2026 Forest River Ozark2400BHLE

The Ozark 2400BHLE leaves Forest River's factory at 5,228 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,715 lbs and 2,487 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 32% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 54-gallon fresh tank spends 448 lbs of that 2,487 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 715 lbs, 14% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 80 gallons of grey and black capacity against 54 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Ozark roster this is the 7th of 15 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,504 lbs to 7,648 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 5,228 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 6,472 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,715 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. 2400BHLE is a Ozark designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 2400BHLE differs from the other fourteen Ozark floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Length, 29 ft 10 in: fifth-longest of fifteen, between the 25CP (29 ft 7 in) and the 26KB (29 ft 11 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,487 lb: sixth-largest of fifteen, between the 2430RBK (2,127 lb) and the 2300RBLE (2,517 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 32.2%: sixth-largest of fifteen, between the 2430RBK (27.4%) and the 2300RBLE (33.2%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.7%: shared with the 2890BHK; of fifteen, eight smaller and five larger, nearest the 2430RBK (13.4%) and the 1620DBLE (14%).
• Dry weight, 5,228 lb: shared with the 1900THK; of fifteen, six lighter and seven heavier, nearest the 2300RBLE (5,058 lb) and the 2500THK (5,493 lb).
• GVWR, 7,715 lb: shared with the 2690BHK; of fifteen, six lower and seven higher, nearest the 2300RBLE (7,575 lb) and the 25CP (7,720 lb).
• Tongue weight, 715 lb: shared with the 2690BHK; of fifteen, six lighter and seven heavier, nearest the 2300RBLE (575 lb) and the 25CP (720 lb).
• Grey tank, 40 gal: shared with the 1900THK, 2300RBLE and three others; of fifteen, five smaller and four larger, nearest the 13RD, 1610FBLE and three others (30 gal) and the 2430RBK, 25CP and two others (80 gal).

Next to the 2300RBLE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 2400BHLE is 170 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 140 lb higher, has 30 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 140 lb heavier and is 1 ft 3 in longer; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 1900THK, the floorplan with the same dry weight, the 2400BHLE has a GVWR 1,825 lb lower, has 1,825 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 25 lb lighter and is 6 ft 6 in longer; the two publish the same dry weight, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 2500THK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 2400BHLE is 265 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,020 lb lower, has 1,755 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 220 lb lighter and is 11 in longer; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Ozark is Forest River's entry-weight travel trailer, and the roster is unusual for how far down the scale it reaches: the smallest plan leaves the factory at just over 2,500 lb dry. The line splits four ways on the factory roster - single-axle, tandem-axle, limited-edition and toy hauler - and the toy haulers sit at the top of the weight range.

A full 54-gallon fresh tank is about 448 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 18% of the 2400BHLE’s 2,487 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,039 lb. Across 15 Ozark floorplans the water share runs 10% to 45%, and 9 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Ozark 2300RBLE at 18% and Ozark 2430RBK at 21%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).