2026 Forest River Campsite Ultra26CJL

The Campsite Ultra 26CJL has 1,253 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,421 lbs dry and its 7,674 lbs GVWR, 16% of that rating; filling its 52-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 432 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 674 lbs, 10% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 66 gallons of grey and black capacity against 52 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Campsite Ultra roster this is the 3rd of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,158 lbs to 6,923 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 6,421 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 7,047 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,674 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

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. 26CJL is a Campsite Ultra designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 26CJL differs from the other five Campsite Ultra floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.5%: smallest of six; next is the 25JT (10.8%).
• Length, 32 ft 9 in: longest of six; next is the 26TH (30 ft 9 in).
• Grey tank, 28 gal: smallest of six; next are the 19KB, 21DF and three others (38 gal).
• GVWR, 7,674 lb: second-lowest of six, between the 19KB (7,600 lb) and the 25JT (7,735 lb).
• Tongue weight, 674 lb: second-lightest of six, between the 19KB (600 lb) and the 25JT (735 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,421 lb: third-lightest of six, between the 21DF (5,688 lb) and the 26TH (6,513 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,253 lb: third-smallest of six, between the 26BW (1,062 lb) and the 26TH (1,307 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 16.3%: third-smallest of six, between the 26BW (13.3%) and the 26TH (16.7%).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 26BW; of six, three smaller and one larger, nearest the 19KB, 21DF and 25JT (28 gal) and the 26TH (56 gal).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 7 in: shared with the 19KB and 25JT; of six, one lower and two taller, nearest the 21DF (10 ft 6 in) and the 26BW and 26TH (10 ft 8 in).

Next to the 21DF, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26CJL is 733 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 121 lb lower, has 854 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 121 lb lighter, is 6 ft 11 in longer, stands 1 in taller, has a grey tank 10 gal smaller and has a black tank 10 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Next to the 26TH, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26CJL is 92 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 146 lb lower, has 54 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 146 lb lighter, is 2 ft longer, stands 1 in lower, has a grey tank 10 gal smaller and has a black tank 18 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Campsite Ultra is the tightest roster on this site by loaded rating: GVWR spans just 7,600 to 7,985 lb across all six floorplans, a 385 lb spread. What actually varies is what the trailer spends that rating on. Dry weight runs 5,158 to 6,923 lb and cargo capacity runs 927 to 2,442 lb, so the lightest plan carries more than two and a half times the payload of the heaviest one at almost the same loaded weight. Tongue weight runs 600 to 985 lb. For a buyer, the real decision on this line is how much of the tow vehicle’s rating is left for gear.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 34% of the 26CJL’s 1,253 lb cargo capacity, leaving 821 lb. Across 6 Campsite Ultra floorplans the water share runs 18% to 47%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Campsite Ultra 26TH at 33% and Campsite Ultra 26BW at 41%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).