01 What makes it unique
Northwood lists the Desert Fox 24AS at 8,595 lb dry, a GVWR of 12,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 3,405 lb and a hitch weight of 1,512 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.
It is 30’2″ long and 13’0″ high. Northwood prints its tanks as 100 gal fresh, 47 gal grey, 50 gal black.
Among the 4 Desert Fox floorplans Northwood’s Desert Fox model pages on northwoodmfg.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 1 from the lightest, in a range from 8,595 lb (Desert Fox 24AS) to 9,005 lb (Desert Fox 27F11). Every figure in that comparison is Northwood’s, read from the same set of model pages.
Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Northwood’s own Desert Fox model pages on northwoodmfg.com (no model year stated) for the Desert Fox 24AS, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the 24AS differs from the other three Desert Fox floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Dry weight, 8,595 lb: lightest of four; next is the 23T16 (8,895 lb).
- Cargo capacity, 3,405 lb: largest of four; next is the 23T16 (3,105 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 28.4%: largest of four; next is the 23T16 (25.9%).
- Length, 30 ft 2 in: shortest of four, level with the 23T16; next are the 27F11 and 27FS (32 ft 7 in).
- Fresh tank, 100 gal: largest of four, level with the 27FS; next are the 23T16 and 27F11 (90 gal).
Next to the 23T16, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 24AS is 300 lb lighter by dry weight, has 300 lb more cargo capacity, has a fresh tank 10 gal larger, has a grey tank 29 gal smaller, has a black tank 10 gal larger and sleeps two more; the two publish the same GVWR, length and exterior height.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 30’2″
- Exterior height
- 13’0″
- Exterior width
- 8’6″
- Interior height
- Not published by Northwood
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 8,595 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 12,000 lb
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 3,405 lb
- Hitch weight
- 1,512 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 100 gal
- Grey water
- 47 gal
- Black water
- 50 gal
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Not stated per floorplan by Northwood
- Tire size
- LT235/85R16
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 6
- Model year
- Not stated by Northwood; figures as published on Northwood's site (https://northwoodmfg.com/toy-haulers/desert-fox/desert-fox-24as/), read 6 Nov 2026
- Body type basis (as printed)
- Desert Fox listed under Toy Haulers menu; hitch type not printed
- Dry Axle Weight (approx. Lbs.)
- 7083
- Load Range
- E
- LPG Capacity (approx. lbs)
- 60
- CSA – Canadian Dealers Only
- Yes
- Auto Ignition Furnace (1,000 BTUs)
- 30
- Weight basis (as printed)
- "Gross Dry Weight (approx. Lbs.)"; Northwood prints dry, hitch and dimension figures as approximate.
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
Federal tire recalls naming this size. NHTSA’s recall file names LT235/85R16 in 14 tire recalls: 01T007000 (FALKEN TIRE CORPORATION, 2001; make FALKEN; models LT23585R16 10PR, LT24585R16 10PR); 02T016000 (COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO., 2002; make COOPER; model LT21585R16); 08T005000 (COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO., 2008; make COOPER / DEAN / GENERIC / MASTERCRAFT; models DISCOVERER ATR, MASTERCRAFT COURSER A/T 2, MENTOR ALL TERRAIN RADIAL SXT, WILDCAT RADIAL A/T); 11T006000 (ITR USA, INC. (DBA ITA), 2011; make SHANDONG YONGTAI; model NEGOTIATOR COMMERCIAL H/T); 12T006000 (PT. MULTISTRADA ARAH SARANA, TBK, 2012; make ACHILLES / RADAR; models DESERT HAWK A/P, RADIAL RLT-9); 12T010000 (COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO., 2012; make COOPER / DEL-NAT / PEP BOYS / TBC; models DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T, DELTA A/S SIERRADIAL, DISCOVERER H/T, DISCOVERER LSX, MASTERCRAFT COURSER HTR, NATIONAL A/S COMMANDO, SIGMA STAMPEDE RADIAL SUV); 12T019000 (MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC., 2012; make BF GOODRICH / UNIROYAL; models COMMERCIAL T/A A/S, LAREDO HD/H); 13T002000 (Hercules Tire & Rubber Company, 2013; make HERCULES; model HERCULES ALL TRAC A/T); 14T014000 (Toyo Tire Holdings Of Americas Inc., 2014; make NITTO / TOYO; models DURA GRAPPLER HIGHWAY TERRAIN DURA-BELT, OPEN COUNTRY H/T/ TUFF DUTY); 20T016000 (Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber, 2020; make DURATURN; model TRAVIA A/T); 22T001000 (Vee Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., 2022; make TRI-ACE; model PIONEER A/T III); 23T010000 (Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC, 2023; make FALKEN; models WILDPEAK AT3W, WILDPEAK HT02); 24T014000 (Prinx Chengshan Tire North America, Inc., 2024; make FORTUNE / PRINX; models HiCOUNTRY M/T HM1, HiCOUNTRY R/T HR1, TORMENTA M/T FSR310, TORMENTA R/T FSR309); 26T006000 (Vee Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., 2026; make VEE RUBBER; model TAIGA A/T). A tire recall covers only the brands, lines and DOT date codes it lists, and this page does not know which brand of tire this trailer was built with, so read the brand and DOT code on your own sidewalls before relying on this list. Only 242 of NHTSA’s 788 tire recalls name a size in their summary, so a size with no match is not a clean record (NHTSA recall file, read 12 Oct 2026).
