2027 Forest River Airelume162

The Airelume 162 leaves Forest River's factory at 2,824 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 3,825 lbs and 1,001 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 26% 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 1,001 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 325 lbs, or 12% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 39 gallons fresh, 30 grey and 30 black, 60 gallons of waste capacity against 39 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. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Airelume roster this is the 1st of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,824 lbs to 8,708 lbs. It is the lightest plan in the line, which makes it the one to look at first if the tow vehicle is the constraint. 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 the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 2,824 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 3,324 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 3,825 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River 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. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

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. 162 is a Airelume designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

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 dry tongue weight 325 to 1,090 lb, which keeps the bottom of the roster inside what a mid-size SUV can carry on the ball and the top of it firmly in half-ton truck territory. 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 325 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 32% of the 162’s 1,001 lb cargo capacity, leaving 676 lb. Across 12 Airelume floorplans the water share runs 16% to 38%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Airelume 172 at 26% and Airelume 160 at 38%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Airelume 160, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 20 ft 3 in vs 21 ft 8 in; dry weight 2,824 lb vs 3,069 lb; GVWR 3,825 lb vs 3,925 lb; cargo capacity 1,001 lb vs 856 lb; dry hitch weight 325 lb vs 425 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Airelume 160 is 100 lb heavier (3,925 lb GVWR).

All 12 Airelume floorplans: Airelume line hub.

Against the 162: the Cascade 14BHLPC is 5 lb lighter and 3 ft shorter; the Puma Camping Edition 16BHCE is 10 lb heavier; the Jay Flight 170FQ is 25 lb heavier and 1 ft longer.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 162. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.