01 What makes it unique
Most family trailers solve extra sleepers with bunks; the 29TQS solves them with three full queen beds — a private walk-around queen up front and a rear room carrying two more. For two couples splitting a site, or a family whose kids have outgrown 28-inch bunk pads, that is a different class of sleep. A U-dinette rides the single slide, and the camp-side outside kitchen and 21-foot awning handle the daytime crowd.
Construction is the standard wide-body package — Norco electromagnetic powder-coated chassis, metal siding, seamless lifetime-warranty roof membrane, enclosed sealed underbelly, solid-surface counters, power tongue jack — with the 15,000-BTU GE ducted heat pump, 35,000-BTU furnace, GE tankless water heater and 10.7-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator standard. The factory prints a 9,824-pound GVWR; the published 7,892 UVW plus 1,932 CCC equals it exactly.
At 7,892 pounds dry on a 1,024-pound tongue, the 29TQS wants a well-optioned half-ton at minimum and rewards a three-quarter-ton. Its 1,932-pound cargo margin is the tightest of the profiled single-slide plans — weigh the loaded rig with all three beds claimed before the floorplan wins the argument.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 36' 0"
- Exterior width
- 96"
- Exterior height
- 11' 3"
- Interior height
- 6' 9" (RVUSA)
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 7,892 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 9,824 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,932 lbs
- Dry hitch weight
- 1,024 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 38 gal
- Grey water
- 59 gal
- Black water
- 28 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10.7 cu ft GE (12V)
Construction
- Chassis
- Norco electromagnetic powder-coated
- Exterior
- Metal siding
- Roof
- Seamless membrane · limited lifetime warranty
- Counters
- Solid surface
Running gear
- Axle class
- Tandem (RVUSA record)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull · dry tongue 1,024 lb
- Spare tire
- Included, with carrier
- LP
- Two 20-lb bottles
Galley & systems
- Cooktop
- 3-burner
- A/C
- 15,000 BTU GE ducted heat pump
- Water heater
- GE 60K BTU tankless
- Furnace
- 35,000 BTU
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Up to 8 (RVUSA)
- Primary bed
- Three queens
- Layout
- Triple-queen sleeping — front queen bedroom plus a rear room with two more queen berths — U-dinette slide, camp-side outside kitchen
- Awnings & entries
- 21′ power awning · 1 entry
03 Aurora floorplan family
Forest River's Aurora line — the 96-inch wide-body tier of the value family: twelve 2026 tandem-axle floorplans from a 29-foot-9 rear-bath couples plan to a 37-foot-10 triple-slide flagship bunkhouse, every one on the Norco electromagnetic powder-coated chassis with a 15,000-BTU GE ducted heat-pump air conditioner, solid-surface counters and a GE 60,000-BTU tankless water heater standard. Six plans are profiled in depth; the full roster including catalogued plans lives on the Aurora hub with verified weights.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24RBS | 30 ft | 3 | Entry rear bath — couples plan, 21-ft awning, outside kitchen |
| 26FKDS | 29 ft | 3 | Front-kitchen dual-entry couples plan — catalogued on the hub |
| 28BHS | 32 ft | 8 | Dual-entry bunkhouse — catalogued on the hub |
| 27DBH | 33 ft | 8 | Double-bunk family plan — dual entry, the volume seller |
| 29QBS | 34 ft | 7 | Bunkhouse with bunkroom sofa — catalogued on the hub |
| 32RLTS | 36 ft | 3 | Rear-lounge entertainer — triple slide, power theater standard |
| 29TQS | 36 ft | 8 | Triple-queen sleeper — three full-size beds, sleeps 8 |
| 32BDS | 36 ft | 8 | Dual-entry bunkhouse, full camp kitchen — catalogued on the hub |
| 31KDS | 36 ft | 3 | Rear-kitchen dual-slide, 10,000-lb GVWR — catalogued on the hub |
| 32MAZE | 37 ft | 4 | Adaptable triple-slide — rear island kitchen, dual awnings |
| 34BHTS | 38 ft | 6 | Flagship bunkhouse — triple slide, full camp kitchen; 2-Queen variant |
Every base Aurora is a tandem-axle 96-inch wide-body on the Norco electromagnetic powder-coated chassis. This is a published-GVWR-clean line: on every plan the factory detail page prints a GVWR, and the published UVW plus CCC sums to it exactly, with no derivation. Forest River publishes no per-plan axle ratings and no MSRP for the line; sleeps counts are RVUSA catalog fields, and RVUSA's weight records lag the current factory figures on several plans — a logged conflict, resolved to the factory detail pages throughout. Always confirm against the unit's weight sticker before towing.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Three queens is the whole pitch
Two couples, or parents plus teens, each on a full-size mattress — the layout no bunkhouse matches for adult-sized sleep.
Tongue over half a ton
A 1,024-pound dry tongue comes straight off the tow vehicle payload placard before passengers or gear board — check the placard, not just the tow rating.
RVUSA record slightly stale
RVUSA shows 7,651 dry / 9,822 GVWR; the current factory detail page prints 7,892 / 9,824. Factory figures used, conflict logged.
No published MSRP
Forest River publishes no MSRP for the family; confirm live pricing with a dealer.
05 How it compares
The adaptable triple-slide — a rear kitchen with an island and a reconfigurable mid-room, on the heavier 10,686-pound chassis.
The volume double-bunk family plan — 700 pounds lighter with a second entry door, trading queen berths for bunks.
The sister-division answer to multi-couple sleeping — compare grey-tank size and standard heat-pump A/C.