2018 KZDurango 1500 D281RLT

KZ lists the 2018 Durango 1500 D281RLT at 8,990 lb dry, a GVWR of 11,500 lb, a net carrying capacity of 2,510 lb and a pin weight of 1,550 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 33' 11" long and 12' high. KZ prints its tanks as 61 gal fresh, 57 gal grey, 57 gal black.

Among the 9 Durango 1500 floorplans KZ’s Durango 1500 brochure (filed in KZ’s 2018 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 8 from the lightest, in a range from 7,620 lb (Durango 1500 D250RKS) to 9,430 lb (Durango 1500 D292BHT). Every figure in that comparison is KZ’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from KZ’s Durango 1500 brochure (filed in KZ’s 2018 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year); model year 2018 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the D281RLT differs from the other eight Durango 1500 floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 2,510 lb: largest of nine; next is the D250RKS (2,380 lb).
• Dry weight, 8,990 lb: second-heaviest of nine, between the D270RLD (8,640 lb) and the D292BHT (9,430 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.8%: third-largest of nine, between the D259RDD (21.6%) and the D251RLT (21.9%).
• GVWR, 11,500 lb: highest of nine, level with the D292BHT; next are the D270RLD, D277RLT and two others (10,500 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 17.2%: fifth-smallest of nine, between the D277RLT (16.9%) and the D284RLT (18.1%).
• Pin weight, 1,550 lb: shared with the D284RLT; of nine, six lighter and one heavier, nearest the D277RLT (1,450 lb) and the D280BHS (1,620 lb).
• Length, 33 ft 11 in: shared with the D280BHS; of nine, six shorter and one longer, nearest the D270RLD (32 ft 8 in) and the D292BHT (35 ft 11 in).

Next to the D270RLD, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the D281RLT is 350 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,000 lb higher, has 650 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 220 lb heavier, is 1 ft 3 in longer and stands 1 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the D292BHT, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the D281RLT is 440 lb lighter by dry weight, has 440 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 140 lb heavier, is 2 ft shorter, has a grey tank 57 gal smaller and has a black tank 40 gal smaller; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height and fresh tank.

KZ’s Durango 1500 brochure (filed in KZ’s 2018 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year) lists 9 Durango 1500 floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 61-gallon fresh tank is about 506 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 20% of the Durango 1500 D281RLT’s 2,510 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,004 lb. Across 9 Durango 1500 floorplans the water share runs 19% to 27%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Durango 1500 D250RKS at 19% and Durango 1500 D251RLT at 23%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).