2026 Forest River Ozark2890BHK

The Ozark 2890BHK leaves Forest River's factory at 7,243 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,795 lbs and 2,552 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 26% 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 2,552 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 995 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 14th of 15 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,504 lbs to 7,648 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 7,243 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 8,519 lbs, and the published GVWR of 9,795 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. 2890BHK is a Ozark designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 2890BHK differs from the other fourteen Ozark floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 7,243 lb: second-heaviest of fifteen, between the 2690BHK (6,578 lb) and the 2900THK (7,648 lb).
• GVWR, 9,795 lb: second-highest of fifteen, between the 2500THK (9,735 lb) and the 2900THK (11,545 lb).
• Tongue weight, 995 lb: second-heaviest of fifteen, between the 2500THK (935 lb) and the 2900THK (1,345 lb).
• Length, 35 ft 4 in: second-longest of fifteen, between the 2690BHK (32 ft 10 in) and the 2900THK (36 ft 5 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,552 lb: fourth-largest of fifteen, between the 2300RBLE (2,517 lb) and the 2900THK (3,897 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.1%: seventh-smallest of fifteen, between the 1680BSK (24.5%) and the 1670RB (26.8%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.7%: shared with the 2400BHLE; of fifteen, eight smaller and five larger, nearest the 2430RBK (13.4%) and the 1620DBLE (14%).
• 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 2690BHK, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 2890BHK is 665 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,080 lb higher, has 1,415 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 280 lb heavier and is 2 ft 6 in longer; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 2900THK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 2890BHK is 405 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,750 lb lower, has 1,345 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 350 lb lighter, is 1 ft 1 in shorter and has a grey tank 40 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh 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 2890BHK’s 2,552 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,104 lb. Across 15 Ozark floorplans the water share runs 10% to 45%, and 11 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Ozark 2900THK at 12% and Ozark 2300RBLE at 18%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).