2027 Forest River Puma Tracks / Solaire303BHTB

The Puma Tracks / Solaire 303BHTB leaves Forest River's factory at 5,838 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,434 lbs and 1,596 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 21% 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 1,596 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 790 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 42 gallons fresh, 60 grey and 30 black, 90 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 3rd of 3 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,938 lbs to 5,838 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is. 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 5,838 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 6,636 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 7,434 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. 303BHTB is a Puma Tracks / Solaire designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 303BHTB 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, 5,838 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 239FKBS (5,413 lb).
• GVWR, 7,434 lb: highest of three; next is the 239FKBS (7,005 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,596 lb: largest of three; next is the 239FKBS (1,592 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.5%: smallest of three; next is the 239FKBS (22.7%).
• Tongue weight, 790 lb: heaviest of three; next is the 239FKBS (710 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.5%: largest of three; next is the 239FKBS (13.1%).
• Length, 33 ft 9 in: longest of three; next is the 241RKS (26 ft 11 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 10 in: tallest of three; next are the 239FKBS and 241RKS (10 ft 7 in).
• Grey tank, 60 gal: second-smallest of three, between the 241RKS (38 gal) and the 239FKBS (68 gal).

Next to the 239FKBS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 303BHTB is 425 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 429 lb higher, has 4 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 7 ft 10 in longer, stands 3 in taller, has a grey tank 8 gal smaller and has a black tank 8 gal smaller; 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 303BHTB’s 1,596 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,247 lb. Across 3 Puma Tracks / Solaire floorplans the water share runs 22% to 22%, and this plan’s is the lowest. 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 33 ft 9 in vs 25 ft 11 in; dry weight 5,838 lb vs 5,413 lb; GVWR 7,434 lb vs 7,005 lb; cargo capacity 1,596 lb vs 1,592 lb; hitch weight 790 lb vs 710 lb; grey tank 60 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 429 lb lighter (7,005 lb GVWR).

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

Against the 303BHTB: the Delta ML206 is 16 lb heavier and 10 ft shorter; the Viking 26BH is 16 lb heavier and 4 ft shorter; the Jay Feather 23RK is 34 lb lighter and 5 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 303BHTB. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.