01 What Cyclone is
Cyclone is Heartland's premium toy hauler, built in Elkhart, Indiana and sold as two separate lines that share no floorplan codes: three fifth wheels from 41 to 47 feet, and three travel trailers from 28 to 35 feet. Heartland RV has been part of Thor Industries since 2010 and was moved under Jayco, Inc. in March 2025. The line's case is equipment and honesty about weights, and it makes both well.
Every Cyclone ships with two mandatory packages, and between them they cover most of what a toy-hauler buyer actually shops for. Ramp and Cargo Equipment brings a 30-gallon fuel tank with a locking, enclosed pump and timer, garage D-rings mounted to the steel frame, a Tuff-Ply® rubberized garage floor liner, HappiJac® electric-lift queen beds with convertible sofas, LED high-intensity ramp lighting, ram air vents and a powered roof vent. The fifth wheels add a 3-season locking garage wall, a rear loft ladder, a lift-assisted weatherproof anti-skid ramp door, a powder-coated aluminum patio kit and D-rings rated to a 5,000-pound minimum breaking load. Camping in Comfort brings 106 gallons of fresh water and a 60,000-BTU on-demand tankless water heater across the line, plus — on the fifth wheels — three high-efficiency Soft Start air conditioning units, a 17-cubic-foot 12-volt black glass refrigerator, 60-pound LP bottles and solid surface countertops; the trailers get a 13,500-BTU air conditioner and a glass-front 12-volt refrigerator.
Two things distinguish Cyclone from the Grand Design Momentum it cross-shops, and they cut in opposite directions. In Cyclone's favour: the weights are published complete and tie out exactly. Heartland gives GVWR, dry weight, hitch weight and cargo carrying capacity per plan, and dry plus cargo equals GVWR to the pound on all five plans that have weights — so nothing on these pages is derived and nothing carries an asterisk. Momentum publishes no cargo field at all, so its payload has to be calculated. Against Cyclone: Heartland publishes no garage length — not for one plan, not on either brand page, not anywhere. Grand Design publishes one for all 28 Momentum floorplans. If garage dimensions decide your purchase, that absence is Heartland's, and this catalog will not fill it with a guess.
02 Floorplans profiled in depth
Five of the six MY2027 floorplans are profiled in full — all three fifth wheels and both travel trailers that carry published weights.
| Floorplan | Type | Dry wt | GVWR | Cargo (CCC) | Length | Notable · MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone · 3 floorplans | ||||||
| 3511 | 5W | 13,875 lbs | 17,800 lbs | 3,925 lbs | 41 ft 2 in | Entry fifth wheel — lightest pin of the three, 3 Soft Start A/C units · $116,618 |
| 3913 | 5W | 15,435 lbs | 21,000 lbs | 5,565 lbs | 46 ft 5 in | Most cargo capacity in the family — 5,565 lbs on three axles, sleeps eight · $129,368 |
| 3914 | 5W | 15,970 lbs | 21,000 lbs | 5,030 lbs | 46 ft 11 in | The longest Cyclone — sleeps eight, heaviest pin, 535 lbs less cargo than the 3913 · $130,118 |
| Cyclone Travel Trailer · 3 floorplans | ||||||
| 2214 | TT | 7,445 lbs | 11,700 lbs | 4,255 lbs | 28 ft 1 in | Entry Cyclone — smallest and cheapest in the family, lightest tongue · $64,868 |
| 2615 | TT | 8,640 lbs | 13,250 lbs | 4,610 lbs | 34 ft 8 in | The larger trailer — most cargo of the two, no published base price · — |
Every figure is Heartland's own MY2027 factory value, captured 15 July 2026. Dry weight plus cargo carrying capacity equals GVWR exactly on all five plans — nothing in this table is derived and nothing carries an asterisk. There is no garage column because Heartland publishes no garage length for any Cyclone floorplan, on any surface; the column is absent rather than estimated. Slide counts are omitted for the same reason: the factory's field is unpopulated on all six plans and the number appears nowhere else. The 2615 carries no base price — Heartland's own model card publishes zero for it. Real loaded pin and tongue weights run well above the factory dry figures once a garage is loaded.
03 Also in the MY2027 line
One floorplan is catalogued without weights, because the factory publishes none for it.
| Floorplan | Type | Length | Dry | GVWR | Cargo | Sleeps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2816 | TT | — | — | — | — | 4 |
The 2816 appears on Heartland's MY2027 travel-trailer page with a length and a sleeping capacity, but its GVWR, dry weight, hitch weight and cargo capacity all read N/A. With no cardinal weight published and no way to derive one, it is catalogued here rather than profiled — a floorplan page carrying four em-dashes where the tow-critical numbers belong would be worse than none. Its row stands so that a reader searching the code finds an honest account of what the factory publishes, rather than silence. The trade catalogs' MY2027 Cyclone record does not carry the 2816 or the 2615 at all; Heartland's own page carries both, and the factory governs here.
