2027 Forest River Aurora28RNR

The Aurora 28RNR leaves Forest River's factory at 7,488 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,300 lbs and 1,812 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 19% 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 38-gallon fresh tank spends 315 lbs of that 1,812 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 942 lbs, or 13% 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 38 gallons fresh, 70 grey and 28 black, 98 gallons of waste capacity against 38 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 Aurora roster this is the 4th of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 6,468 lbs to 9,152 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line. 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 7,488 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 8,394 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 9,300 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. 28RNR is a Aurora designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 28RNR differs from the other eleven Aurora 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.

• Dry weight, 7,488 lb: fourth-lightest of twelve, between the 27DBH (7,186 lb) and the 31KDS (7,743 lb).
• GVWR, 9,300 lb: fourth-lowest of twelve, between the 27DBH (9,186 lb) and the 32BDS (9,654 lb).
• Tongue weight, 942 lb: fourth-lightest of twelve, between the 29QBS (888 lb) and the 29TQS (1,024 lb).
• Length, 35 ft: fourth-shortest of twelve, between the 29QBS (33 ft 7 in) and the 32RLTS (35 ft 10 in).
• Cargo capacity, 1,812 lb: fifth-smallest of twelve, between the 32BDS, 32RLTS and two others (1,500 lb) and the 29TQS (1,932 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.6%: fifth-smallest of twelve, between the 29QBS (12.5%) and the 32BDS (12.9%).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.5%: sixth-largest of twelve, between the 32MAZE (18.7%) and the 29TQS (19.7%).
• Black tank, 28 gal: smallest of twelve, level with the 29QBS, 29TQS and three others; next are the 24RBS and 27DBH (29 gal).
• Grey tank, 70 gal: shared with the 31KDS, 34BHTS and 34BHTS2Q; of twelve, five smaller and three larger, nearest the 32MAZE (60 gal) and the 27DBH and 32BDS (74 gal).

Next to the 27DBH (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28RNR has a GVWR 114 lb higher, has 188 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 66 lb heavier, is 1 ft 8 in longer, has a grey tank 4 gal smaller and has a black tank 1 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 31KDS (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28RNR is 255 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 700 lb lower, has 445 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 100 lb lighter, is 1 ft 3 in shorter, has a fresh tank 6 gal smaller and has a black tank 2 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height and grey tank.

Eleven 2027 Aurora travel-trailer floorplans with a full factory record. They run 6,286 to 9,190 lb dry, with tongue weights of 820 to 1,326 lb and cargo capacities of 1,590 to 2,464 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all eleven, from 8,000 to 11,526 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 38-gallon fresh tank is about 315 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 17% of the 28RNR’s 1,812 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,497 lb. Across 12 Aurora floorplans the water share runs 16% to 24%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Aurora 29TQS at 16% and Aurora 32BDS at 21%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Aurora 27DBH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 35 ft 0 in vs 33 ft 4 in; dry weight 7,488 lb vs 7,186 lb; GVWR 9,300 lb vs 9,186 lb; cargo capacity 1,812 lb vs 2,000 lb; hitch weight 942 lb vs 876 lb; grey tank 70 gal vs 74 gal; black tank 28 gal vs 29 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Aurora 27DBH is 114 lb lighter (9,186 lb GVWR); Aurora 32BDS is 354 lb heavier (9,654 lb GVWR).

All 12 Aurora floorplans: Aurora line hub.

Against the 28RNR: the Jay Flight 295TBS is 2 ft longer; the Coachmen Catalina 293QBCK is 36 lb lighter and 1 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 28RNR. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.