2026 Forest River EVO260ICE

The EVO 260ICE has 3,082 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,613 lbs dry and its 9,695 lbs GVWR, 32% of that rating; filling its 40-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 332 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 895 lbs, 14% 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: 90 gallons of grey and black capacity against 40 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the EVO roster this is the 17th 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 6,613 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 8,154 lbs, and the published GVWR of 9,695 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. 260ICE is a EVO designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 260ICE differs from the other seventeen EVO floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• GVWR, 9,695 lb: highest of eighteen; next is the 2920VB (9,615 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 3,082 lb: largest of eighteen; next is the 233RBLE (2,806 lb).
• Tongue weight, 895 lb: heaviest of eighteen; next is the 2920VB (815 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,613 lb: second-heaviest of eighteen, between the 2985VBX (6,375 lb) and the 2920VB (7,433 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 31.8%: third-largest of eighteen, between the 2290ER (29.7%) and the 135ICE (35.2%).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 1 in: tallest of eighteen, level with the 2290ER; next is the 2920VB (11 ft).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.5%: shared with the 174DBLE; of eighteen, thirteen smaller and three larger, nearest the 2405BHX and 2480VBX (12.6%) and the 178BHS (13.6%).
• Length, 29 ft 11 in: shared with the 2480VBX; of eighteen, eleven shorter and five longer, nearest the 25ICE (29 ft 10 in) and the 2700BHX (31 ft 9 in).
• Grey tank, 60 gal: shared with the 25ICE, 26ICE and 2700BHX; of eighteen, ten smaller and four larger, nearest the 163RD and 165VW (54 gal) and the 2290ER, 2480VBX and 2920VB (64 gal).
• Fresh tank, 40 gal: shared with the 25ICE and 26ICE; of eighteen, seven smaller and eight larger, nearest the 163RD, 164FBLE and five others (39 gal) and the 135ICE (41 gal).
• Black tank, 30 gal: shared with the 135ICE, 164FBLE and five others; of eighteen, four smaller and six larger, nearest the 163RD, 165VW and two others (27 gal) and the 2290ER, 2405BHX and two others (32 gal).

Next to the 2985VBX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 260ICE is 238 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,124 lb higher, has 886 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 124 lb heavier, is 3 ft 11 in shorter, stands 4 in taller, has a fresh tank 21 gal smaller, has a grey tank 28 gal larger and has a black tank 10 gal smaller.

Next to the 2920VB, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 260ICE is 820 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 80 lb higher, has 900 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 5 ft shorter, stands 1 in taller, has a fresh tank 21 gal smaller, has a grey tank 4 gal smaller and has a black tank 2 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 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 11% of the 260ICE’s 3,082 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,750 lb. Across 18 EVO floorplans the water share runs 11% to 46%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: EVO 233RBLE at 16%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).