04 How to choose
The split is tow vehicle first. The travel trailers are bumper-pull: the 2214 is the entry at 28 feet and 11,700 pounds of GVWR with a 1,045-pound dry tongue and 4,255 pounds of published cargo — the cheapest way into a Cyclone garage. The 2615 stretches to 35 feet with the most cargo of the two at 4,610 pounds and a 1,270-pound tongue, but Heartland publishes no base price for it, so you will be negotiating from a dealer number rather than a placard.
The fifth wheels are all one-ton conversations loaded. The 3511 is the entry at 41 feet, sleeping six on a 17,800-pound GVWR with the family's lightest pin at 2,960 pounds and 3,925 pounds of cargo. The 3913 is the one that carries the most: 5,565 pounds of published cargo capacity on a 21,000-pound GVWR, sleeping eight, on three axles — and the third axle is why its pin only rises 285 pounds over the 3511's for 3,200 more pounds of GVWR. The 3914 is the longest at nearly 47 feet on the same 21,000-pound GVWR, but six inches of extra length costs it 535 pounds of cargo against the 3913 and adds 185 pounds to the pin. If the 3914's layout is the one you want, the trade is fair; if it is not, the 3913 carries more for less.
05 What to weigh before buying
The weights are published complete — which is rarer than it should be
Heartland gives GVWR, dry weight, hitch weight and cargo carrying capacity for every Cyclone with weights, and dry plus cargo equals GVWR exactly on all five. Nothing on these pages is derived, estimated or flagged. That is worth something concrete when you are budgeting a garage: the cargo figure is the manufacturer's own statement of what the trailer will carry, not this catalog's arithmetic. The Grand Design Momentum it cross-shops publishes no cargo field at all — its payload has to be calculated from GVWR minus dry weight.
No garage length is published — anywhere in the line
Heartland publishes garage features in detail — D-rings, the Tuff-Ply liner, the ramp door, the 3-season wall — but no garage dimension, on any of the six plans or either brand page. This catalog omits the row rather than estimate it or borrow a competitor's figure. If garage length is what decides your purchase, the Momentum plans profiled here publish theirs on all 28 floorplans, and that is a legitimate reason to shop them alongside a Cyclone.
Dry pin and tongue weights are floors, not figures
Dry pins here run from 1,045 to 3,430 pounds. A loaded toy hauler's real hitch weight runs well above the dry number — and the mandatory 30-gallon fuel tank alone is roughly 180 pounds of fuel at about six pounds a gallon, with 106 gallons of fresh water another 880 or so on top. Weigh the loaded unit and confirm against your truck's payload and rear-axle rating, not just its tow rating.
06 What every Cyclone has
08 Recalls
NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns affecting this line. The earliest was reported 1 Aug 2008 and the most recent 9 May 2025.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2025 | 25V304000 | Structure | Steps that detach while in use increase the risk of injury. |
| 8 Aug 2022 | 22V591000 | Equipment | An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury. |
| 17 Jun 2022 | 22V432000 | Equipment | A gas leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. |
| 20 Jan 2022 | 22V018000 | Tires | Belt separation could lead to loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| 1 Nov 2021 | 21V849000 | Electrical system | Loose wires can cause electrical arcing, increasing the risk of a fire. |
| 28 Aug 2020 | 20V521000 | Equipment | If the landing legs buckle, the trailer will drop unexpectedly, increasing the risk of property damage, personal injury or death. |
| 22 Nov 2017 | 17V750000 | Equipment | In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury. |
| 10 Feb 2017 | 17V090000 | Equipment | A propane leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. |
| 14 Nov 2016 | 16V819000 | Equipment | If the hinges separate from the ladder while in use, the ladder may fall from the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury. |
| 30 Jul 2015 | 15V482000 | Equipment | An owner or operator could rely on the inaccurate information in inflating the tires which could cause under or over inflation which, in turn, could lead to a tire… |
| 3 Apr 2015 | 15V199000 | Equipment | If the room extends while vehicle is in motion, there is an increased risk of a crash. |
| 3 Apr 2015 | 15V198000 | Equipment | If the rivet shears causing the quad step to fail, the step user may fall, increasing the risk of personal injury. |
| 18 Mar 2014 | 14V128000 | Equipment | If the microwave starts on its own and there are contents inside, a fire could result. |
| 3 Sep 2013 | 13V394000 | Equipment | Towing a vehicle loaded beyond the specified weight rating may result in a tire or suspension failure leading to poor vehicle handling and an increased risk of a… |
| 8 Oct 2010 | 10V461000 | Power train | These cracks can propagate and cause the spindle TO detach from the axle tube, resulting IN the separation OF the wheel end from the vehicle, creating A road hazard… |
| 3 Mar 2010 | 10V077000 | Equipment | A vehicle with the axles loaded beyond the specified weight rating may result IN axle failure leading TO poor vehicle handling and increasing the risk OF A crash. |
| 1 Aug 2008 | 08V380000 | Equipment | IF this solution IS exposed TO AN ignition source under certain specific circumstances, IT can result IN A vehicle fire. |
Coverage is not complete, and this matters. These campaigns come from two passes over NHTSA’s public record: a query-by-query harvest of the recall API (1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero), and a sweep of NHTSA’s complete recall flat file (325,650 rows), which added 46 campaigns the API harvest had missed. It missed them because the roster it worked from was built by a catalog endpoint that refuses most requests, so entire manufacturer names were never asked about — NHTSA files several Forest River sub-brands as makes of their own. Two limits remain: NHTSA sometimes files a roster under a parent name, and some matches below rest on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Campaigns affecting only pre-2005 units fall outside this catalog’s range and are not listed. This page is a starting point, not a clearance. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy, and again before you tow.
