2016 KZSportsmen Show Stopper LE S280BHSS

KZ lists the 2016 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S280BHSS at 5,290 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,710 lb and a tongue weight of 710 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 30' 9" long and 10' 7" high. KZ prints its tanks as 38 gal fresh, 32 gal grey, 32 gal black.

Among the 7 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans KZ’s Sportsmen Show Stopper LE brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year) lists with a published dry weight, it is number 3 from the lightest, in a range from 4,628 lb (Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S242SBHSS) to 6,240 lb (Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S314BHKSS). Every figure in that comparison is KZ’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 6 Nov 2026 from KZ’s Sportsmen Show Stopper LE brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year); model year 2016 comes from where the maker files it on its own site, not from the document’s text.

How the S280BHSS differs from the other six Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight, 710 lb: second-heaviest of seven, between the S281RLSS (670 lb) and the S291IKSS (880 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.4%: second-largest of seven, between the S242SBHSS (12.5%) and the S291IKSS (14.3%).
• Dry weight, 5,290 lb: third-lightest of seven, between the S270RKSS (5,070 lb) and the S281RLSS (5,410 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,710 lb: third-smallest of seven, between the S281RLSS (1,590 lb) and the S314BHKSS (1,760 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 24.4%: third-largest of seven, between the S242SBHSS (22.9%) and the S270RKSS (27.6%).
• Length, 30 ft 9 in: fourth-shortest of seven, between the S281RLSS (29 ft 9 in) and the S291IKSS (32 ft 4 in).
• GVWR, 7,000 lb: shared with the S270RKSS and S281RLSS; of seven, one lower and three higher, nearest the S242SBHSS (6,000 lb) and the S314BHKSS and S314BHSS (8,000 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 7 in: shared with the S281RLSS and S291IKSS; of seven, one lower and three taller, nearest the S242SBHSS (10 ft 1 in) and the S270RKSS (10 ft 8 in).

Next to the S270RKSS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the S280BHSS is 220 lb heavier by dry weight, has 220 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 210 lb heavier, is 2 ft 3 in longer and stands 1 in lower; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the S281RLSS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the S280BHSS is 120 lb lighter by dry weight, has 120 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 40 lb heavier and is 1 ft longer; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

KZ’s Sportsmen Show Stopper LE brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year) lists 7 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 38-gallon fresh tank is about 315 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 18% of the Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S280BHSS’s 1,710 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,395 lb. Across 7 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans the water share runs 12% to 23%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S270RKSS at 16% and Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S314BHSS at 19%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).