2027 Forest River Airelume160

The Airelume 160 leaves Forest River's factory at 3,069 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 3,925 lbs and 856 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 22% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 39-gallon fresh tank spends 324 lbs of that 856 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 425 lbs, 14% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 60 gallons of grey and black capacity against 39 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Airelume roster this is the 2nd of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,824 lbs to 8,708 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 3,069 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 3,497 lbs, and the published GVWR of 3,925 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River 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. 160 is a Airelume designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 160 differs from the other eleven Airelume floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 856 lb: smallest of twelve; next is the 162 (1,001 lb).
• Dry weight, 3,069 lb: second-lightest of twelve, between the 162 (2,824 lb) and the 172 (3,629 lb).
• GVWR, 3,925 lb: second-lowest of twelve, between the 162 (3,825 lb) and the 172 (4,860 lb).
• Tongue weight, 425 lb: second-lightest of twelve, between the 162 (325 lb) and the 170 (450 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.8%: second-largest of twelve, between the 255 (13.5%) and the 325 (14%).
• Length, 21 ft 8 in: third-shortest of twelve, between the 172 (21 ft 7 in) and the 170 (23 ft 9 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.8%: fifth-smallest of twelve, between the 285 (21.7%) and the 270 (23.5%).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 2 in: lowest of twelve, level with the 162; next are the 172 and 255 (10 ft 4 in).
• Fresh tank, 39 gal: smallest of twelve, level with the 162, 170 and three others; next are the 255, 270 and three others (40 gal).

Next to the 162, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 160 is 245 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 100 lb higher, has 145 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 100 lb heavier and is 1 ft 5 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 172, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 160 is 560 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 935 lb lower, has 375 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 35 lb lighter, is 1 in longer and stands 2 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Airelume is a wide line for a single grouping: dry weight runs 2,824 lb at the 160 up to 8,708 lb at the 325, so the heaviest plan is more than three times the lightest. Cargo capacity runs 856 to 2,000 lb and tongue weight 325 to 1,090 lb. GVWR runs 3,825 to 10,708 lb. Because every plan publishes a factory GVWR that ties out, the loaded rating on this line is a measured number on every page rather than a reconstruction.

A full 39-gallon fresh tank is about 324 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 38% of the 160’s 856 lb cargo capacity, leaving 532 lb. Across 12 Airelume floorplans the water share runs 16% to 38%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Airelume 162 at 32%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).