2016 KZSportsmen Show Stopper LE S281RLSS

KZ lists the 2016 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S281RLSS at 5,410 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,590 lb and a tongue weight of 670 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 29' 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 4 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 S281RLSS differs from the other six Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,590 lb: second-smallest of seven, between the S242SBHSS (1,372 lb) and the S280BHSS (1,710 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.7%: third-smallest of seven, between the S314BHSS (22.4%) and the S242SBHSS (22.9%).
• Tongue weight, 670 lb: third-heaviest of seven, between the S314BHSS (650 lb) and the S280BHSS (710 lb).
• Length, 29 ft 9 in: third-shortest of seven, between the S270RKSS (28 ft 6 in) and the S280BHSS (30 ft 9 in).
• Dry weight, 5,410 lb: fourth-lightest of seven, between the S280BHSS (5,290 lb) and the S291IKSS (6,170 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.4%: fourth-smallest of seven, between the S314BHSS (10.5%) and the S242SBHSS (12.5%).
• GVWR, 7,000 lb: shared with the S270RKSS and S280BHSS; 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 S280BHSS 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 S280BHSS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the S281RLSS is 120 lb heavier by dry weight, has 120 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 40 lb lighter and is 1 ft shorter; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the S291IKSS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the S281RLSS is 760 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,800 lb lower, has 1,040 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 210 lb lighter, is 2 ft 7 in shorter, has a grey tank 6 gal smaller and has a black tank 6 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, interior height and fresh 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), 20% of the Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S281RLSS’s 1,590 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,275 lb. Across 7 Sportsmen Show Stopper LE floorplans the water share runs 12% to 23%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S314BHKSS at 19% and Sportsmen Show Stopper LE S242SBHSS at 23%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).