09 Owner-reported problems
Owners have filed 65 complaints with NHTSA about this line. The earliest was filed 1 May 2007 and the most recent 28 Jul 2025. The breakdown below is what those owners actually reported, grouped by the component NHTSA assigned.
Safety outcomes in this set: 1 report describing a fire. These are the owner’s own account of what happened and have not been verified by NHTSA.
What gets reported
| Component group | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tires | 29 | 45% |
| Wheels | 16 | 25% |
| Structure | 7 | 11% |
| Equipment | 5 | 8% |
| Electrical system | 2 | 3% |
| Suspension | 2 | 3% |
| Trailer hitches | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown or other | 2 | 3% |
Most recent reports
The most recent 10 owner reports filed on this line, newest first. Wording is NHTSA’s summary of what the owner described.
| Filed | Component | Miles | What the owner reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2025 | Tires › Tread/belt | — | We were driving north on [XXX] from Albuquerque to Aztec, NM driving between 65 and 70 mph. There was no debris in the road and the tire on the passenger rear axle blew out. The tread separation tore up the side skirt and trim. I checked the tire pressure on the other 5 tires and all were inflated… |
| 7 Jul 2025 | Wheels | — | 3 of 4 Sendel T07 rims had cracks in the rim spokes. Yes it is available for inspection. 1 tire overheated and delaminated at highway speed and after further inspection of remaining rims replaced them before tire damage occurred. Had I not inspected the remaining rims it could have caused a major… |
| 14 Jun 2025 | Tires | — | Checked my tires, air pressure and left for a trip and on the trip the tire blew for no reason. Nothing was hit or any reason for tire to break. |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Structure › Body | — | I noticed the camper was not pulling straight pulled over a found the spring hangers for leaf springs had broken and others bent and frame was bent. The camper has a correct track system from Lippert co. And now from past problems was discontinued due to failures a video is out on you tube showing… |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Wheels | — | Before a recent trip, I noticed that one of the wheels on my trailer had cracked. I checked the other wheels, and they appeared fine, so I replaced the damaged one at my local Les Schwab. After a four-hour drive, I discovered that three more wheels had cracked. I contacted Les Schwab, and they came… |
| 21 Jun 2023 | Unknown or other | — | On two separate occasions I have had the door on the RV melt and crack from the door resting against the heat vent placed behind the door. The latch is NOT PRACTICAL OR SUFFICIENT. Many people go in and out and the door gets open and closed a lot. There’s no real visible warning except hot written… |
| 22 Aug 2022 | Trailer hitches | — | I was in the process of unhitching my trailer from my tow vehicle. The safety chains were still connected to my vehicle at this time. Once the hitch cleared the ball, the trailer rolled back slightly and the safety chains tore away from the trailer chassis. The safety chains as well as where they… |
| 26 Jul 2022 | Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer >… | — | Automatic Changeover RV LP Gas Regulator Leak. |
| 26 Aug 2021 | Electrical system › Propulsion system >… | — | The contact owns a 2021 Heartland Cyclone. The contact stated that the RV was parked at a campground charging station when the contact noticed there was dark grey smoke coming from inside of the RV under the bar area in the vehicle. The contact unplugged the main power from the vehicle and removed… |
| 18 Aug 2021 | Suspension › Multiple axle | 3,000 | The contact owns a 2021 Heartland Cyclone travel trailer. The contact stated that the two axles that support the weight of the trailer were bent. The axles only supported 14,000 pounds however, the trailer weighs 15,320 pounds, which caused the axles to bend. The travel trailer was taken to an… |
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.