2026 Forest River EVO2985VBX

The EVO 2985VBX has 2,196 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,375 lbs dry and its 8,571 lbs GVWR, 26% 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 771 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: 72 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 16th 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 6,375 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 7,473 lbs, and the published GVWR of 8,571 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. 2985VBX is a EVO designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 2985VBX differs from the other seventeen EVO floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Length, 33 ft 10 in: second-longest of eighteen, between the 2750QBX (33 ft 3 in) and the 2920VB (34 ft 11 in).
• Black tank, 40 gal: second-largest of eighteen, between the 2290ER, 2405BHX and two others (32 gal) and the 233RBLE (43 gal).
• Dry weight, 6,375 lb: third-heaviest of eighteen, between the 26ICE (6,288 lb) and the 260ICE (6,613 lb).
• GVWR, 8,571 lb: fourth-highest of eighteen, between the 2290ER (8,450 lb) and the 2480VBX (8,575 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,196 lb: fifth-largest of eighteen, between the 2920VB (2,182 lb) and the 2480VBX (2,416 lb).
• Tongue weight, 771 lb: fifth-heaviest of eighteen, between the 2405BHX (740 lb) and the 2480VBX (775 lb).
• Fresh tank, 61 gal: largest of eighteen, level with the 2290ER, 2480VBX and 2920VB; next is the 233RBLE (54 gal).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 25.6%: eighth-largest of eighteen, between the 163RD (24%) and the 178BHS (26.2%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.1%: eighth-smallest of eighteen, between the 2700BHX (11.7%) and the 164FBLE (12.2%).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 9 in: shared with the 163RD, 165VW and 2480VBX; of eighteen, eleven lower and three taller, nearest the 178BHS and 2405BHX (10 ft 8 in) and the 2920VB (11 ft).
• Grey tank, 32 gal: shared with the 178BHS; of eighteen, five smaller and eleven larger, nearest the 135ICE, 164FBLE and two others (30 gal) and the 233RBLE (43 gal).

Next to the 26ICE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 2985VBX is 87 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 786 lb higher, has 699 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 14 lb lighter, is 1 ft 1 in longer, stands 5 in taller, has a fresh tank 21 gal larger, has a grey tank 28 gal smaller and has a black tank 10 gal larger.

Next to the 260ICE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 2985VBX is 238 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,124 lb lower, has 886 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 124 lb lighter, is 3 ft 11 in longer, stands 4 in lower, has a fresh tank 21 gal larger, has a grey tank 28 gal smaller and has a black tank 10 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), 23% of the 2985VBX’s 2,196 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,690 lb. Across 18 EVO floorplans the water share runs 11% to 46%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: EVO 26ICE at 22% and EVO 2920VB at 23%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).