2027 Forest River Puma Tracks / Solaire239FKBS

The Puma Tracks / Solaire 239FKBS leaves Forest River's factory at 5,413 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,005 lbs and 1,592 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 42-gallon fresh tank spends 349 lbs of that 1,592 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 710 lbs, or 13% 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 42 gallons fresh, 68 grey and 38 black, 106 gallons of waste capacity against 42 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 Tracks / Solaire roster this is the 2nd of 3 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,938 lbs to 5,838 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. 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 5,413 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 6,209 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 7,005 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 listing 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. 239FKBS is a Puma Tracks / Solaire designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 239FKBS differs from the other two Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Length, 25 ft 11 in: shortest of three; next is the 241RKS (26 ft 11 in).
• Grey tank, 68 gal: largest of three; next is the 303BHTB (60 gal).
• Black tank, 38 gal: largest of three; next are the 241RKS and 303BHTB (30 gal).
• Dry weight, 5,413 lb: second-lightest of three, between the 241RKS (4,938 lb) and the 303BHTB (5,838 lb).
• GVWR, 7,005 lb: second-lowest of three, between the 241RKS (6,528 lb) and the 303BHTB (7,434 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,592 lb: second-smallest of three, between the 241RKS (1,590 lb) and the 303BHTB (1,596 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.7%: second-smallest of three, between the 303BHTB (21.5%) and the 241RKS (24.4%).
• Tongue weight, 710 lb: second-lightest of three, between the 241RKS (585 lb) and the 303BHTB (790 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.1%: second-smallest of three, between the 241RKS (11.8%) and the 303BHTB (13.5%).

Next to the 241RKS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 239FKBS is 475 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 477 lb higher, has 2 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 125 lb heavier, is 1 ft shorter, has a grey tank 30 gal larger and has a black tank 8 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 303BHTB, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 239FKBS is 425 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 429 lb lower, has 4 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb lighter, is 7 ft 10 in shorter, stands 3 in lower, has a grey tank 8 gal larger and has a black tank 8 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Sixteen 2027 Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans with a full factory record. They run 4,728 to 8,298 lb dry on lengths of 25 feet 9 inches to 37 feet 8 inches, with hitch weights of 585 to 1,080 lb and cargo capacities of 1,252 to 1,990 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all sixteen, from 6,313 to 10,260 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 42-gallon fresh tank is about 349 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 22% of the 239FKBS’s 1,592 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,243 lb. Across 3 Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans the water share runs 22% to 22%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Tracks / Solaire 303BHTB at 22% and Puma Tracks / Solaire 241RKS at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Puma Tracks / Solaire 303BHTB, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 25 ft 11 in vs 33 ft 9 in; dry weight 5,413 lb vs 5,838 lb; GVWR 7,005 lb vs 7,434 lb; cargo capacity 1,592 lb vs 1,596 lb; hitch weight 710 lb vs 790 lb; grey tank 68 gal vs 60 gal; black tank 38 gal vs 30 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma Tracks / Solaire 241RKS is 477 lb lighter (6,528 lb GVWR); Puma Tracks / Solaire 303BHTB is 429 lb heavier (7,434 lb GVWR).

All 3 Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans: Puma Tracks / Solaire line hub.

Against the 239FKBS: the Coachmen Apex Ultra-Lite X-Series 24RBX is 5 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Jay Feather 22RB is 5 lb lighter and 1 ft longer; the Jay Flight 235MBH is 5 lb lighter and 2 ft longer.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 239FKBS. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.