2026 Forest River Ozark2500THK

The Ozark 2500THK leaves Forest River's factory at 5,493 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,735 lbs and 4,242 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 44% 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 4,242 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry tongue weight is 935 lbs, or 17% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits above it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 54 gallons fresh, 40 grey and 40 black, 80 gallons of waste capacity against 54 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Ozark roster this is the 9th 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. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 5,493 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 7,614 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 9,735 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line roster block and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Forest River's own description of this floorplan reads: “With 13' of garage space, the Ozark 2500THK toy hauler has plenty of room to take it all with you! Even better, the garage becomes a rear bedroom when you convert the flip-out sofas and table to a king bed, while the ramp door doubles as a party patio. The rest of the unit is well-equipped for camping adventures, with a walkaround queen bed, large bathroom with 36" radius shower, and compact kitchen.” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

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, which is genuinely inside the tow rating of a mid-size crossover rather than nominally inside it. 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.

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 54-gallon fresh tank is roughly 11% of the 4,242-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 2500THK with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

The published dry tongue weight of 935 pounds is 17% of the 5,493-pound dry weight — at or above the top of the usual 10–15% band before you load anything. A nose-heavy dry figure eats truck payload directly, so budget the hitch load against your door-jamb sticker rather than against the tow rating.

Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 9,735-pound GVWR the 2500THK is towing 4,242 pounds more than its 5,493-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.

Tank balance is generous here: 54 gallons of fresh against 40 grey and 40 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.

Ranked by GVWR, the 2500THK sits 7 of 8 in the Ozark line: 9,735 pounds against a line that runs from 3,865 to 11,545 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.

Either side of it in the same line: Ozark 26KB is 1,890 pounds lighter at 7,845 lb GVWR; and Ozark 2900THK is 1,810 pounds heavier at 11,545 lb GVWR.

Against the 2500THK: the Zinger 331BH is 9 ft longer; the Coachmen Catalina 303RKDS is 1 lb lighter and 8 ft longer; the Salem Hemisphere & Heritage Glen 265BSRB is 5 lb heavier and 4 ft longer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the Ozark floorplans profiled here run 2,504 to 7,648 pounds dry and 16 to 36 feet of exterior length across 8 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Ozark line hub.

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 11 of them for the 2500THK. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (85%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.