2027 Forest River Puma Tracks / Solaire241RKS

The Puma Tracks / Solaire 241RKS leaves Forest River's factory at 4,938 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 6,528 lbs and 1,590 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 24% 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 1,590 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 585 lbs, or 12% 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, 38 grey and 30 black, 68 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 1st of 3 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,938 lbs to 5,838 lbs. It is the lightest plan in the line, which makes it the one to look at first if the tow vehicle is the constraint. 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 4,938 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 5,733 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 6,528 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. 241RKS is a Puma Tracks / Solaire designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 241RKS 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.

• Dry weight, 4,938 lb: lightest of three; next is the 239FKBS (5,413 lb).
• GVWR, 6,528 lb: lowest of three; next is the 239FKBS (7,005 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,590 lb: smallest of three; next is the 239FKBS (1,592 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 24.4%: largest of three; next is the 239FKBS (22.7%).
• Tongue weight, 585 lb: lightest of three; next is the 239FKBS (710 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.8%: smallest of three; next is the 239FKBS (13.1%).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: smallest of three; next is the 303BHTB (60 gal).
• Length, 26 ft 11 in: second-shortest of three, between the 239FKBS (25 ft 11 in) and the 303BHTB (33 ft 9 in).

Next to the 239FKBS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 241RKS is 475 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 477 lb lower, has 2 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 125 lb lighter, is 1 ft longer, has a grey tank 30 gal smaller and has a black tank 8 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height and 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 241RKS’s 1,590 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,241 lb. Across 3 Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans the water share runs 22% to 22%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Puma Tracks / Solaire 239FKBS 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 239FKBS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 26 ft 11 in vs 25 ft 11 in; dry weight 4,938 lb vs 5,413 lb; GVWR 6,528 lb vs 7,005 lb; cargo capacity 1,590 lb vs 1,592 lb; hitch weight 585 lb vs 710 lb; grey tank 38 gal vs 68 gal; black tank 30 gal vs 38 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma Tracks / Solaire 239FKBS is 477 lb heavier (7,005 lb GVWR).

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

Against the 241RKS: the Aurora Light 26BH is 10 lb lighter and 2 ft longer; the Coachmen Catalina 261BH is 10 lb lighter and 2 ft longer; the Forest River No Boundaries NB19.0 is 15 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 241RKS. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.