01 What makes it unique
The Minnie 2500FL inverts the line's usual architecture. Every other 2026 Minnie puts the bed at one end and the living space in the middle; the 2500FL puts the living room up front — the social heart of the trailer in the brightest, widest part of the body — runs a dinette out on the slide amidships, and reserves the rear for a private queen bedroom. Front-living layouts are common in big fifth wheels and rare in sub-30-foot travel trailers, which makes this plan a genuine outlier in its class, and its second entry door serves the bedroom end so a late sleeper and an early riser stay out of each other's way.
The platform is the standard Minnie build — NXG engineered steel frame, 1.5-inch fiberglass over Azdel Onboard composite, one-piece walkable TPO roof, gel-coat front cap, tandem 4,400-pound EZ-lube axles matching the published 8,800-pound GVWR — with the 10-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, 15,000-BTU ducted air conditioner, 30,000-BTU furnace and 200-watt solar standard. One tank-set quirk is worth knowing: the 2500FL runs slightly smaller 47-gallon grey and black tanks (the rest of the line uses 49s), with no second grey tank fitted.
The front-living geometry has a physical consequence: with the lounge's mass ahead of the axles, the 2500FL posts an 874-pound dry tongue weight — second-highest in the line and more than double the entry 2326RB's — so match it to a tow vehicle with genuine payload headroom. It is also a dealer-stock-only floorplan, ordered by dealers rather than built to retail order. For couples who host — where the trailer is the gathering place and the bedroom is a retreat — nothing else in the line is arranged like it.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 28' 3"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 11' 5"
- Interior height
- 6' 8"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 6,432 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 8,800 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 2,368 lbs
- Axle count
- 2 (tandem)
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 60 gal
- Grey water
- 47 gal
- Black water
- 47 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft (12V)
Construction
- Frame
- NXG engineered steel
- Roof
- One-piece TPO · walkable
- Underbelly
- Enclosed & heated · 12V pads
- Body
- 1.5″ fiberglass · Azdel composite
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem) · 4,400 lb each
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull · dry tongue 874 lb
- Tires
- 225/75R15E · 10-ply
- Wheels
- Aluminum · EZ-lube hubs
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner recessed
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft 12V
- A/C
- 15,000 BTU ducted
- Water heater
- 6-gal gas/electric DSI
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Primary bed
- Rear queen
- Layout
- Front living room, dinette in slide, mid galley, rear private queen bedroom, dual entry
- Awnings
- 1 · 18′
03 Minnie floorplan family
Winnebago's Minnie line — a ten-floorplan range of 8-foot wide-body travel trailers that step up from the 7-foot Micro Minnie in width, length and capacity, every one of them rated to an 8,800-pound GVWR. The 2500FL on this page is highlighted; every 2026 plan links to its own profiled page.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2326RB | 26 ft | 4 | Shortest & lowest-priced; rear-bath couples |
| 2326BH | 27 ft | 6 | Lightest; dual-entry family bunkhouse |
| 2327TB | 27 ft | 4 | Twin-to-king slide couples (dealer stock only) |
| 2500FL | 28 ft | 4 | Front living room, rear queen (dealer stock only) |
| 2529RG | 30 ft | 5 | Rear-galley front queen; dual entry |
| 2301BHS | 30 ft | 6 | Bunkhouse with outdoor griddle kitchen |
| 2630MLRK | 30 ft | 4 | Walk-through bath, pull-out desk (dealer stock only) |
| 2730FK | 31 ft | 4 | Front-corner galley; the only two-slide plan |
| 2832FK | 32 ft | 5 | Front galley, rear walkaround queen (dealer stock only) |
| 2801BHS | 32 ft | 7 | Longest; sleeps-seven rear bunkhouse |
Every Minnie shares the same 8,800-pound GVWR, 8-foot exterior width, 10-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, 15,000-BTU ducted air conditioner and tandem 4,400-pound EZ-lube axles — floorplans differ in length, bed and galley placement, slide count and whether a second grey tank is fitted. All figures are RVUSA structured records cross-checked against Winnebago's factory specification table, which agrees exactly. Always confirm against the unit's weight sticker before towing.
04 What owners & reviewers report
The only front-living Minnie
The lounge rides up front where every other plan puts the bed — a fifth-wheel-style social layout in a 28-foot bumper-pull.
A real private bedroom
The rear queen sits behind the galley with its own entry door nearby — genuine separation between the living and sleeping ends.
Watch the tongue weight
Front-living geometry puts mass ahead of the axles: at 874 lb of dry tongue weight — second-highest in the line — this plan asks more of the tow vehicle's payload than its 6,432-lb dry weight suggests.
Dealer stock only, smaller tanks
Built to dealer order rather than retail order, and fitted with the line's smaller 47-gallon grey and black tanks with no second grey — plan dump stops accordingly on long stays.
05 How it compares
The rear-galley plan — the other sociable layout, with the kitchen aft instead of the lounge forward, and 98 gallons of grey.
The volume laminated mid-lightweight rival — compare lounge layouts and tongue weights.
The conventional entry plan — $6,600 less, half the tongue weight, standard architecture.