Coachmen Viking 17BH

Probably for sale long time due to size and single axle.

Good unit....great starter rig.
Simple, comfortable

And if pricing is around $7k or less good deal

Full Specs

Seller dropped it to 11k from 12 in two months. What trailers are out there in this configuration with a double axle?

11k for a 2 year old trailer? The size and single axle are not why this hasn't sold. It's far too much money. Do a little research, 2017s are going for about 1k more than that. That's a brand new trailer with a warranty that's 2 years newer than what you are looking at.

Just a thought, looking for some feedback from others who know this tow vehicle.

What is the location of the freshwater tank . You might have to travel with it empty.
Looking at the specs and floor plan pic, it seems to me that you would be adding a lot of weight in front of the single axle re: storage.

The fridge loaded with food, the under seat dinette storage under both cushions , the front bed overhead cabinets plus the under bed storage might add a lot of weight to the tongue of this trailer.

Will the truck you plan to use handle that much more TW and will the trucks payload be able to handle it as well once you load the truck with cargo and people ? Suppose this tongue weight on a scale ends up up being 2x the posed dry wt. ? (like my trailer is )

Also from my experience, i would try out the dinette to see how comfortable it is to sit there for extended periods of time in case you have inclement weather. Its the only place to sit in that trailer.

I have two thoughts: 1) See my other posts for how to save some seriously significant money by purchasing through Costco. You may even save enough to buy a much better trailer for close to the same money. And 2) In my trailer search last year, I observed that the Coachmen entry level models (Clipper/Viking) looked like a rag-tag team of folks were assembling them without any regard for quality whatsoever. After all my comparisons I ended up going with the much higher quality Coachmen Freedom Express 192RBS instead. It's not a bunkhouse like the Viking you mentioned so it may not work for you, but wow, what a night and day difference in quality. I cringe when I see the Viking/Clippers going down the road, and I cannot recommend those particular units in good conscious. (but that is just me)

I'm on my second Coachmen Clipper, both have been pretty much trouble free. I only upgraded to get a floor plan that suited me better. They aren't any worse than any of the other entry level light weight trailers out there. The reasons I went with Coachmen over the others was what you get for the price. Most Clippers have around 30 gallon tanks for fresh, gray and black water, a lot of the others you are lucky to get half of that. Payload or cargo carrying capacity was another, I have just over 800 lbs, some of the other brands are much less, thats something single axle trailers are lacking on in general though. Speaking of single axle, I don't get what the fuss is about. I have been pulling single axle trailers of all sorts for over 30 years without issue, you have a flat you pull over and fix it. The roof AC was another, many of the small light weight trailers have the in wall window units which don't cool as well in the humid Kansas heat.

My Clipper is pushing a tongue weight of 600 lbs. when I'm loaded for a week out in the boonies. I have two batteries and two propane tanks, most Clippers come with one of each. The fresh water tank was in front of the axle on both of my Clippers.

I do agree that the price seems high for a used one, I paid that for mine new.

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will pass on the trailer for sale and buy new and get the BHS instead of the BH.this trailer has also caught eye

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