of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,935 lbs to 6,960 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 6,015 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 6,807 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 7,600 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. 240DBH is a Range Lite designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 240DBH 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.

• Sleeping capacity, 8: largest of four; next is the 225BSM (7).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.1%: fourth-smallest of twelve, between the 225BSM (10.9%) and the 230MKD (11.5%).
• Tongue weight, 665 lb: fifth-heaviest of twelve, between the 215MKU (664 lb) and the 250RBL (715 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,015 lb: sixth-heaviest of twelve, between the 250RBL (5,915 lb) and the 225BSM (6,045 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 20.9%: sixth-smallest of twelve, between the 220DBM (20.7%) and the 211RKM and 250RBL (21.1%).
• Length, 29 ft 8 in: sixth-longest of twelve, between the 215MKU (28 ft 9 in) and the 250RBL (30 ft 1 in).
• GVWR, 7,600 lb: shared with the 260RLL; of twelve, seven lower and three higher, nearest the 225BSM and 250RBL (7,500 lb) and the 270DBL (8,200 lb).
• Grey tank, 76 gal: shared with the 215MKU, 225BSM and 270DBL; of twelve, seven smaller and one larger, nearest the 230MKD, 260RLL and 280MKI (71 gal) and the 260RKB (106 gal).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 215MKU, 250RBL and 270DBL; of twelve, seven smaller and one larger, nearest the 200MLM, 211RKM and four others (30.5 gal) and the 225BSM (40 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 1,585 lb: shared with the 250RBL; of twelve, five smaller and five larger, nearest the 260RLL (1,505 lb) and the 270DBL (1,650 lb).
• Exterior height, 9 ft 11 in: shared with the 211RKM, 215MKU and two others; of twelve, three lower and four taller, nearest the 200MLM and 260RLL (9 ft 10 in) and the 225BSM (10 ft 2 in).

Next to the 250RBL (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 240DBH is 100 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb higher, is 5 in shorter, stands 2 in taller and has a grey tank 15 gal larger; the two publish the same cargo capacity, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 225BSM, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 240DBH is 30 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb higher, has 130 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 5 lb heavier, is 1 ft 8 in longer, stands 3 in lower, has a black tank 2 gal smaller and sleeps one more; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey 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), 29% of the 240DBH’s 1,585 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,128 lb (141 lb per rated berth). Across 12 Range Lite floorplans the water share runs 24% to 33%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Range Lite 250RBL at 29% and Range Lite 260RLL at 30%. 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 225BSM, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 29 ft 8 in vs 28 ft 0 in; sleeps 8 vs 7; dry weight 6,015 lb vs 6,045 lb; GVWR 7,600 lb vs 7,500 lb; cargo capacity 1,585 lb vs 1,455 lb; hitch weight 665 lb vs 660 lb; black tank 38 gal vs 40 gal. They match on fresh tank and grey tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Range Lite 250RBL is 100 lb lighter (7,500 lb GVWR); Range Lite 260RLL matches it at 7,600 lb GVWR.

All 12 Range Lite floorplans: Range Lite line hub.

Against the 240DBH: the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite 242BARV sleeps 4 fewer; the Campsite Ultra 19KB is 7 ft shorter; the Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB is 2 ft shorter and sleeps 4 fewer.

12 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 240DBH. Not published: interior height, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

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