2026 Forest River Puma Camping Edition23BHCE

The Puma Camping Edition 23BHCE has 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between 5,153 lbs dry and its 6,653 lbs GVWR, 23% 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 665 lbs, 13% 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: 105 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 21st of 30 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,295 lbs to 7,018 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 5,153 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 5,903 lbs, and the published GVWR of 6,653 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. 23BHCE is a Puma Camping Edition designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 23BHCE 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, 12.9%: ninth-largest of 30, between the 121RKCE and 16QBCE (12.8%) and the 20RLCE (13.5%).
• Length, 29 ft 8 in: ninth-longest of 30, between the 250RBCE (28 ft 11 in) and the 261BHCE (30 ft 6 in).
• Grey tank, 70 gal: largest of 30, level with the 250RBCE, 260BHCE and three others; next are the 211FKCE and 303BHCE (65 gal).
• Dry weight, 5,153 lb: tenth-heaviest of 30, between the 211FKCE (4,988 lb) and the 261BHCE (5,508 lb).
• GVWR, 6,653 lb: tenth-highest of 30, between the 211FKCE (6,488 lb) and the 261BHCE (7,008 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.5%: eleventh-smallest of 27, between the 261BHCE (21.4%) and the 211FKCE (23.1%).
• Tongue weight, 665 lb: eleventh-heaviest of 30, between the 141THCE (660 lb) and the 303BHCE (680 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 11 in: shared with the 211FKCE, 250RBCE and seven others; of 30, nineteen lower and one taller, nearest the 141THCE (10 ft 7 in) and the 275BHCE (11 ft).
• Fresh tank, 43 gal: largest of 30, level with the 20BHCE, 20RLCE and twelve others; next are the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and thirteen others (34 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 1,500 lb: shared with the 141THCE, 20BHCE and twelve others; of 30, thirteen smaller and two larger, nearest the 131RBCE (1,475 lb) and the 16DSCE (1,501 lb).

Next to the 211FKCE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 23BHCE is 165 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 165 lb higher, has a tongue weight 55 lb lighter, is 3 ft 1 in longer and has a grey tank 5 gal larger; the two publish the same cargo capacity, exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 261BHCE (2027 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 23BHCE is 355 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 355 lb lower, has a tongue weight 30 lb lighter and is 10 in shorter; the two publish the same cargo capacity, exterior height, 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 23BHCE’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 20BHCE 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).