01 What KZ publishes for the Outdoorsmen
K. Z., Inc., of Shipshewana, Indiana, lists 12 Outdoorsmen trailers in its Outdoorsmen brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year). KZ prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for every one too. It prints a net carrying capacity for 12; on the 12 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 12. (How the data is verified.)
02 KZ Outdoorsmen models
KZ Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) · 12 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2205QS-F | 4,160 lb | 1,840 lb | 6,000 lb | 410 lb | 23' | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2303P-F | 4,670 lb | 2,330 lb | 7,000 lb | 490 lb | 25'2" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2605P-F | 5,080 lb | 1,920 lb | 7,000 lb | 490 lb | 27'4" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2803P-F | 5,260 lb | 1,740 lb | 7,000 lb | 860 lb | 29' | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2405PQS-F | 5,300 lb | 1,700 lb | 7,000 lb | 480 lb | 25'5" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2802P-F | 5,350 lb | 1,650 lb | 7,000 lb | 570 lb | 29' | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2505QSS-F | 5,380 lb | 1,620 lb | 7,000 lb | 620 lb | 26'3" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2353P-F | 5,460 lb | 1,540 lb | 7,000 lb | 1,100 lb | 25'1" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2352P-F | 5,530 lb | 1,470 lb | 7,000 lb | 900 lb | 24'9" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2809PQS-F | 5,540 lb | 1,460 lb | 7,000 lb | 560 lb | 28'7" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2901P-F | 5,570 lb | 1,430 lb | 7,000 lb | 730 lb | 30'11" | — | Profiled |
| Outdoorsmen (Canadian Edition) 2453P-F | 6,090 lb | 1,910 lb | 8,000 lb | 1,400 lb | 26'10" | — | Profiled |
Read from KZ’s Outdoorsmen brochure (filed in KZ’s 2007 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year), 5 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading KZ’s figures
A maker’s published weight is for a base trailer; options and dealer-installed equipment add weight to any particular unit. The federal weight label inside the trailer carries its own unloaded weight, cargo carrying capacity and GVWR (49 CFR 567 and 571.120): read it on the unit itself before any towing decision.
05 Recalls
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign affecting this line. The earliest was reported 21 Nov 2017 and the most recent 21 Nov 2017.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2017 | 17V749000 | Equipment | In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury. |
Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.
This count covers campaigns NHTSA files under the KZ Outdoorsmen name only. Campaigns filed under KZ’s Sportsmen and Frontier names count on their own pages; a campaign that names more than one of them counts on each.
06 Owner-reported problems
A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.