01 What makes it unique
The 3901RK is built for living aboard. A U-shaped raised kitchen commands the rear wall, a mid-coach living room with a 50-inch Smart TV and a convenient half bath sits just inside the door, and a sliding barn door opens to a front master suite with a king bed, dual-sink full bath, a 48-by-30 shower and a walk-in wardrobe with washer/dryer prep. Five slides open the interior to near-residential proportions, and the front basement storage is oversized with slam-latch baggage doors.
It is a heavy, long coach. RVUSA lists a 42-foot-4 length and five slides; the published dry weight is 14,755 pounds against an 18,000-pound GVWR and a 3,245-pound payload — figures that are internally consistent (dry plus payload equals the rating). One source (Camping World) lists a lighter 16,800-pound GVWR and a 42-foot-2 length; the factory-consistent 18,000-pound figures are used here and the discrepancy is noted. An 18-cubic-foot residential refrigerator, a 24-inch range, a JBL three-zone stereo and a La-Z-Boy hide-a-bed in its own slide round out the interior.
At an MSRP of $133,778 it is the full-timer’s rear-kitchen plan in the luxury line — a coach for a couple who cooks seriously and lives aboard, and one that needs a one-ton truck, often a dually, to tow safely loaded.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 42' 4"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 13' 5"
- Interior height
- 7' 0"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 14,755 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 18,000 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 3,245 lbs
- Dry pin weight
- Not published*
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 70 gal
- Grey water
- 88 gal
- Black water
- 88 gal
- Refrigerator
- 18 cu ft
Construction
- Frame
- 12" I-beam · z-frame
- Walls
- 2" laminated fiberglass · lauan
- Roof
- Alpha TPO · walkable, 5" rafters
- Underbelly
- Four-Season · heated, 0° tested
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Hitch
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- Suspension
- MORryde® CRE3000 · wet bolts
- Cooling
- Coleman Mach 15K · 50A
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner recessed
- Refrigerator
- 18 cu ft
- A/C
- 15K Coleman Mach heat-pump (triple-15K opt)
- Water heater
- Quick-recovery · gas/electric
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Slides
- 5
- Hitch type
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed)
- Primary bed
- King
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
03 The Montana floorplan family
Montana is Keystone's flagship luxury fifth wheel and the best-selling luxury fifth wheel in North America. The line runs to fifteen floorplans for 2026; the six highest-demand layouts are profiled here in full, and the rest — along with the lighter, lower-profile Montana High Country sub-line — are catalogued on the line hub. The 3901RK on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3123RL | 35 ft | 4 | Rear-living entry, kitchen island |
| 3100RL | 36 ft | 4 | New-2026 widebody, rear-living couples |
| 3231CK | 37 ft | 4 | Rear living, kitchen island + dual pantries |
| 3531RE | 39 ft | 4 | Rear entertainment, glass-door pantry |
| 3532SP | 39 ft | 4 | Side patio, king bed, theater seating |
| 3795FK | 40 ft | 6 | Front raised kitchen, rear full bath, sleeps 6 |
| 3623EB | 40 ft | 4 | Rear living, bike garage, four slides |
| 3761FL | 41 ft | 6 | Front living, bath-and-a-half, 5 slides |
| 3781RL | 41 ft | 4 | Best-selling rear living, kitchen island |
| 3857BR | 41 ft | 8 | Middle bunkroom + loft, family |
| 3901RK | 42 ft | 4 | Rear kitchen, bath-and-a-half, front master |
| 3915TB | 43 ft | 6 | Two full baths, bunkroom + loft |
| 3941FO | 43 ft | 6 | Front office full-timer, outside kitchen |
Montana is the best-selling luxury fifth wheel in North America and Keystone's flagship towable. The full line runs to fifteen floorplans for 2026, plus the lighter, lower-profile Montana High Country sub-line catalogued separately on the hub. Body specifications (lengths, heights, payload, tanks, refrigerator, sleeping, slides and A/C) are RVUSA-verified against the 2026 structured spec records, each page fp-slug and title checked; pin (hitch) weights are from the same records. Montana publishes a 18,000-pound GVWR across the luxury line; the lighter three-slide 3123RL entry carries a derived 16,580-pound GVWR, and the new widebody 3100RL has its dry weight and GVWR flagged as derived. 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 U-shaped kitchen
A wraparound raised galley on the back wall — the serious cook’s layout, with a half bath off the mid-coach living room.
