2026 Forest River EVO2480VBX

The EVO 2480VBX has 2,416 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,159 lbs dry and its 8,575 lbs GVWR, 28% of that rating; filling its 61-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 506 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 775 lbs, 13% 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: 96 gallons of grey and black capacity against 61 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the EVO roster this is the 13th of 18 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,504 lbs to 7,433 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 6,159 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 7,367 lbs, and the published GVWR of 8,575 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. 2480VBX is a EVO designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 2480VBX differs from the other seventeen EVO floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• GVWR, 8,575 lb: third-highest of eighteen, between the 2985VBX (8,571 lb) and the 2920VB (9,615 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,416 lb: fourth-largest of eighteen, between the 2985VBX (2,196 lb) and the 2290ER (2,508 lb).
• Tongue weight, 775 lb: fourth-heaviest of eighteen, between the 2985VBX (771 lb) and the 26ICE (785 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 28.2%: fifth-largest of eighteen, between the 179DB (28.1%) and the 2290ER (29.7%).
• Dry weight, 6,159 lb: sixth-heaviest of eighteen, between the 2750QBX (5,975 lb) and the 25ICE (6,178 lb).
• Fresh tank, 61 gal: largest of eighteen, level with the 2290ER, 2920VB and 2985VBX; next is the 233RBLE (54 gal).
• Grey tank, 64 gal: shared with the 2290ER and 2920VB; of eighteen, fourteen smaller and one larger, nearest the 25ICE, 260ICE and two others (60 gal) and the 2405BHX (74 gal).
• Black tank, 32 gal: shared with the 2290ER, 2405BHX and 2920VB; of eighteen, twelve smaller and two larger, nearest the 135ICE, 164FBLE and six others (30 gal) and the 2985VBX (40 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.6%: shared with the 2405BHX; of eighteen, eleven smaller and five larger, nearest the 26ICE (12.5%) and the 174DBLE and 260ICE (13.5%).
• Length, 29 ft 11 in: shared with the 260ICE; of eighteen, eleven shorter and five longer, nearest the 25ICE (29 ft 10 in) and the 2700BHX (31 ft 9 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 9 in: shared with the 163RD, 165VW and 2985VBX; of eighteen, eleven lower and three taller, nearest the 178BHS and 2405BHX (10 ft 8 in) and the 2920VB (11 ft).

Next to the 2750QBX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 2480VBX is 184 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 895 lb higher, has 711 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 95 lb heavier, is 3 ft 4 in shorter, stands 5 in taller, has a fresh tank 17 gal larger, has a grey tank 34 gal larger and has a black tank 2 gal larger.

Next to the 25ICE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 2480VBX is 19 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 875 lb higher, has 894 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 75 lb heavier, is 1 in longer, stands 5 in taller, has a fresh tank 21 gal larger, has a grey tank 4 gal larger and has a black tank 2 gal larger.

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 61-gallon fresh tank is about 506 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 21% of the 2480VBX’s 2,416 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,910 lb. Across 18 EVO floorplans the water share runs 11% to 46%, and 12 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: EVO 2290ER at 20% and EVO 2750QBX at 21%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).