01 What makes it unique
The 28QBUNK is where the Light roster tops out: a rear room with four bunks, a U-dinette on the slide, a front bedroom and a camp-side outside kitchen, with the factory offering its full camp-kitchen package and the 50-amp second-A/C prep on this plan. Nine berths make it the largest sleeper in the entire Aurora family short of the Destination CONDOs.
The build is the tandem-class standard on the taller 11-foot-3 body — 6-foot-9 interior, two LP bottles, three-burner cooktop, 10.7-cubic-foot GE 12-volt refrigerator, 13,500-BTU GE ducted heat pump (second unit preppable), GE tankless water heater, seamless lifetime-warranty roof, Norco chassis. The factory prints an 8,874-pound GVWR; 7,374 plus 1,500 equals it exactly.
Respect two numbers: the 976-pound tongue is proper half-ton-maximum territory, and the 30-gallon grey tank — small for nine sleepers — will govern off-grid stays. Families who want wide-body headroom, solid-surface counters and the 15K air conditioner at this length should read the base-Aurora 29TQS or 34BHTS one tier up.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 36' 2"
- Exterior width
- 96"
- Exterior height
- 11' 3"
- Interior height
- 6' 9" (RVUSA)
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 7,374 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 8,874 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,500 lbs
- Dry hitch weight
- 976 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 38 gal
- Grey water
- 30 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
- Value-line laminate
Running gear
- Axle class
- Tandem (RVUSA record)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull · dry tongue 976 lb
- Spare tire
- Included, with carrier
- LP
- Two 20-lb bottles
Galley & systems
- Cooktop
- 3-burner
- A/C
- 13,500 BTU GE ducted heat pump
- Water heater
- GE 60K BTU tankless
- Furnace
- Ducted (rating not published) *
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Up to 9 (RVUSA)
- Primary bed
- Front bed
- Layout
- Rear quad-bunk room, U-dinette in the slide, front bedroom, camp-side outside kitchen, camp-kitchen option
- Awnings & entries
- 18′ power awning · 1 entry
03 Aurora Light floorplan family
Forest River's Aurora Light line — the lightweight tier of the Aurora family: a 2026 roster that runs from 16-foot single-axle X-series compacts a mid-size SUV can pull to a 36-foot-2 quad-bunk family flagship, on the same Norco electromagnetic powder-coated chassis with a 13,500-BTU GE ducted heat-pump air conditioner, a GE tankless water heater and a seamless roof membrane standard. Eight plans are profiled in depth; the full roster including catalogued, deferred and dealer-stock-only plans lives on the Aurora Light hub with verified weights.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13BHX | 16 ft | 4 | Micro bunkhouse X — catalogued on the hub |
| 13RDX | 16 ft | 2 | Micro rear-dinette X — catalogued on the hub |
| 13RKX | 16 ft | 3 | Micro rear-kitchen X — catalogued on the hub |
| 15RBX | 20 ft | 2 | Murphy-bed rear-bath X — catalogued on the hub |
| 15RDX | 20 ft | 3 | U-dinette couples X — catalogued on the hub |
| 16BHX | 20 ft | 5 | X-series family compact — bunks in 19 ft 6, SUV-towable |
| 18BHS | 23 ft | 7 | Dealer-stock-only bunkhouse sibling — catalogued on the hub |
| 18BHSX | 23 ft | 7 | Single-axle bunkhouse with a slide — outside kitchen, sleeps 7 |
| 18RBS | 24 ft | 2 | Dealer-stock-only Murphy rear-bath — catalogued on the hub |
| 19RBS | TBD | 3 | Deferred — factory has not published weights |
| 21BH | 26 ft | 7 | Full-width slide-free bunkhouse — 2,000-lb payload |
| 22EPIC | 26 ft | 3 | Slide-free couples plan — 18-ft awning, 6-ft-9 interior |
| 22MLS | 26 ft | 2 | Dealer-stock-only mid-living slide — catalogued on the hub |
| 23MKS | 28 ft | 3 | Mid-kitchen slide couples plan — pass-through bath |
| 23BHS | 28 ft | 7 | Bunkhouse with slide — catalogued on the hub |
| 26BH | 29 ft | 7 | Big slide-free bunkhouse — no slide upkeep |
| 26BHS | 30 ft | 8 | Volume bunkhouse with slide — outside kitchen, 50A option |
| 27BHS | 33 ft | 8 | Off current factory roster — RVUSA-catalogued on the hub |
| 28QBUNK | 36 ft | 9 | Quad-bunk flagship — sleeps 9, camp-kitchen option |
The Aurora Light roster splits into two build classes: 90-inch single-axle X-series compacts (6-foot-6 interiors, one 20-lb LP bottle, a 3.3-cu-ft refrigerator on the 13/15/16-series) and 96-inch tandem-axle full-size plans (6-foot-9 interiors, two bottles, the 10.7-cu-ft GE fridge). This is a published-GVWR-clean line: on every plan with published weights the factory GVWR equals UVW plus CCC exactly. Forest River does not print per-plan axle counts — the class shown is the RVUSA catalog record, flagged where it is the sole source (as on the full-width 21BH). Always confirm against the unit's weight sticker before towing.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Nine berths is the headline
Quad bunks plus the dinette and front bed — the biggest sleep count in the Aurora travel-trailer family.
The 30-gallon grey tank is the constraint
Nine campers drain 30 gallons of grey fast — fine on hookups, the limiting factor boondocking.
RVUSA record stale
RVUSA shows 7,696 dry / 9,696 GVWR / 902 hitch; the factory prints 7,374 / 8,874 / 976. Factory used, logged.
No published MSRP
Forest River publishes no MSRP for the family; confirm live pricing with a dealer.
05 How it compares
The wide-body flagship one tier up — triple slides, solid-surface counters, the 15K A/C and 1,778 more pounds of trailer.
The volume bunkhouse — 1,308 pounds lighter with one fewer sleeping row.
The big value-bunkhouse field — the 28QBUNK counter is the sleep count and the tankless water heater.