2026 Forest River Campsite Reserve25MW

The Campsite Reserve 25MW leaves Forest River's factory at 6,008 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,765 lbs and 1,757 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 23% 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 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 1,757 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 765 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 52 gallons fresh, 38 grey and 28 black, 66 gallons of waste capacity against 52 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 Campsite Reserve roster this is the 11th of 22 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,764 lbs to 12,380 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 6,008 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 6,886 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 7,765 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. 25MW is a Campsite Reserve designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

Campsite Reserve is the widest single Forest River travel-trailer roster this site carries: dry weight runs 3,764 lb at the 16BC to 12,380 lb at the top of the loft group, and cargo capacity runs 1,020 to 4,336 lb. Dry tongue weight runs 431 to 1,425 lb and GVWR 5,531 to 14,000 lb. The loft plans are where the weight is -- the 39-series sits at the top of every column -- and the three toy haulers sit in the middle rather than the top, which is unusual for a line that carries both. Twenty-one of the twenty-two profileable plans tie out exactly against dry weight plus cargo capacity. The exception is 23TS, whose own arithmetic gives 7,795 lb against a published GVWR of 7,805; it is catalogued here with that disagreement stated and is not profiled.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 25% of the 25MW’s 1,757 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,323 lb. Across 21 Campsite Reserve floorplans the water share runs 8% to 35%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Campsite Reserve 23JW at 24% and Campsite Reserve 26RM at 30%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Campsite Reserve 23JW, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 29 ft 8 in vs 29 ft 7 in; dry weight 6,008 lb vs 5,818 lb; GVWR 7,765 lb vs 7,650 lb; cargo capacity 1,757 lb vs 1,832 lb; dry hitch weight 765 lb vs 650 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Campsite Reserve 19KR is 40 lb lighter (7,725 lb GVWR); Campsite Reserve 26RM is 155 lb heavier (7,920 lb GVWR).

All 21 Campsite Reserve floorplans: Campsite Reserve line hub.

Against the 25MW: the Cherokee Grey Wolf 26SS is 1 lb lighter and 1 ft longer; the Aurora Light 23BHS is 3 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Coachmen Catalina 231BHS is 3 lb lighter and 1 ft shorter.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 25MW. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.