2026 Forest River EVO163RD

The EVO 163RD has 1,323 lbs of cargo capacity between 4,197 lbs dry and its 5,520 lbs GVWR, 24% of that rating; filling its 39-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 324 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 420 lbs, 10% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 81 gallons of grey and black capacity against 39 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the EVO roster this is the 6th of 18 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,504 lbs to 7,433 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 4,197 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 4,859 lbs, and the published GVWR of 5,520 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 163RD is a EVO designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 163RD differs from the other seventeen EVO floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10%: smallest of eighteen; next is the 2290ER (10.9%).
• Tongue weight, 420 lb: third-lightest of eighteen, between the 135ICE and 164FBLE (365 lb) and the 174DBLE (435 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,323 lb: fourth-smallest of eighteen, between the 165VW (1,213 lb) and the 135ICE (1,361 lb).
• GVWR, 5,520 lb: fifth-lowest of eighteen, between the 179DB (4,892 lb) and the 165VW (5,650 lb).
• Dry weight, 4,197 lb: sixth-lightest of eighteen, between the 178BHS (4,182 lb) and the 165VW (4,437 lb).
• Black tank, 27 gal: smallest of eighteen, level with the 165VW, 178BHS and 179DB; next are the 135ICE, 164FBLE and six others (30 gal).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 24%: ninth-largest of eighteen, between the 2405BHX (23.9%) and the 2985VBX (25.6%).
• Length, 23 ft 2 in: shared with the 165VW; of eighteen, five shorter and eleven longer, nearest the 178BHS (22 ft 11 in) and the 233RBLE (28 ft 3 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 9 in: shared with the 165VW, 2480VBX and 2985VBX; of eighteen, eleven lower and three taller, nearest the 178BHS and 2405BHX (10 ft 8 in) and the 2920VB (11 ft).
• Fresh tank, 39 gal: smallest of eighteen, level with the 164FBLE, 165VW and four others; next are the 25ICE, 260ICE and 26ICE (40 gal).
• Grey tank, 54 gal: shared with the 165VW; of eighteen, eight smaller and eight larger, nearest the 233RBLE (43 gal) and the 25ICE, 260ICE and two others (60 gal).

Next to the 178BHS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 163RD is 15 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 150 lb lower, has 165 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 150 lb lighter, is 3 in longer, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 22 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 165VW, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 163RD is 240 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 130 lb lower, has 110 lb more cargo capacity and has a tongue weight 130 lb lighter; the two publish the same length, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

EVO is not one roster but four, and the factory publishes them under separate headings: EVO, EVO Lites, EVO Selects and EVO Singles. That matters for anyone shopping by weight, because the sub-family a plan belongs to predicts its weight class more reliably than its floorplan number does - the Singles run single-axle and light, the base EVO group runs tandem-axle and heavier, and a buyer comparing two EVO plans by number alone can be a full tow class out.

A full 39-gallon fresh tank is about 324 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 163RD’s 1,323 lb cargo capacity, leaving 999 lb. Across 18 EVO floorplans the water share runs 11% to 46%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: EVO 179DB at 24% and EVO 135ICE at 25%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).