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
03 The Desert Fox floorplan family
Northwood’s Desert Fox model pages on northwoodmfg.com (no model year stated) lists 4 Desert Fox floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Fox 24AS | 30’2″ | 6 | Profiled |
| Desert Fox 23T16 | 30’2″ | 4 | Profiled |
| Desert Fox 27FS | 32’7″ | 6 | Profiled |
| Desert Fox 27F11 | 32’7″ | 6 | Profiled |
Northwood’s Desert Fox model pages on northwoodmfg.com (no model year stated) lists 4 Desert Fox floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What Northwood does not publish for the Desert Fox 24AS
Northwood prints no interior height for this model, so none is given. Nothing is filled from a sibling model, a different model year or a dealer listing.
Read the label on the trailer
Federal rules put a load-carrying label inside every RV trailer: its unloaded weight with full propane, its cargo carrying capacity and its GVWR (49 CFR 571.110 and 571.120). Those figures come from the trailer itself and govern the towing decision.
05 How it compares
8,895 lb dry and 12,000 lb GVWR, against this model’s 8,595 lb and 12,000 lb.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 100-gallon fresh tank is about 830 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 24% of the Desert Fox 24AS’s 3,405 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,575 lb (429 lb per rated berth). Across 4 Desert Fox floorplans the water share runs 24% to 27%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Desert Fox 23T16 at 24% and Desert Fox 27F11 at 25%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).
No source publishes a tongue weight for the Desert Fox 24AS, so its hitch load has to come from a scale ticket taken with the trailer hitched.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Desert Fox 27FS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 30 ft 2 in vs 32 ft 7 in; dry weight 8,595 lb vs 8,942 lb; cargo capacity 3,405 lb vs 3,058 lb. They match on sleeps, GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Desert Fox plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry weight (lb) | 8,595 | 1 of 4 | 8,595–9,005 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 3,405 | 4 of 4 | 2,995–3,405 |
| Length | 30 ft 2 in | 1–2 of 4 | 30 ft 2 in–32 ft 7 in |
| Fresh tank (gal) | 100 | 3–4 of 4 | 90–100 |
| Grey tank (gal) | 47 | 1–3 of 4 | 47–76 |
| Black tank (gal) | 50 | 2–4 of 4 | 40–50 |
| Sleeps | 6 | 2–4 of 4 | 4–6 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Desert Fox 23T16 matches it at 12,000 lb GVWR; Desert Fox 27F11 matches it at 12,000 lb GVWR.
| Nearest Desert Fox siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Fox 24AS | 30 ft 2 in | 6 | 8,595 | 12,000 | 3,405 | — | 100 |
| Desert Fox 27FS | 32 ft 7 in | 6 | 8,942 | 12,000 | 3,058 | — | 100 |
| Desert Fox 27F11 | 32 ft 7 in | 6 | 9,005 | 12,000 | 2,995 | — | 90 |
| Desert Fox 23T16 | 30 ft 2 in | 4 | 8,895 | 12,000 | 3,105 | — | 90 |
All 4 Desert Fox floorplans: Desert Fox line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Fox 24AS | 12,000 | 8,595 | 6 | 30 ft 2 in |
| Inferno SST FSL29 | 12,000 | 7,860 | — | — |
| Jay Flight 401FLTS | 12,000 | 10,355 | 4 | 40 ft 4 in |
| Momentum 30MAV | 12,000 | 8,400 | 6 | 36 ft 11 in |
| Puma Vista 39DBT | 12,000 | 10,162 | — | 42 ft 4 in |
| Sportster X 22X | 12,000 | 7,940 | 6 | 28 ft 5 in |
| Spyder 28SC | 12,000 | 8,860 | — | 34 ft 11 in |
Against the Desert Fox 24AS: the Jay Flight 401FLTS is 10 ft longer and sleeps 2 fewer; the Momentum 30MAV is 7 ft longer.
08 Common questions about the Desert Fox 24AS
How much does the Desert Fox 24AS weigh?
8,595 lb dry; 12,000 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Desert Fox 24AS carry?
3,405 lb, 28% of its GVWR (median across 1,416 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 830 lb of it.
What size tow vehicle does the Desert Fox 24AS need?
A tow rating of at least 12,000 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the Desert Fox 24AS sleep?
It is rated to sleep 6. No other Desert Fox floorplan here is rated for more.
What are the tank capacities on the Desert Fox 24AS?
Fresh 100, grey 47, black 50 gallons. Off hookups, the waste tanks fill first.
How long is the Desert Fox 24AS?
30’2″ overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Desert Fox 24AS. Not published: hitch weight, interior height, slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: northwoodmfg.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 2 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint (model years 2005 on) against the Desert Fox line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
Too few reports to show a pattern. 1 complaint has been filed on this line — not enough to say what fails most often. It covers tires.
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Desert Fox line page.