2026 Forest River EVO165VW

The EVO 165VW has 1,213 lbs of cargo capacity between 4,437 lbs dry and its 5,650 lbs GVWR, 21% 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 550 lbs, 12% 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 7th of 18 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,504 lbs to 7,433 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 4,437 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 5,043 lbs, and the published GVWR of 5,650 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. 165VW is a EVO designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 165VW differs from the other seventeen EVO floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,213 lb: third-smallest of eighteen, between the 164FBLE (877 lb) and the 163RD (1,323 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.5%: fourth-smallest of eighteen, between the 25ICE (19.8%) and the 2750QBX (22.2%).
• GVWR, 5,650 lb: sixth-lowest of eighteen, between the 163RD (5,520 lb) and the 178BHS (5,670 lb).
• Dry weight, 4,437 lb: seventh-lightest of eighteen, between the 163RD (4,197 lb) and the 233RBLE (4,714 lb).
• Tongue weight, 550 lb: seventh-lightest of eighteen, between the 233RBLE (520 lb) and the 178BHS (570 lb).
• Black tank, 27 gal: smallest of eighteen, level with the 163RD, 178BHS and 179DB; next are the 135ICE, 164FBLE and six others (30 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.4%: ninth-largest of eighteen, between the 164FBLE (12.2%) and the 26ICE (12.5%).
• Length, 23 ft 2 in: shared with the 163RD; 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 163RD, 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 163RD, 164FBLE and four others; next are the 25ICE, 260ICE and 26ICE (40 gal).
• Grey tank, 54 gal: shared with the 163RD; of eighteen, eight smaller and eight larger, nearest the 233RBLE (43 gal) and the 25ICE, 260ICE and two others (60 gal).

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

Next to the 233RBLE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 165VW is 277 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,870 lb lower, has 1,593 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 30 lb heavier, is 5 ft 1 in shorter, stands 3 in taller, has a fresh tank 15 gal smaller, has a grey tank 11 gal larger and has a black tank 16 gal smaller.

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), 27% of the 165VW’s 1,213 lb cargo capacity, leaving 889 lb. Across 18 EVO floorplans the water share runs 11% to 46%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: EVO 135ICE at 25% and EVO 164FBLE at 37%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).