2026 Salem FSX 174DBLE

The Salem FSX 174DBLE is the lightest bunkhouse in the value-twin family. At just 3,229 pounds dry it packs a front bed and rear double-size bunks into a 21-foot-8 body with no slide-out, so a wide range of mid-size SUVs and any half-ton can tow it. Nominal sleeping capacity reaches six once the dinette converts. Its twin in the Wildwood FSX 174DBLE is the identical trailer in different décor, so shoppers can pit Salem and Wildwood dealers against each other on price.

FSX is Forest River's value, stick-and-tin line — built on a powder-coated I-beam steel frame with camber, two-inch walls sixteen inches on center, a SuperFlex walk-on roof and a .040 smooth-aluminum front cap with a diamond-plate rock guard. As a Limited Edition Value plan it ships with a string of free upgrades: a 12V power awning, a 13,500-BTU roof air conditioner in place of the base 8,000-BTU side-mount, a full-size spare tire and a larger under-counter refrigerator. A 6-gallon gas water heater and a two-burner LP cooktop handle the basics, and the optional Platinum package adds smooth fiberglass walls with a 200-watt solar panel.

The catch is payload: with a 3,935-pound GVWR the 174DBLE leaves only about 706 pounds of cargo capacity — the tightest in the line — so a family carrying full water, gear and bikes will use it up quickly and should weigh the loaded trailer. For first-time buyers who want real bunks in the smallest, lightest, cheapest package the value twins offer — and the option to shop the identical Wildwood — the 174DBLE is the family's entry bunkhouse, best for those who pack light.

Forest River's Salem FSX and its twin the Wildwood FSX are near-identical lightweight lines — the same stick-and-tin trailers built on the same factory line, differing mainly in graphics and décor and sharing an identical floorplan roster. FSX sits below the laminated Cruise Lite / X-Lite as the value, SUV-towable entry into the family, with a Limited Edition Value tier at the bottom of the price ladder and full-feature ICE and bunkhouse plans above it. The 174DBLE on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page. The line runs to dozens of floorplans across travel trailers, value LE trailers and MAX-Series toy haulers; the highest-demand layouts are detailed here and the rest are catalogued on the line hub.