Trailer body length

The length measurement listed on the website and in brochures is usually the actual length of the trailer. The distance from tongue to the back bumper. The the number in the model may indicate the length of the box or the length of the trailer, just depends on the manufacturer. If you're trying to stay under a specific length then pay more attention to the length measurement than the model number.

LOFAT36 wrote:
Thanks for the info. We are downsizing from our 5th wheel due to my Lady's hip problem. Too many stairs.

Just because you are switching from a 5er to a TT doesn't mean you have to downsize.

Model numbers used to indicate length. More often than not it was bumper to the end of the tongue. Now there seems to be no standard.

You will find that they measure from the inside wall to inside wall. Mine was liste as 37'8", actual pin to bumper 40'2"

The model number doesn't always relate to the length of the camper. Some of the literature I've seen has a statement saying this in the fine print.

Thanks for the info. We are downsizing from our 5th wheel due to my Lady's hip problem. Too many stairs.

Depends on manufacturer. :)

My 30RIPR is actually 34'5" tip to bumper. I've always seen it listed as the box length, but I've heard it varies. My old 266RL was 26' box and 30' and change in actual length.

From what I've seen the model of the trailer usually (but not always) has some version of the length of the box, i.e. our Coachmen Freedom Express 320BHDSLE, box is 32' long but the actual length indicated in the trailer literature states 36'-11" which incorporates the tongue and bumper. This was the same for our previous Skyline Mountainview 285 (box 28'-5" and 32' total length).

Usually it is the body.