2016 KZSportsmen Show Stopper S280BHSS

KZ lists the 2016 Sportsmen Show Stopper S280BHSS at 5,450 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,550 lb and a tongue weight of 680 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 30' 9" long and 10' 8" high. KZ prints its tanks as 40 gal fresh, 32 gal grey, 32 gal black.

Among the 8 Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans KZ’s Sportsmen Show Stopper 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 4,480 lb (Sportsmen Show Stopper S242SBHSS) to 6,210 lb (Sportsmen Show Stopper 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 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 seven Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.1%: second-smallest of eight, between the S281RLSS (21%) and the S314BHKSS (22.4%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.5%: second-largest of eight, between the S242SBHSS (12.1%) and the S291IKSS (13.8%).
• Tongue weight, 680 lb: third-heaviest of eight, between the S281RLSS (630 lb) and the S314BHSS (690 lb).
• Dry weight, 5,450 lb: fourth-lightest of eight, between the S270RKSS (5,110 lb) and the S281RLSS (5,530 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,550 lb: fourth-smallest of eight, between the S242SBHSS (1,520 lb) and the S314BHKSS (1,790 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 9 in: fourth-longest of eight, between the S281RLSS (29 ft 9 in) and the S291IKSS (32 ft 4 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 8 in: fourth-lowest of eight, between the S270RKSS and S281RLSS (10 ft 7 in) and the S190SRBSS and S291IKSS (10 ft 11 in).
• GVWR, 7,000 lb: shared with the S270RKSS and S281RLSS; of eight, two lower and three higher, nearest the S190SRBSS and S242SBHSS (6,000 lb) and the S314BHKSS and S314BHSS (8,000 lb).

Next to the S270RKSS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the S280BHSS is 340 lb heavier by dry weight, has 340 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 180 lb heavier, is 2 ft 1 in longer and stands 1 in taller; 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 80 lb lighter by dry weight, has 80 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 50 lb heavier, is 1 ft longer and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

KZ’s Sportsmen Show Stopper brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 brochure folder; the flyer prints no year) lists 8 Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 21% of the Sportsmen Show Stopper S280BHSS’s 1,550 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,218 lb. Across 8 Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans the water share runs 12% to 23%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Sportsmen Show Stopper S314BHKSS at 19% and Sportsmen Show Stopper S242SBHSS at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).