2026 Forest River EVO2985VBX

The EVO 2985VBX leaves Forest River's factory at 6,375 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 8,571 lbs and 2,196 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 26% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 61-gallon fresh tank spends 506 lbs of that 2,196 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 771 lbs, or 12% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 61 gallons fresh, 32 grey and 40 black, 72 gallons of waste capacity against 61 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the EVO roster this is the 17th of 19 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. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 6,375 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 7,473 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 8,571 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

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.

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 509 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 1,687 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).

Closest sibling: the EVO 2480VBX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 33 ft 10 in vs 29 ft 11 in; dry weight 6,375 lb vs 6,159 lb; GVWR 8,571 lb vs 8,575 lb; cargo capacity 2,196 lb vs 2,416 lb; dry hitch weight 771 lb vs 775 lb; grey tank 32 gal vs 64 gal; black tank 40 gal vs 32 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: EVO 2290ER is 121 lb lighter (8,450 lb GVWR); EVO 2480VBX is 4 lb heavier (8,575 lb GVWR).

All 18 EVO floorplans: EVO line hub.

Against the 2985VBX: the Puma 26FKDS is 18 lb lighter and 3 ft shorter; the Rockwood & Flagstaff Ultra Lite 2706BH is 19 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Coachmen Catalina 263FKDS is 29 lb heavier and 4 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 2985VBX. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.