01 What makes it unique
The 2903RL is the shortest and lightest Influence, built as a couples’ rear-living coach. A windowed rear living area sits behind a walk-around kitchen island, with a front master (a queen bed slide, optional king), a free-standing dinette, theater seating opposite a fireplace and 40-inch TV, and a rear tri-fold sofa — the whole rig held to about 34½ feet on three slide-outs. It carries the standard Influence package: a 16-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, gel-coat sidewalls and the 330-watt Influence Solar Package on the 101-inch wide-body platform inside a five-sided welded-aluminum cage, under a walk-on Thermal Roof, with a fully enclosed, heated underbelly.
Grand Design publishes a 15,000-pound GVWR against the 11,800-pound dry weight, leaving a 3,200-pound cargo capacity and a 2,190-pound dry pin — the lightest pin in the line. A single 15,000-BTU air conditioner and 81/106/53-gallon fresh/grey/black tanks are standard, with six-point auto-leveling and a third air conditioner with heat pump available. At a starting MSRP around $116,780, with street pricing below placard, the 2903RL is the Influence for buyers who want the wide-body platform and residential kitchen in the shortest, most maneuverable body, towable behind a properly rated three-quarter-ton or one-ton truck.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 34' 5"
- Exterior width
- 8' 5" (101″ wide-body)
- Exterior height
- 13' 5"
- Chassis
- 101″ wide-body · welded-aluminum five-sided cage
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 11,800 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 15,000 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 3,200 lbs
- Dry pin (hitch) weight
- 2,190 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 81 gal
- Grey water
- 106 gal
- Black water
- 53 gal
- Refrigerator
- 16 cu ft 12V
Construction
- Body cage
- Five-sided welded-aluminum cage
- Roof
- Walk-on · Thermal Roof R-40 (fiberglass + radiant foil, vented attic)
- Walls
- Fully laminated R-11 · welded-aluminum framed, rigid foam
- Main floor
- Triple-insulated R-45 (radiant foil + fiberglass)
- Underbelly
- Fully enclosed & heated (all-weather) · heated tanks
- Exterior
- Gel-coat sidewalls
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Hitch
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed) pin box
- Solar
- Influence Solar Package · 330W panel, controller, inverter prep
- Leveling
- 6-point hydraulic auto-leveling (optional)
Galley & systems
- Refrigerator
- 16 cu ft 12-volt residential
- Air conditioning
- 15,000 BTU
- Solar / electrical
- Influence Solar Package · 330W · inverter prep
- Water heater
- Gas / electric
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Slides
- 3
- Entries
- 1
- Awnings
- 2
- Primary bed
- Queen (king optional)
03 The Influence floorplan family
Influence is Grand Design's residential-style full-profile fifth wheel on the 101-inch wide-body platform that underpins the flagship Solitude, offered at a lower entry point — a cross-shop against Keystone's Cougar and Montana, Jayco's Eagle and North Point, with the Grand Design Reflection a step below. The 2026 line runs to seven floorplans, all profiled in full and linked below. The 2903RL on this page is highlighted.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2903RL | 34 ft | 4 | Rear living, kitchen island, front master |
| 3003RL | 34 ft | 4 | Rear living, kitchen island, big payload |
| 3203GK | 35 ft | 3 | Rear galley kitchen, private front bedroom |
| 3503GK | 38 ft | 4 | Rear galley kitchen, stretched living space |
| 3704BH | 40 ft | 8 | Private bunk room, quad slides, family |
| 3804DS | 42 ft | 6 | Two masters, two full baths, loft |
| 3904BH | 42 ft | 9 | Bunkhouse, outdoor kitchen, bath-and-a-half |
Influence is Grand Design's residential-style full-profile fifth wheel — the 101-inch wide-body platform that underpins the flagship Solitude, offered at a lower entry point. The 2026 line runs to seven floorplans, all profiled here in full. Every Influence rides the 101-inch wide-body platform inside a five-sided welded-aluminum cage, under a walk-on Thermal Roof (R-40, fiberglass and radiant foil over a vented attic), with fully laminated R-11 walls, a triple-insulated R-45 main floor and a fully enclosed, heated all-weather underbelly with heated tanks. The Influence Solar Package — a 330-watt panel with controller and inverter prep — a 16-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator and gel-coat sidewalls are standard, with six-point hydraulic auto-leveling and a third air conditioner with heat pump available. Dry weight, GVWR, CCC and pin are published per plan and each plan's dry weight plus CCC equals its GVWR exactly. Real loaded pin weights run higher — always weigh the loaded coach and confirm against your truck's payload and rear-axle ratings.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Rear living, kitchen island
A windowed rear living area behind a walk-around island kitchen, with a front master and a free-standing dinette — the couples’ layout in the shortest body.
Lightest Influence
At about 34½ feet and an 11,800-pound dry weight it is the most maneuverable coach in the line, with the lightest 2,190-pound pin.
Standard solar and 16-cu-ft 12V fridge
Carries the standard Influence list — 330-watt solar, a 16-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator and gel-coat sidewalls — on the 101-inch wide-body platform.
Wants a three-quarter-ton+ truck
A 15,000-pound-GVWR full-profile fifth wheel — confirm a properly rated three-quarter-ton or one-ton truck’s payload and rear-axle rating.
05 How it compares
Keystone’s mainstream-luxury full-profile fifth wheel — a comparable rear-living cross-shop at a similar length.
The Grand Design Reflection — a lighter, shorter half-ton-plus fifth wheel a step below Influence.
The flagship Solitude on the same 101-inch wide-body platform — longer, heavier and more luxurious.