01 What makes it unique
Outdoors RV lists the Back Country 21RWS at 6,800 lb dry, a net carrying capacity of 3,195 lb and a tongue weight of 900 lb. It prints no GVWR for it.
It is 26'6" long and 11'7" w/AC high. Outdoors RV prints its tanks as 100 gal fresh, 50 gal grey, 40 gal black.
Among the 9 Back Country floorplans Outdoors RV’s Back Country model pages on outdoorsrvmfg.com (no model year stated) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 3 from the lightest, in a range from 6,250 lb (Back Country 21BD) to 9,550 lb (Back Country 26RPS). Every figure in that comparison is Outdoors RV’s, read from the same set of model pages.
Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from Outdoors RV’s own Back Country model pages on outdoorsrvmfg.com (no model year stated) for the Back Country 21RWS, which names no model year; the figures are shown as the maker published them, and no year is claimed for them.
How the 21RWS differs from the other eight Back Country floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.2%: largest of nine; next is the 24KRS (13%).
- Dry weight, 6,800 lb: third-lightest of nine, between the 20MKS (6,700 lb) and the 23BCS (7,150 lb).
- Length, 26 ft 6 in: third-shortest of nine, between the 21BD (26 ft 1 in) and the 23BCS (28 ft).
- Cargo capacity, 3,195 lb: fourth-smallest of nine, between the 23BCS (2,845 lb) and the 20MKS (3,295 lb).
- Tongue weight, 900 lb: shared with the 23BCS; of nine, two lighter and five heavier, nearest the 21BD (755 lb) and the 25DVS and 26RPS (950 lb).
Next to the 20MKS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 21RWS is 100 lb heavier by dry weight, has 100 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 150 lb heavier and is 1 ft 5 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
Next to the 23BCS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 21RWS is 350 lb lighter by dry weight, has 350 lb more cargo capacity and is 1 ft 6 in shorter; the two publish the same tongue weight, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 26'6"
- Exterior height
- 11'7" w/AC
- Exterior width
- Not published by Outdoors RV
- Interior height
- 6'11"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 6,800 lb
- GVWR (max loaded)
- Not published by Outdoors RV
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 3,195 lb
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 900 lb
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 100 gal
- Grey water
- 50 gal
- Black water
- 40 gal
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull
- Tire size
- ST235/80/16E
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by Outdoors RV
- Model year
- Not stated by Outdoors RV; figures as published on Outdoors RV's site (https://outdoorsrvmfg.com/back-country-series-21rws-new/), read 6 Nov 2026
- Body type basis (as printed)
- listed under Travel Trailers menu ("Back Country Class - Travel Trailer")
- Titanium FF Dry Weight - Lbs.
- 7280
- Water Heater Capacity (approx. gal)
- 10
- Load Range
- E
- Heavy Duty 5 Lug Axles (lbs)
- 5200(2)
- Climate Designed Furnace
- 35K
- LPG Capacity (approx. pounds)
- 80
- Maximum Trailer Weight - Lbs.
- 9995
- Weight basis (as printed)
- "Full Feature Dry Weight" (Mountain Series) used as dry weight; Titanium FF dry weight shown separately. "Maximum Trailer Weight" is printed as its own figure; the page does not call it GVWR.
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.
Drawn to scale
Size (no width published)
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
03 The Back Country floorplan family
Outdoors RV’s Back Country model pages on outdoorsrvmfg.com (no model year stated) lists 9 Back Country floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back Country 21BD | 26'1" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 20MKS | 25'1" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 21RWS | 26'6" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 23BCS | 28'0" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 24KRS | 28'11" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 25DVS | 31'3" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 28DBS | 33'4" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 27SPS | 33'2" | — | Profiled |
| Back Country 26RPS | 31'11" | — | Profiled |
Outdoors RV’s Back Country model pages on outdoorsrvmfg.com (no model year stated) lists 9 Back Country floorplans. Every one with a printed weight has a page here.
