2027 Keystone Cougar290RLS

Keystone publishes three weights for the Cougar 290RLS: a shipping weight of 10,567 lb, a carrying capacity of 2,333 lb and a hitch weight of 2,060 lb. Those are Keystone’s own terms, and this page keeps them. Keystone does not call the first figure dry or unloaded weight, does not say the hitch figure is measured dry, and publishes no GVWR for any Cougar floorplan, so none of the three is renamed here and no loaded rating is worked out from them. The trailer’s own federal weight label, inside the door, is the document that carries its UVW, cargo capacity and GVWR.

Tank capacities are 75 gal fresh, 76 gal gray and 38 gal waste, as Keystone lists them. Fresh water weighs about 8.3 lb per US gallon, so a full fresh tank is roughly 622 lb on the road before anything else is loaded. The tire size Keystone lists is ST235/80R16H; a fifth wheel puts its pin load into the truck bed, so it counts against the truck’s payload rather than its tow rating.

Against the 7 Cougar floorplans profiled here, this one is the 2nd by Keystone’s shipping weight, in a range from 9,674 lb (260MLE) to 12,499 lb (360MBI). Every figure in that comparison comes from the same Keystone page type for the same model year, so the comparison inside the series is like for like.

Every number on this page was read on 19 Oct 2026 from Keystone’s own floorplan page for the Cougar 290RLS. That page carries no model year, so the year comes from the roster page that links it, which lists the Cougar floorplans under the heading “2027 Floorplans”. Keystone notes that its website reflects the most recent production run and that features and specifications change during the year.

How the 290RLS differs from the other eleven Cougar fifth wheels. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Hitch weight as a share of shipping weight, 19.5%: third-largest of twelve, between the 29BHL (19.3%) and the 260MLE (19.6%).
• Hitch weight as Keystone lists it, 2,060 lb: fourth-heaviest of twelve, between the 295RDS (2,010 lb) and the 360MBI (2,200 lb).
• Shipping weight (Keystone’s term), 10,567 lb: fifth-lightest of twelve, between the 260MLE (9,674 lb) and the 295RDS (10,650 lb).
• Length, 33 ft 8 in: fifth-shortest of twelve, between the 29BHL (33 ft 4 in) and the 295RDS (33 ft 11 in).
• Carrying capacity (Keystone’s term), 2,333 lb: sixth-smallest of twelve, between the 23MLE (2,330 lb) and the 364BHL (2,375 lb).
• Sleeping capacity, 6: shared with the 23MLE, 26RKE and three others; of twelve, three smaller and three larger, nearest the 260MLE, 295RDS and 350LLK (4) and the 29BHL, 360MBI and 364BHL (10).

Next to the 260MLE, the nearest lighter floorplan by shipping weight, the 290RLS is 893 lb heavier by shipping weight, has 7 lb more carrying capacity, has a hitch weight 165 lb heavier, is 2 ft 9 in longer and sleeps two more; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 295RDS, the nearest heavier floorplan by shipping weight, the 290RLS is 83 lb lighter by shipping weight, has 1,017 lb less carrying capacity, has a hitch weight 50 lb heavier, is 3 in shorter and sleeps two more; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and grey tank.

Keystone lists 10 Cougar floorplans for 2027. 7 have a complete Keystone figure set and no existing page here, and are profiled, from 9,674 lb to 12,499 lb shipping weight; the others are catalogued on this page with the reason against each. Keystone publishes shipping weight, carrying capacity and hitch weight for these trailers, and no GVWR.

Closest sibling: the Cougar 316RLS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 2 of the 5 fields both publish (this plan first): length 33 ft 8 in vs 35 ft 8 in; hitch weight 2,060 lb vs 1,900 lb. They match on sleeps, fresh tank and grey tank.

All 15 Cougar floorplans: Cougar line hub.

8 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 290RLS. Not published: dry weight, GVWR, cargo capacity (CCC), exterior width, interior height, black tank, slide count, axle count, awning, air conditioning.

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