Front master suite
A private front bedroom with a king bed, dual-sink full bath, 48-by-30 shower and a walk-in wardrobe with washer/dryer prep — a bath-and-a-half full-timer plan.
Five slides, full-timer size
A 42-foot-4 coach on five slides — near-residential interior volume for living aboard, needing a one-ton truck to tow loaded.
Source conflict noted
The factory-consistent 18,000-lb GVWR (dry 14,755 + payload 3,245) is used; one source lists a lighter 16,800-lb GVWR and 42-ft-2 length — weigh the loaded coach and confirm the door sticker.
05 How it compares
The best-selling rear-living plan — a shorter, lighter four-slide coach without the rear kitchen or front master suite.
The front-office full-timer plan — trades the rear kitchen for a workspace and an outside kitchen at a similar size.
Grand Design’s full-timer flagship fifth wheel — the natural luxury cross-shop for living aboard.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 70-gallon fresh tank is roughly 18% of the 3,245-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 3901RK with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 3,245 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (70 gal × 8.34 lb) | −584 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 2,661 lb | 18% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 665 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 4 berths this plan sleeps. |
No dry pin weight is published for this floorplan by any source this catalog accepts, so the hitch-share arithmetic is not shown here and the tow block on this page omits it. The figure exists on the trailer’s own weight sticker; a scale ticket taken with the trailer hitched is the reliable way to get it, and it is worth having before you buy rather than after.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 18,000-pound GVWR the 3901RK is towing 3,245 pounds more than its 14,755-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 70 gallons of fresh against 88 grey and 88 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the 3901RK sits 11 of 13 in the Montana line: 18,000 pounds against a line that runs from 16,480 to 18,000 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.
Either side of it in the same line: Montana 3857BR matches it exactly at 18,000 lb GVWR; and Montana 3915TB matches it exactly at 18,000 lb GVWR.
7 other Montana plans share this floorplan’s 18,000 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.
| Comparable fifth wheels | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3901RK | 18,000 | 14,755 | 4 | 42 ft 4 in |
| Cedar Creek 381MUD | 18,000 | 15,429 | 8 | 43 ft 5 in |
| Influence 3003RL | 18,000 | 12,500 | 4 | 34 ft 11 in |
| Paradigm 375RD | 18,000 | 14,771 | 5 | 41 ft 9 in |
| Puma Grand Mesa 395FKL | 18,000 | 14,929 | — | 42 ft 7 in |
| Bighorn 38RE | 17,995 | 15,275 | 4 | 42 ft 6 in |
| North Point 382FLRB | 17,995 | 15,470 | 8 | 43 ft 10 in |
Against the 3901RK: the Cedar Creek 381MUD is 1 ft longer and sleeps 4 more; the Influence 3003RL is 7 ft shorter; the Paradigm 375RD sleeps 1 more. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest fifth wheels from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Montana floorplans profiled here run 12,881 to 15,644 pounds dry and 35 to 43 feet of exterior length across 13 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Montana line hub.
08 Common questions about the 3901RK
How much does the 3901RK weigh?
It leaves the factory at 14,755 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 18,000 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the 3901RK carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 3,245 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 70-gallon fresh tank uses about 584 pounds of that.
What size tow vehicle does the 3901RK need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 18,000 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the 3901RK sleep?
It is rated to sleep 4. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the 3901RK?
Fresh 70 gallons, grey 88 gallons, black 88 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the 3901RK?
Exterior length is 42' 4". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 15 of them for the 3901RK. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: dry hitch weight, tire specification, awning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (94%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
Values on this page carrying an asterisk were derived by arithmetic from published figures, or come from a single source, rather than being printed directly by the manufacturer. The flag travels with the number into the downloadable spec sheet.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Montana line, and NHTSA holds 34 recall campaigns and 154 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 154 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are tires (32%), structure (17%) and equipment (16%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Montana line page.