2016 KZSportsmen Show Stopper S281RLSS

KZ lists the 2016 Sportsmen Show Stopper S281RLSS at 5,530 lb dry, a GVWR of 7,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 1,470 lb and a tongue weight of 630 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 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 5 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 S281RLSS differs from the other seven Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,470 lb: smallest of eight; next is the S190SRBSS (1,490 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21%: smallest of eight; next is the S280BHSS (22.1%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.4%: third-smallest of eight, between the S270RKSS (9.8%) and the S190SRBSS and S314BHSS (11.5%).
• Dry weight, 5,530 lb: fourth-heaviest of eight, between the S280BHSS (5,450 lb) and the S314BHSS (6,010 lb).
• Tongue weight, 630 lb: fourth-heaviest of eight, between the S314BHKSS (600 lb) and the S280BHSS (680 lb).
• Length, 29 ft 9 in: fourth-shortest of eight, between the S270RKSS (28 ft 8 in) and the S280BHSS (30 ft 9 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 7 in: shared with the S270RKSS; of eight, one lower and five taller, nearest the S242SBHSS (10 ft 1 in) and the S280BHSS (10 ft 8 in).
• GVWR, 7,000 lb: shared with the S270RKSS and S280BHSS; 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 S280BHSS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the S281RLSS is 80 lb heavier by dry weight, has 80 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 50 lb lighter, is 1 ft shorter and stands 1 in lower; the two publish the same GVWR, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the S314BHSS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the S281RLSS is 480 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,000 lb lower, has 520 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 60 lb lighter, is 3 ft 1 in shorter and stands 5 in lower; the two publish the same 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), 23% of the Sportsmen Show Stopper S281RLSS’s 1,470 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,138 lb. Across 8 Sportsmen Show Stopper floorplans the water share runs 12% to 23%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Sportsmen Show Stopper S190SRBSS at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).