01 What makes it unique
The 34BHTS is peak base Aurora: a private rear bunk room behind its own door, three slide-outs opening the main living space, the free-standing dinette option, a front bedroom, and outside both the standard camp-side kitchen and the full camp kitchen the factory reserves for its two biggest plans. The 44-gallon fresh and 70-gallon grey tanks are sized for a loaded week, and washer/dryer prep with the stackable option is fitted.
A factory variant matters here: the 34BHTS (2 Queen Beds) swaps the bunk room and camp kitchen for a second private queen bedroom — two couples instead of kids — at identical published weights (same 9,152 UVW, 10,652 GVWR, 1,310 hitch; factory id 12829). Same trailer, different rear third; order accordingly.
The build is the standard wide-body package 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. The factory prints a 10,652-pound GVWR (9,152 plus 1,500 exactly), and the 1,310-pound dry tongue — the heaviest in the family alongside the 32MAZE class — makes this a three-quarter-ton tow in practice. Load six sleepers and gear against 1,500 pounds of margin deliberately.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 37' 10"
- Exterior width
- 96"
- Exterior height
- 11' 3"
- Interior height
- 6' 9" (RVUSA)
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 9,152 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 10,652 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,500 lbs
- Dry hitch weight
- 1,310 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 44 gal
- Grey water
- 70 gal
- Black water
- 30 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 1,310 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 6 (RVUSA)
- Primary bed
- Front bedroom
- Layout
- Private rear bunk room, triple slides, free-standing dinette option, front bedroom, camp-side outside kitchen plus full camp kitchen
- Awnings & entries
- 21′ power awning · 1 entry
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.
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
Two rear thirds, one weight ticket
The 2-Queen-Beds variant (id 12829) publishes identical weights — choose bunk room + camp kitchen or a second queen suite; the tow math does not change.
The 1,310-pound tongue decides the truck
Heaviest hitch weight in the travel-trailer family — it comes off the tow-vehicle payload placard before anyone boards.
Full camp kitchen is a two-plan privilege
Factory fits the full exterior camp kitchen only on the 32BDS and 34BHTS; everything else gets the mini version.
RVUSA record stale; no MSRP published
RVUSA shows 8,647 dry / 11,380 GVWR vs the factory 9,152 / 10,652 — factory used, logged. Live 34BHTS asking prices on the probe day ran the high $30,000s to mid $40,000s; confirm with a dealer.
05 How it compares
The destination-trailer stretch of the same idea — 40 feet 11 for seasonal-site living, catalogued on the hub with verified weights.
The volume family plan — nearly 2,000 pounds lighter, one slide, dual entries, most of the family utility.
The volume family-bunkhouse field — the Aurora counter is the printed GVWR math, tankless water heater and the twin outdoor kitchens.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 44-gallon fresh tank is roughly 24% of the 1,500-pound cargo capacity, leaving the Aurora 34BHTS with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,500 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (44 gal × 8.34 lb) | −367 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,133 lb | 24% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 189 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 6 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 1,310 pounds is 14% of the 9,152-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 10,652-pound GVWR the Aurora 34BHTS is towing 1,500 pounds more than its 9,152-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 44 gallons of fresh against 70 grey and 30 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the Aurora 34BHTS sits 5 of 6 in the Aurora line: 10,652 pounds against a line that runs from 8,468 to 10,686 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.
Either side of it in the same line: Aurora 32RLTS is 310 pounds lighter at 10,342 lb GVWR; and Aurora 32MAZE is 34 pounds heavier at 10,686 lb GVWR.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora 34BHTS | 10,652 | 9,152 | 6 | 37 ft 10 in |
| Alpha Wolf 33BH | 10,665 | 8,063 | — | 37 ft 2 in |
| Jay Flight 325BHT | 10,600 | 8,475 | 11 | 38 ft 4 in |
| Airelume 315 | 10,708 | 8,708 | — | 37 ft 2 in |
| Bullet 310RES | 10,585 | 8,300 | 5 | 35 ft 11 in |
| Passport 3300BK | 10,571 | 8,505 | 10 | 37 ft 11 in |
| Puma 32BHQS | 10,800 | 9,072 | 11 | 38 ft 9 in |
Against the Aurora 34BHTS: the Alpha Wolf 33BH is 13 lb heavier; the Jay Flight 325BHT is 52 lb lighter and sleeps 5 more; the Airelume 315 is 56 lb heavier. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Aurora floorplans profiled here run 6,468 to 9,152 pounds dry and 30 to 38 feet of exterior length across 6 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Aurora line hub.
08 Common questions about the Aurora 34BHTS
How much does the Aurora 34BHTS weigh?
It leaves the factory at 9,152 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 10,652 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the Aurora 34BHTS carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,500 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 44-gallon fresh tank uses about 367 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the Aurora 34BHTS?
The published dry tongue weight is 1,310 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the Aurora 34BHTS need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 10,652 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the Aurora 34BHTS sleep?
It is rated to sleep 6. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the Aurora 34BHTS?
Fresh 44 gallons, grey 70 gallons, black 30 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the Aurora 34BHTS?
Exterior length is 37' 10". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 15 of them for the Aurora 34BHTS. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: slide count, tire specification, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (94%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Aurora line, and NHTSA holds 23 recall campaigns and 16 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 16 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are service brakes, hydraulic (50%), electrical system (19%) and equipment (12%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Aurora line page.