2026 Forest River Nightfall270N

The Nightfall 270N has 5,300 lbs of cargo capacity between 9,459 lbs dry and its 14,759 lbs GVWR, 36% of that rating; filling its 150-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 1,245 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Pin weight is 2,165 lbs, 23% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and comes off the truck’s payload, not its towing rating, so check it against the payload on your own door sticker (pin weight and payload).

Off hookups: 137 gallons of grey and black capacity against 150 gallons of fresh water, so fresh and waste run out at roughly the same rate (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Nightfall fifth-wheel roster this is the 1st of 5 fifth wheels by dry weight, in a line that runs from 9,459 lbs to 15,679 lbs. It is the lightest fifth wheel in the line, which makes it the one to look at first if the tow vehicle is the constraint.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 9,459 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 12,109 lbs, and the published GVWR of 14,759 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. 270N is a Nightfall designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 270N differs from the other four Nightfall fifth wheels. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 9,459 lb: lightest of five; next is the 350N (12,319 lb).
• GVWR, 14,759 lb: lowest of five; next is the 350N (16,790 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 35.9%: largest of five; next is the 350N (26.6%).
• Pin weight, 2,165 lb: lightest of five; next is the 350N (2,790 lb).
• Length, 32 ft 3 in: shortest of five; next is the 343NHD (40 ft 5 in).
• Grey tank, 97 gal: smallest of five; next is the 350N (114 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 5,300 lb: third-smallest of five, between the 350N (4,471 lb) and the 404NHD (5,321 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 22.9%: third-smallest of five, between the 350N (22.6%) and the 343NHD (23.3%).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 5 in: lowest of five, level with the 350N; next are the 343NHD, 397NHD and 404NHD (13 ft 6 in).
• Black tank, 40 gal: smallest of five, level with the 350N; next are the 343NHD, 397NHD and 404NHD (80 gal).

Next to the 350N, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 270N is 2,860 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,031 lb lower, has 829 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 625 lb lighter, is 8 ft 3 in shorter and has a grey tank 17 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Nightfall is published as one roster that spans two different towing propositions, and the split is the first thing to understand about it. Forest River files fourteen floorplans under the name in three groupings - travel-trailer toy haulers, fifth-wheel toy haulers and HD fifth-wheel toy haulers - plus four more sold dealer-stock only. The bumper-pull plans run 6,758 to 9,383 lb dry with 1,175 to 1,500 lb on the tongue. The fifth wheels run 9,459 to 15,679 lb dry with 2,165 to 3,765 lb on the pin. Those are not two ends of one range; they are two trailer types sharing a badge, and the grouping a plan belongs to says more about its weight than its floorplan number does. Both are in the table below.

A full 150-gallon fresh tank is about 1,245 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 23% of the 270N’s 5,300 lb cargo capacity, leaving 4,055 lb. Across 5 Nightfall fifth-wheel floorplans the water share runs 23% to 38%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Nightfall 404NHD at 23% and Nightfall 350N at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).