04 Notes on this floorplan
What Outdoors RV does not publish for the Back Country 21RWS
Outdoors RV prints no GVWR, sleeping capacity 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
6,700 lb dry and Not published by Outdoors RV GVWR, against this model’s 6,800 lb and Not published by Outdoors RV.
7,150 lb dry and Not published by Outdoors RV GVWR, against this model’s 6,800 lb and Not published by Outdoors RV.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 100-gallon fresh tank is about 830 lb of water, 26% of the Back Country 21RWS’s 3,195 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,365 lb. Across 9 Back Country floorplans the water share runs 21% to 32%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Back Country 20MKS at 25% and Back Country 23BCS at 29%.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Back Country 23BCS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 3 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 26 ft 6 in vs 28 ft 0 in; dry weight 6,800 lb vs 7,150 lb; cargo capacity 3,195 lb vs 2,845 lb. They match on hitch weight, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Back Country plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry weight (lb) | 6,800 | 3 of 9 | 6,250–9,550 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 3,195 | 4 of 9 | 2,565–3,895 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 900 | 3–4 of 9 | 750–995 |
| Length | 26 ft 6 in | 3 of 9 | 25 ft 1 in–33 ft 4 in |
| Grey tank (gal) | 50 | 2–5 of 7 | 40–67 |
Either side of it by dry weight: Back Country 20MKS is 100 lb lighter (6,700 lb dry); Back Country 23BCS is 350 lb heavier (7,150 lb dry).
| Nearest Back Country siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Country 21RWS | 26 ft 6 in | — | 6,800 | — | 3,195 | 900 | 100 |
| Back Country 23BCS | 28 ft 0 in | — | 7,150 | — | 2,845 | 900 | 100 |
| Back Country 20MKS | 25 ft 1 in | — | 6,700 | — | 3,295 | 750 | 100 |
| Back Country 25DVS | 31 ft 3 in | — | 7,550 | — | 3,450 | 950 | 100 |
| Back Country 24KRS | 28 ft 11 in | — | 7,430 | — | 2,565 | 965 | 100 |
| Back Country 21BD | 26 ft 1 in | — | 6,250 | — | 3,745 | 755 | 100 |
All 9 Back Country floorplans: Back Country line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by weight | GVWR (lb) | Dry or base (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Country 21RWS | — | 6,800 | — | 26 ft 6 in |
| Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB | 7,600 | 6,800 | 4 | 28 ft 2 in |
| Timber Ridge 24BKS | — | 6,800 | — | 28 ft 11 in |
| Surveyor Legend 296QBLE | 9,604 | 6,806 | — | 35 ft 1 in |
| Nightfall 25N | 11,370 | 6,793 | — | 29 ft 0 in |
| Campsite Ultra 25JT | 7,735 | 6,808 | — | 30 ft 1 in |
| Access 28FK | 8,800 | 6,790 | 5 | 32 ft 0 in |
Against the Back Country 21RWS: the Classic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian LE 28RB is 2 ft longer; the Timber Ridge 24BKS is 2 ft longer; the Surveyor Legend 296QBLE is 6 lb heavier and 9 ft longer.
08 Common questions about the Back Country 21RWS
How much can the Back Country 21RWS carry?
3,195 lb. A full fresh tank uses 830 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Back Country 21RWS?
900 lb as published, 13% of the dry weight (median across 2,002 travel trailers here: 12%).
What are the tank capacities on the Back Country 21RWS?
Fresh 100, grey 50, black 40 gallons. Off hookups, the waste tanks fill first.
How long is the Back Country 21RWS?
26'6" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
9 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Back Country 21RWS. Not published: GVWR, exterior width, sleeps, slide count, axle count, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning, tire size (a description is published, a size is not).
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: outdoorsrvmfg.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 2 recall campaigns against the Back Country line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
Reports that name the 21RWS
1 of those record name this floorplan specifically rather than the line as a whole.
| Type | Date | Reference | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recall | 31 Oct 2024 | 24V813000 | An inverted cooktop flame increases the risk of injury or fire. |
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 Back Country line page.