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What is the lightest towable camper?

Last Updated: 26th January, 2020

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The Best Lightweight Travel Trailers Under 3,000 Pounds:
  • Forest River R-Pod Travel Trailer.
  • Aliner Travel Trailer.
  • Dutchmen RV Coleman Lantern LT Series Travel Trailer.
  • Airstream RV Sport Travel Trailer.
  • Jayco Hummingbird.
  • KZ Spree Escape Travel Trailer.

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Hereof, what are the lightest campers?

Great Lightweight Travel Trailers Under 3,000 Pounds 20828

  • Jayco Jay Flight SLX 195RB. The Jayco Jay Flight SLX 195RB is a simple rear bath unit that features a queen bed, a camp side dinette and a kitchen across from the dinette.
  • Forest River Flagstaff E-Pro 19FD.
  • Forest River R-Pod 179.
  • Travel Lite Aura 21RB.

Also, how much does an ultralight camper weight? Generally lightweight travel trailers are considered 6,000 pounds dry weight or less. This doesn't necessarily mean the RV has to be smaller. For example, the Heartland Wilderness 2475BH 28′ 9″ bunkhouse sleeps 8 but still only weighs around 5,500 pounds. Ultra-Lite travel trailers take this a step further.

In respect to this, what are the best ultra light travel trailers?

The Top 5 Best Ultra Light Travel Trailers Under 1800 lbs:

  • TAXA Outdoors TigerMoth Travel Trailer.
  • Forest River Rockwood Geo Pro Travel Trailer.
  • Jayco Hummingbird Travel Trailer.
  • Forest River Flagstaff E-Pro Travel Trailer.
  • Aliner Ascape Travel Trailer.

What is the smallest travel trailer?

These nine show off some of the features and amenities you can expect from towable, small travel trailers:

  1. Pika by Timberleaf Trailers.
  2. TAG teardrop by NuCamp.
  3. TerraDrop by Oregon Trailer.
  4. No Boundaries (NoBo) 10.5 by Forest River.
  5. Hummingbird 10RK by Jayco.
  6. Luna Lite by inTech.
  7. The Chase Flyer by inTech.

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