2026 Forest RiverShasta Phoenix 254RLS

Forest River lists the 2026 Shasta Phoenix 254RLS at 7,511 lb dry, a GVWR of 9,800 lb, a net carrying capacity of 2,289 lb and a pin weight of 1,388 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 30' 9" long and 12' high. Forest River prints its tanks as 40 gal fresh, 33 gal grey, 33 gal black.

Among the 17 Shasta Phoenix floorplans Forest River lists for 2026 with a published dry weight, it is number 2 from the lightest, in a range from 7,365 lb (Shasta Phoenix 218SE) to 13,030 lb (Shasta Phoenix 373MBRB). Every figure in that comparison is Forest River’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from Forest River’s 2026 Shasta Phoenix sheet, the maker’s own dated document for model year 2026.

How the 254RLS differs from the other sixteen Shasta Phoenix floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.4%: largest of seventeen; next is the 27BAR (22.7%).
• Dry weight, 7,511 lb: second-lightest of seventeen, between the 218SE (7,365 lb) and the 27BAR (8,507 lb).
• GVWR, 9,800 lb: second-lowest of seventeen, between the 218SE (8,500 lb) and the 27BAR, 30RLS and 31BH (11,000 lb).
• Pin weight, 1,388 lb: second-lightest of seventeen, between the 218SE (1,144 lb) and the 30RLS (1,445 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 9 in: second-shortest of seventeen, between the 218SE (29 ft 1 in) and the 27BAR and 30RLS (34 ft 2 in).
• Grey tank, 33 gal: smallest of seventeen, level with the 218SE and 27BAR; next are the 30BHS, 30RLS and 31BH (66 gal).
• Exterior height, 12 ft: lowest of sixteen, level with the 27BAR, 30BHS and 30RLS; next are the 31BH and 368TBH (12 ft 2 in).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.5%: shared with the 31BH; of seventeen, twelve smaller and three larger, nearest the 360BH (18.3%) and the 368TBH (20%).
• Cargo capacity, 2,289 lb: ninth-smallest of seventeen, between the 31BH (2,198 lb) and the 381DBL (2,315 lb).
• Black tank, 33 gal: smallest of seventeen, level with the 218SE, 27BAR and three others; next are the 298RLS, 334FL and four others (45 gal).
• Fresh tank, 40 gal: smallest of seventeen, level with the 218SE, 27BAR and four others; next are the 298RLS, 334FL and eight others (48 gal).

Next to the 218SE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 254RLS is 146 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,300 lb higher, has 1,154 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 244 lb heavier and is 1 ft 8 in longer; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 27BAR, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 254RLS is 996 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,200 lb lower, has 204 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 133 lb lighter and is 3 ft 5 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Forest River lists 17 Shasta Phoenix floorplans for 2026; this site profiles every one with a printed weight, from Forest River’s own 2026 Shasta Phoenix sheet.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 15% of the Shasta Phoenix 254RLS’s 2,289 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,957 lb. Across 17 Shasta Phoenix floorplans the water share runs 13% to 29%, and 12 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Shasta Phoenix 336RL at 13% and Shasta Phoenix 31BH at 15%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).