2027 East to West Ahara382LK

The Ahara 382LK leaves East to West's factory at 14,654 lbs dry with 3,996 lbs of cargo capacity. East to West publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 64-gallon fresh tank spends 531 lbs of the 3,996 lbs before anything else goes in.

Pin weight is 2,650 lbs, which is 18% of the dry weight. That figure lands on the truck's rear axle and comes straight off its payload rating - not its towing rating, which is the number most often quoted and the wrong one for this decision. Pin weight rises as the trailer is loaded, and a fifth wheel loaded toward its cargo capacity will put substantially more than 2,650 lbs over the bed. Read the payload figure on your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum for the model.

Tank capacities are 64 gallons fresh, 88 grey and 44 black, 132 gallons of waste capacity against 64 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. East to West publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Ahara roster this is the 4th of 8 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 12,064 lbs to 15,794 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read these figures is to stop planning against the dry weight. Nobody tows a trailer at 14,654 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity and this plan is already near 16,652 lbs on the road. Because East to West publishes no loaded rating for this line, the ceiling has to come from the trailer's own weight label rather than from this page, and the comparison you make against the tow vehicle should use the loaded figure.

Every number above was captured twice from East to West and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. There is no published GVWR on this line, so the usual arithmetic check - dry plus cargo equals the rating - has nothing to test against here. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because East to West does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

East to West publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 382LK is a Ahara designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 382LK differs from the other seven Ahara floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Cargo capacity, 3,996 lb: second-largest of eight, between the 385DS (3,811 lb) and the 380FL (4,401 lb).
• Pin weight, 2,650 lb: third-lightest of eight, between the 365RL (2,315 lb) and the 383UR (2,670 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.1%: third-smallest of eight, between the 365RL and 395FB (17.8%) and the 385DS (18.8%).
• Length, 40 ft 7 in: third-shortest of eight, between the 365RL (36 ft 11 in) and the 380FL (41 ft 3 in).
• Dry weight, 14,654 lb: fourth-lightest of eight, between the 383UR (13,939 lb) and the 380FL (14,819 lb).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 4 in: shared with the 390DS; of eight, four lower and two taller, nearest the 383UR and 395FB (13 ft 3 in) and the 380FL and 385DS (13 ft 5 in).
• Grey tank, 88 gal: smallest of eight, level with the 297MK, 365RL and 380FL; next are the 383UR, 385DS and two others (132 gal).
• Black tank, 44 gal: smallest of eight, level with the 297MK, 365RL and 383UR; next are the 380FL, 385DS and two others (88 gal).

Next to the 383UR (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 382LK is 715 lb heavier by dry weight, has 1,265 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 20 lb lighter, is 9 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 44 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 380FL (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 382LK is 165 lb lighter by dry weight, has 405 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 570 lb lighter, is 8 in shorter, stands 1 in lower and has a black tank 44 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Seven Ahara floorplans with a full factory record for 2027. They run 12,064 lb to 15,794 lb dry across 34' 5" to 44' 1" of exterior length, with cargo capacity of 2,731 lb to 3,996 lb and pin weights of 2,310 lb to 3,065 lb. East to West publishes no GVWR for any of them, so none is shown and none is computed.

A full 64-gallon fresh tank is about 531 lb of water, 13% of the 382LK’s 3,996 lb cargo capacity, leaving 3,465 lb. Across 8 Ahara floorplans the water share runs 12% to 19%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Ahara 380FL at 12% and Ahara 385DS at 14%.

Closest sibling: the Ahara 365RL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 40 ft 7 in vs 36 ft 11 in; dry weight 14,654 lb vs 12,994 lb; cargo capacity 3,996 lb vs 3,321 lb; hitch weight 2,650 lb vs 2,315 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by dry weight: Ahara 383UR is 715 lb lighter (13,939 lb dry); Ahara 380FL is 165 lb heavier (14,819 lb dry).

All 8 Ahara floorplans: Ahara line hub.

Against the 382LK: the Columbus 379MBL is 10 lb heavier and 2 ft longer; the Puma Mesa 379MBL is 10 lb heavier and 2 ft longer; the Influence 3804DS is 51 lb lighter and 2 ft longer.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 382LK. Not published: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.