2026 Cougar Half-Ton25RDS

The Cougar Half-Ton 25RDS is built around a layout couples ask for again and again: a real private front bedroom and a rear living room, in a travel trailer a half-ton truck can pull. A king bed sits in a walk-around front bedroom with its own exterior entry door, the rear of the coach is given over to a lounge with theater seating and a fireplace, and a walk-through bath connects the two with dual entry doors. It sleeps six on paper — a tri-fold sleeper sofa and the dinette handle guests — but this is fundamentally a two-person coach that spends its 30 feet on living space rather than bunks.

It carries Keystone's full Cougar Half-Ton build: a five-sided aluminum superstructure, laminated HyperCore composite sidewalls, HyperDeck water-resistant flooring, a walkable TPO roof under a lifetime limited roofing warranty, and a forced-air heated, enclosed underbelly under the Climate Guard four-season package. Tandem 4,400-pound axles ride on Goodyear Endurance E-rated tires, and the drop-frame chassis opens a large front pass-through. A 10-cubic-foot 12-volt Norcold refrigerator, a tankless water heater and a 50-amp service round out a well-equipped lightweight trailer.

A tow caution worth stating plainly: Keystone publishes an 885-pound dry tongue weight, but that figure is a pre-production estimate for an empty trailer. Owners who have put loaded 25RDS trailers on a scale have reported tongue weights well above that — in some cases past 1,200–1,300 pounds once water, gear and the pass-through are loaded, enough to exceed the rated payload of a typical half-ton once passengers are aboard. The 2,293-pound payload is generous for a couples' trailer, but weigh it loaded and match it to your truck honestly before relying on the brochure number. For couples who want a private bedroom and a rear lounge without a heavy truck, the 25RDS is one of the segment's default picks — bought with eyes open on real tongue weight.

Keystone's Cougar splits into two families. The full-size Cougar is the heavier flagship fifth wheel — 5,100-pound axles, H-rated tires and roughly 13′4″ of height. The Cougar Half-Ton line is engineered to be towable by a properly equipped half-ton truck, and Keystone offers it as both a fifth wheel and a travel trailer — lighter 4,400-pound axles, Goodyear Endurance tires, and lower pin or tongue weights. The 25RDS on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page. The full Cougar catalogue runs to dozens of floorplans across both families; the highest-demand layouts are detailed here and the rest are catalogued on the line hub.