01 What makes it unique
The Cougar Half-Ton 29BHL is the family bunkhouse of the half-ton fifth-wheel line — the plan that brings fifth-wheel stability and a bi-level interior to families who need to sleep a crowd without a three-quarter-ton truck. A rear bunk room handles the kids, a raised front bedroom over the truck bed gives the parents privacy, and dual slides open the mid-coach living and dining area, pushing nominal capacity to ten in a 33-foot coach. It is the fifth-wheel counterpart to the 28BHS travel trailer, trading the bumper-pull's lower entry for a more planted tow.
It carries the full Cougar Half-Ton build — a five-sided aluminum superstructure, laminated HyperCore composite sidewalls, a walkable one-piece TPO roof under a lifetime limited roofing warranty, and a heated, enclosed underbelly under the Climate Guard package — on tandem 4,400-pound axles with Goodyear Endurance E-rated tires. The kingpin over the rear axle delivers the fifth wheel's characteristic stability, valuable with a full family and a long trailer, and at 12′7″ tall it keeps the height manageable.
Its standout number is payload: at 8,345 pounds dry against an 11,000-pound GVWR it leaves 2,655 pounds of cargo capacity — the most of any half-ton fifth wheel profiled here, and a meaningful margin once ten people's gear, bikes and water are aboard. Its 1,610-pound dry pin weight is moderate for a fifth wheel, but it lands directly on the truck's payload and rises loaded, so match it to an honestly-equipped half-ton and weigh it before relying on the brochure figure. For families who want a bunkhouse fifth wheel's stability and space without a heavy truck, the 29BHL is the Cougar Half-Ton line's most capable family fifth wheel.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 33' 4"
- Exterior height
- 12' 7"
- Height w/ 2nd A/C
- 12' 11"
- Slide-outs
- 2
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 8,345 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 11,000 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 2,655 lbs
- Hitch / dry pin weight
- 1,610 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 54 gal
- Grey water
- 60 gal
- Black water
- 30 gal
- Refrigerator
- 12V
Construction
- Frame
- 5-sided aluminum superstructure
- Walls
- Laminated HyperCore composite
- Roof
- Walkable 1-pc TPO · lifetime ltd
- Underbelly
- Heated & enclosed · Climate Guard
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 · 4,400 lb
- Hitch
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- Tires
- Goodyear Endurance E
- Leveling
- Auto-level · 50A
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner
- Refrigerator
- 12V
- A/C
- Single (2nd A/C optional)
- Water heater
- Tankless on-demand
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 10
- Primary bed
- Front queen (raised nose)
- Layout
- Raised front bedroom, rear bunk room, dual slides
- Bunks
- Rear bunk room
03 The Cougar floorplan family
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 29BHL 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.
| Floorplan | Family | Type | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25RDS | Half-Ton | TT | 30 ft | 6 | Rear-living couples, dual entry, fireplace |
| 28BHS | Half-Ton | TT | 33 ft | 10 | Double-bunk family, outside kitchen |
| 30RKD | Half-Ton | TT | 35 ft | 6 | Rear-kitchen dual-slide couples |
| 23MLE | Half-Ton | 5W | 28 ft | 6 | Shortest half-ton fifth wheel, mid-living |
| 26RKE | Half-Ton | 5W | 31 ft | 6 | Rear-kitchen dual-slide half-ton 5W |
| 29BHL | Half-Ton | 5W | 33 ft | 10 | Bunkhouse half-ton 5W, sleeps 10 |
| 316RLS | Cougar | 5W | 36 ft | 6 | Iconic rear-living triple-slide flagship |
| 364BHL | Cougar | 5W | 39 ft | 10 | Two-bedroom 1.5-bath family flagship |
Every Cougar Half-Ton fifth wheel carries a 5-sided aluminum superstructure, laminated HyperCore composite sidewalls, a walkable one-piece TPO roof under a lifetime limited roofing warranty, a heated and enclosed underbelly (Climate Guard), 4,400-pound axles on Goodyear Endurance E-rated tires, a 12-volt refrigerator, 50-amp service and auto-leveling — engineered for pin weights a properly equipped half-ton truck can carry. Lengths, weights and equipment change with options and model year — always confirm against the unit's own weight sticker. Additional Cougar floorplans are documented on the line hub.
04 What owners & reviewers report
A bunkhouse fifth wheel a half-ton can pull
A rear bunk room, a raised front bedroom and dual slides sleep ten in 33 feet with fifth-wheel stability — family capacity without a three-quarter-ton truck.
The best payload of the half-ton fifth wheels
At 2,655 lb of cargo capacity the 29BHL carries more margin than any other half-ton Cougar 5W here — valuable once gear, bikes and water for ten are loaded.
The fifth-wheel counterpart to the 28BHS
Same ten-person bunkhouse idea as the 28BHS travel trailer, but the kingpin over the rear axle makes for a more stable tow — at the cost of needing a truck bed and a fifth-wheel hitch.
Pin weight lands on your truck's payload
The 1,610-lb dry pin weight bears directly on the tow vehicle's payload and rises loaded — match it to an honestly-equipped half-ton and weigh the loaded coach before relying on the brochure number.
05 How it compares
The shortest half-ton fifth wheel — a couples' mid-living layout, lighter with a lower pin weight but no bunks.
The double-bunk travel trailer that also sleeps ten — no truck bed needed and a lower entry price, but a less stable bumper-pull tow.
The full-size two-bedroom, 1.5-bath family flagship fifth wheel — far more space, but needs a three-quarter-ton or one-ton truck.