2027 Forest River Rockwood Ultra Lite / Flagstaff Super Lite302RDT

The Rockwood Ultra Lite 302RDT leaves Forest River's factory at 6,317 lbs dry with 2,279 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 54-gallon fresh tank spends 448 lbs of the 2,279 lbs before anything else goes in.

Dry tongue weight is 796 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 54 gallons fresh, 45 grey and 45 black, 90 gallons of waste capacity against 54 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 Rockwood Ultra Lite roster this is the 2nd of 11 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 6,048 lbs to 8,348 lbs. It sits in the lighter 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 these figures is to stop planning against the dry weight. Nobody tows a trailer at 6,317 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity and this plan is already near 7,457 lbs on the road. Because Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, the ceiling has to come from the trailer's own weight label rather than from this page, and the comparison you make against the tow vehicle should use the loaded figure.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line roster block 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. There is no published GVWR on this line, so the usual arithmetic check - dry plus cargo equals the rating - has nothing to test against here. 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's own description of this floorplan reads: “The Rockwood 302RDT is another exciting no slide floorplan. This floorplan is designed for maximum campsite accessibility and quick, hassle-free setup. With no slides, you can park and relax in minutes, making it perfect for tighter sights and off grid adventures. Inside, enjoy a large functional kitchen, comfortable living space, private bedroom, and versatile sleeping options. Simple, efficient, and…” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

Ultra Lite is where the Rockwood range stops being a half-ton question. Dry weight across the eight profiled plans runs 6,048 to 8,348 lb and dry tongue weight runs 674 to 1,010 lb, so the heavier end of this grouping asks for more tongue capacity than many half-ton hitches are rated for once the trailer is loaded. Cargo capacity runs 1,767 to 2,487 lb. The tank set is where the wide-body plans separate themselves: fresh water is 54 gallons on every plan and black is 45, but grey runs from 45 to 90 gallons, which is the difference between a long weekend and a week between dumps for the same fresh-water supply.

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 54-gallon fresh tank is roughly 20% of the 2,279-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 302RDT with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

The published dry tongue weight of 796 pounds is 13% of the 6,317-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.

Tank balance is generous here: 54 gallons of fresh against 45 grey and 45 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.

Ranked by dry weight, the 302RDT sits 2 of 8 in the Rockwood Ultra Lite line: 6,317 pounds against a line that runs from 6,048 to 8,348 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.

Either side of it in the same line: Rockwood Ultra Lite 301FKT is 269 pounds lighter at 6,048 lb dry; and Rockwood Ultra Lite 2618RD is 237 pounds heavier at 6,554 lb dry.

Against the 302RDT: the Imagine XLS 25DBE is 4 lb lighter; the Alta 2375KRK is 11 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Jay Feather 26RL is 17 lb lighter and 2 ft longer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the Rockwood Ultra Lite floorplans profiled here run 6,048 to 8,348 pounds dry and 30 to 35 feet of exterior length across 8 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Rockwood Ultra Lite line hub.

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 10 of them for the 302RDT. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (83%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.