2026 Forest River Puma Camping Edition283BHCE

The Puma Camping Edition 283BHCE has 1,592 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,008 lbs dry and its 7,600 lbs GVWR, 21% 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 730 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: 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 25th 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 6,008 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 6,804 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,600 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. 283BHCE is a Puma Camping Edition designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 283BHCE 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.

• Cargo capacity, 1,592 lb: largest of 30; next is the 16DSCE (1,501 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,008 lb: sixth-heaviest of 30, between the 275BHCE (5,798 lb) and the 263BHCE (6,103 lb).
• GVWR, 7,600 lb: sixth-highest of 30, between the 275BHCE (7,298 lb) and the 263BHCE (7,603 lb).
• Tongue weight, 730 lb: sixth-heaviest of 30, between the 211FKCE (720 lb) and the 275BHCE (735 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 9 in: seventh-longest of 30, between the 261BHCE (30 ft 6 in) and the 275BHCE (30 ft 10 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 20.9%: eighth-smallest of 27, between the 275BHCE (20.6%) and the 250RBCE (21.1%).
• Grey tank, 70 gal: largest of 30, level with the 23BHCE, 250RBCE and three others; next are the 211FKCE and 303BHCE (65 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.2%: eleventh-smallest of 30, between the 16DSCE (12.1%) and the 305BHCE (12.3%).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 11 in: shared with the 211FKCE, 23BHCE 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).

Next to the 275BHCE (2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 283BHCE is 210 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 302 lb higher, has 92 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 5 lb lighter, is 1 in shorter and stands 1 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 263BHCE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 283BHCE is 95 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 3 lb lower, has 92 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 120 lb lighter, is 1 ft 3 in shorter and has a grey tank 35 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh 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), 22% of the 283BHCE’s 1,592 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,235 lb. Across 30 Puma Camping Edition floorplans the water share runs 19% to 42%, and 23 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Camping Edition 132RKCE at 20% and Puma Camping Edition 120RKCE at 23%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).