01 What makes it unique
SylvanSport lists the VIRE at 3,670 lb dry, a GVWR of 5,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,330 lb and a tongue weight of 240 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.
It is 19′ 6″ | 233″ long and 8′ 3″ | 99″ high. SylvanSport prints its tanks as 40 gal fresh, 44 gal grey.
Among the 3 SylvanSport floorplans SylvanSport’s SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 3 from the lightest, in a range from 840 lb (GO) to 3,670 lb (VIRE). Every figure in that comparison is SylvanSport’s, read from the same set of model pages.
Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from SylvanSport’s own SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated) for the VIRE, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the VIRE differs from the other two SylvanSport floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Dry weight, 3,670 lb: heaviest of three; next is the GOAT (1,200 lb).
- GVWR, 5,000 lb: highest of three; next is the GOAT (2,150 lb).
- Cargo capacity, 1,330 lb: largest of three; next is the GOAT (950 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.6%: smallest of three; next is the GOAT (44.2%).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 6.5%: smallest of three; next is the GO (10.1%).
Next to the GOAT, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the VIRE is 2,470 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,850 lb higher and has 380 lb more cargo capacity; the two publish the same tongue weight.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 19′ 6″ | 233″
- Exterior height
- 8′ 3″ | 99″
- Exterior width
- 7′ 11″ | 95″
- Interior height
- 6′ 5″ | 77″
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 3,670 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 5,000 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,330 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 240 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 40 gal
- Grey water
- 44 gal
- Black water
- Not published by SylvanSport
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- Not published by SylvanSport
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 2
- Carrying Capacity (as printed)
- 1,330 lbs (standard model, dry)
- Coupler/Ball Height
- 2″ ball | 18″ – 20″ ball height
- Axle Weight Rating
- 5,000 lbs
- Brake Rating
- 4,400 lbs electric
- Ground Clearance
- 10.75″
- Exterior Box Length
- 15′ 8″ | 159″
- Exterior Box Width
- 6′ 1″ | 73″
- Exterior Height w/ AC
- 9′ 6″ | 114″
- Interior Length
- 13′ | 156″
- Interior Width
- 5′ 10″ | 70″
- Electric Flush Toilet Cassette
- 5.1 gal
- Propane Tank (x2)
- 20 lb | 4.7 gal
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.
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
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 (5,000 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (750 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 SylvanSport floorplan family
SylvanSport’s SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated) lists 4 SylvanSport floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| GO | — | — | Profiled |
| GOAT | — | — | Profiled |
| VIRE | 19′ 6″ | 233″ | 2 | Profiled |
| VAST | 21' 7" | — | Catalogued · SylvanSport publishes only headline figures for it; too few to make a page of its own here |
SylvanSport’s SylvanSport model pages on sylvansport.com (no model year stated) lists 4 SylvanSport floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What SylvanSport does not publish for the VIRE
SylvanSport prints no tire size, black-tank 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 2,150 lb GVWR, against this model’s 3,670 lb and 5,000 lb.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 25% of the VIRE’s 1,330 lb cargo capacity, leaving 998 lb (499 lb per rated berth). Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the SylvanSport GOAT, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 4 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 3,670 lb vs 1,200 lb; GVWR 5,000 lb vs 2,150 lb; cargo capacity 1,330 lb vs 950 lb. They match on hitch weight.
| SylvanSport plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 5,000 | 3 of 3 | 1,650–5,000 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 3,670 | 3 of 3 | 840–3,670 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 1,330 | 3 of 3 | 810–1,330 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 240 | 2–3 of 3 | 85–240 |
Either side of it by GVWR: SylvanSport GOAT is 2,850 lb lighter (2,150 lb GVWR).
| Nearest SylvanSport siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SylvanSport VIRE | 19 ft 6 in | 2 | 3,670 | 5,000 | 1,330 | 240 | 40 |
| SylvanSport GOAT | — | — | 1,200 | 2,150 | 950 | 240 | — |
| SylvanSport GO | — | — | 840 | 1,650 | 810 | 85 | — |
All 3 SylvanSport floorplans: SylvanSport line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry or base (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRE | 5,000 | 3,670 | 2 | 19 ft 6 in |
| Tommy Bahama Special Edition Tommy Bahama 19CB | 5,000 | 4,200 | — | 19 ft 2 in |
| Bambi 20FB | 5,000 | 3,900 | 4 | 20 ft 7 in |
| Bean Trailer Bean Squared | 5,000 | 3,500 | 3 | 16 ft 0 in |
| Caravel 20FB | 5,000 | 4,100 | 4 | 21 ft 0 in |
| Coyote 22CT | 5,000 | 3,918 | — | 23 ft 11 in |
| Escape E211RB | 5,000 | 4,000 | 4 | 25 ft 2 in |
Against the VIRE: the Bambi 20FB is 1 ft longer and sleeps 2 more; the Bean Trailer Bean Squared is 4 ft shorter and sleeps 1 more.
08 Common questions about the VIRE
How much does the VIRE weigh?
3,670 lb dry; 5,000 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the VIRE carry?
1,330 lb, 27% of its GVWR (median across 1,416 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 332 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the VIRE?
240 lb as published, 7% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the VIRE need?
A tow rating of at least 5,000 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the VIRE sleep?
It is rated to sleep 2.
What are the tank capacities on the VIRE?
Fresh 40, grey 44 gallons.
How long is the VIRE?
19′ 6″ | 233″ overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the VIRE. Not published: black tank, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: sylvansport.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
No recall campaign or owner complaint in our NHTSA data names the SylvanSport line. Read that as no result found, not as a clean record.
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 SylvanSport line page.