01 What makes it unique
The Puma Camping Edition 211FKCE leaves Forest River's factory at 4,988 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 6,488 lbs and 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 23% 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 43-gallon fresh tank spends 357 lbs of that 1,500 lbs before anything else is loaded.
Dry tongue weight is 720 lbs, or 14% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside 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 43 gallons fresh, 65 grey and 35 black, 100 gallons of waste capacity against 43 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 Puma Camping Edition roster this is the 14th of 22 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,614 lbs to 7,018 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 4,988 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 5,738 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 6,488 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 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. 211FKCE is a Puma Camping Edition designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 26' 7"
- Exterior height
- 10' 11"
- Exterior width
- 96"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 4,988 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 6,488 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 1,500 lbs
- Dry tongue (hitch) weight
- 720 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 43 gal
- Grey water
- 65 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
Running gear
- Hitch type
- Bumper pull (weight-distribution recommended)
- Axles
- Not published by Forest River
- Tires
- Not published by Forest River
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by Forest River
- Awnings
- Not published by Forest River
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch. On this plan the convention band’s low end fell below the published dry figure, so the range starts at the published dry weight instead — loaded is never lighter than dry.
03 The Puma Camping Edition floorplan family
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 that a mid-size SUV can pull; the heaviest are past 7,000 lbs dry and want a full-size truck. 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.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120RKCE | 16' 0" | 2,614 | 3,860 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 121RKCE | 16' 0" | 2,664 | 3,840 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 122BHCE | 16' 0" | 2,664 | 3,865 | Catalogued only · published figures disagree |
| 123RDCE | 16' 0" | 2,684 | 3,865 | Catalogued only · published figures disagree |
| 12FBCE | 18' 6" | 2,869 | 3,855 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 16QBCE | 20' 10" | 3,004 | 3,885 | Catalogued only · published figures disagree |
| 141THCE | 16' 3" | 3,089 | 4,589 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 16BHCE | 20' 0" | 3,164 | 3,835 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 16DSCE | 22' 0" | 3,629 | 5,130 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 18BHCE | 23' 1" | 4,159 | 5,615 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 20RLCE | 24' 8" | 4,188 | 5,688 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 20BHCE | 25' 0" | 4,223 | 5,723 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 210RKCE | 25' 10" | 4,358 | 5,858 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 211FKCE | 26' 7" | 4,988 | 6,488 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 23BHCE | 29' 8" | 5,153 | 6,653 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 250RBCE | 28' 11" | 5,623 | 7,123 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 284BHCE - DSO | 30' 9" | 5,933 | 7,433 | Dealer stock only |
| 283BHCE | 30' 9" | 6,008 | 7,600 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 263BHCE | 32' 0" | 6,103 | 7,603 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 304BHCE | 33' 5" | 6,523 | 8,023 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 303BHCE | 33' 4" | 6,548 | 8,048 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
| 305BHCE | 33' 5" | 7,018 | 8,518 | Camping Edition Travel Trailers |
Camping Edition is the entry class of the Puma family and the widest spread in it: the factory publishes twenty-two floorplans under a single grouping, from a 2,614 lb single-axle at sixteen feet up to a 7,018 lb twin-axle at thirty-three feet. Eighteen are profiled here. Three — 122BHCE, 123RDCE and 16QBCE — publish an unloaded weight and a cargo capacity that add up to one pound less than their own published GVWR, so they are catalogued with the conflict shown and are not profiled. One more, 284BHCE, is dealer-stock-only and the factory publishes no detail page for it at all.
04 What owners & reviewers report
What Forest River does not publish for this line
Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are absent from Forest River's specification channel for Puma Camping Edition, so they are absent here. They are not estimated from the segment, not carried over from a sibling floorplan, and not taken from a dealer listing quoting itself. A tire size in particular is a safety-relevant number that differs between two codes a digit apart, and this site does not guess one.
Awning size is not published for this floorplan
Forest River publishes an awning size for some Puma Camping Edition floorplans and not for this one. The row reads as unpublished rather than being filled from a neighbouring plan in the same roster.
Weigh it before you tow it
Every figure on this page is a factory publication for a standard build. Forest River's own footnote on unloaded weight calls it an estimated average based on a standard build with optional equipment, and options, dealer-installed accessories and the previous owner's additions all move it. The only weight that governs your towing decision is the one under your own trailer on a scale, loaded the way you actually travel.
05 How it compares
4,358 lbs dry against this plan's 4,988 lbs, a difference of 630 lbs. Same line, same factory channel, same model year - so the gap is a real one rather than a difference in how two brands measure.
5,153 lbs dry, 165 lbs more than this plan, and 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity against this one's 1,500 lbs. Stepping up a floorplan usually buys length before it buys payload.
1,592 lbs of cargo capacity, the highest of the 18 Puma Camping Edition floorplans profiled here. If payload rather than length is the binding constraint, that is the plan to compare against.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 43-gallon fresh tank is roughly 24% of the 1,500-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 211FKCE with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 1,500 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (43 gal × 8.34 lb) | −359 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,141 lb | 24% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
The published dry tongue weight of 720 pounds is 14% of the 4,988-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 6,488-pound GVWR the 211FKCE is towing 1,500 pounds more than its 4,988-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 43 gallons of fresh against 65 grey and 35 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the 211FKCE sits 11 of 18 in the Puma Camping Edition line: 6,488 pounds against a line that runs from 3,835 to 8,518 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: Puma Camping Edition 210RKCE is 630 pounds lighter at 5,858 lb GVWR; and Puma Camping Edition 23BHCE is 165 pounds heavier at 6,653 lb GVWR.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211FKCE | 6,488 | 4,988 | — | 26 ft 7 in |
| Bullet 2140BH | 6,500 | 4,335 | 8 | 25 ft 4 in |
| Hideout 230BH | 6,500 | 4,776 | 9 | 27 ft 6 in |
| Jay Feather 21MML | 6,500 | 5,085 | 3 | 25 ft 5 in |
| Jay Flight 200MKS | 6,500 | 4,965 | 2 | 24 ft 7 in |
| North Trail 210MB | 6,500 | 5,100 | 4 | 25 ft 5 in |
| Prowler 2103MKS | 6,500 | 4,935 | 4 | 24 ft 7 in |
Against the 211FKCE: the Bullet 2140BH is 12 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Hideout 230BH is 12 lb heavier; the Jay Feather 21MML is 12 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter. 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 Puma Camping Edition floorplans profiled here run 2,614 to 7,018 pounds dry and 16 to 33 feet of exterior length across 18 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 Puma Camping Edition line hub.
08 Common questions about the 211FKCE
How much does the 211FKCE weigh?
It leaves the factory at 4,988 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 6,488 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the 211FKCE carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 1,500 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 43-gallon fresh tank uses about 359 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the 211FKCE?
The published dry tongue weight is 720 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the 211FKCE need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 6,488 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
What are the tank capacities on the 211FKCE?
Fresh 43 gallons, grey 65 gallons, black 35 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the 211FKCE?
Exterior length is 26' 7". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 10 of them for the 211FKCE. 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, awning, 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 (77%) 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.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Puma line, and NHTSA holds 21 recall campaigns and 39 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 39 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are tires (28%), structure (21%) and equipment (15%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Puma line page.