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The 4 SylvanSport camping trailers in SylvanSport’s SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated), each shown with the weights SylvanSport prints for it.

SylvanSport at a Glance — no model year stated

4modelsModels SylvanSport lists
3pagesModels with a published dry weight
840lbLightest dry weight (GO)
3,670lbHeaviest dry weight (VIRE)
Built by · SylvanSport Model year · not stated by the maker

01 What SylvanSport publishes for the SylvanSport

SylvanSport lists 4 SylvanSport camping trailers in its SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated). SylvanSport prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for every one too. It prints a net carrying capacity for 3; on the 3 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 3. (How the data is verified.)

02 SylvanSport models

SylvanSport · 4 models

ModelDry weightCargo (CCC)GVWRTongueLengthSleepsOn this site
GO840 lb810 lb1,650 lb85 lb——Profiled
GOAT1,200 lb950 lb2,150 lb240 lb——Profiled
VIRE3,670 lb1,330 lb5,000 lb240 lb19′ 6″ | 233″2Profiled
VASTNot published by SylvanSportNot published by SylvanSportNot published by SylvanSportNot published by SylvanSport21' 7"—Catalogued · SylvanSport publishes only headline figures for it; too few to make a page of its own here

Read from SylvanSport’s SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated), 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.

03 Reading SylvanSport’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.

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 SylvanSport 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.

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) · 2022 GO · by Tony Barthel, 2021-09-07

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

Tony Barthel calls the 2022 SylvanSport GO almost the ultimate multitasker, a tent camper that doubles as a utility trailer, with unusual engineering and a light weight suited to small tow vehicles. He says it sleeps four but suits two, fits weekends better than full-time use, has no plumbing or propane, and is not for extreme heat or cold.

Liked

  • Doubles as camper and utility trailer
  • Unusual engineering and forethought
  • Light enough for smaller tow vehicles (840 lb)
  • Well-engineered companion kitchen

Criticised

  • Sleeps four but better suited to two
  • Suits weekends, not full-time living
  • No plumbing or propane
  • Not where you want to be in extreme heat or cold

Read the review on rvtravel.com