2026 Forest River Puma Camping Edition20BHCE

The Puma Camping Edition 20BHCE has 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between 4,223 lbs dry and its 5,723 lbs GVWR, 26% of that rating; filling its 43-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 357 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 495 lbs, 12% 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: 70 gallons of grey and black capacity against 43 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Puma Camping Edition roster this is the 17th of 30 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,295 lbs to 7,018 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 4,223 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 4,973 lbs, and the published GVWR of 5,723 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. 20BHCE is a Puma Camping Edition designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 20BHCE differs from the other 29 Puma Camping Edition floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026). How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.7%: sixth-smallest of 30, between the 260BHCE (11.3%) and the 131RBCE (11.8%).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 26.2%: eleventh-largest of 27, between the 18BHCE (25.9%) and the 20RLCE (26.4%).
• Dry weight, 4,223 lb: fourteenth-heaviest of 30, between the 20RLCE (4,188 lb) and the 210RKCE (4,358 lb).
• GVWR, 5,723 lb: fourteenth-highest of 30, between the 20RLCE (5,688 lb) and the 210RKCE (5,858 lb).
• Length, 25 ft: fourteenth-longest of 30, between the 20RLCE (24 ft 8 in) and the 210RKCE (25 ft 10 in).
• Tongue weight, 495 lb: fifteenth-lightest of 30, between the 210RKCE (485 lb) and the 18BHCE and 260BHCE (515 lb).
• Fresh tank, 43 gal: largest of 30, level with the 20RLCE, 210RKCE and twelve others; next are the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and thirteen others (34 gal).
• Grey tank, 35 gal: shared with the 20RLCE, 210RKCE and four others; of 30, fifteen smaller and eight larger, nearest the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and thirteen others (30 gal) and the 211FKCE and 303BHCE (65 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 1,500 lb: shared with the 141THCE, 20RLCE and twelve others; of 30, thirteen smaller and two larger, nearest the 131RBCE (1,475 lb) and the 16DSCE (1,501 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 5 in: shared with the 121RKCE, 122BHCE and six others; of 30, eight lower and thirteen taller, nearest the 210RKCE (10 ft 4 in) and the 260BHCE (10 ft 6 in).

Next to the 20RLCE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 20BHCE is 35 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 35 lb higher, has a tongue weight 70 lb lighter and is 4 in longer; the two publish the same cargo capacity, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 210RKCE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 20BHCE is 135 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 135 lb lower, has a tongue weight 10 lb heavier, is 10 in shorter and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same cargo capacity, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Camping Edition is where Puma starts, and the range is wide enough that the badge on the side tells you very little on its own. The lightest plans here are single-axle trailers under 2,700 lbs dry; the heaviest are past 7,000 lbs dry. Cargo capacity runs 671 to 1,592 lbs and does not track length in the way buyers expect, so the plan that fits the family may not be the plan that carries their gear. Forest River publishes a GVWR for every plan in this class, which is the number to tow against.

A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 357 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 20BHCE’s 1,500 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,143 lb. Across 30 Puma Camping Edition floorplans the water share runs 19% to 42%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Camping Edition 20RLCE at 24% and Puma Camping Edition 123RDCE at 24%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).