2027 Heartland Sundance Fifth Wheel29RLCS

The Sundance Fifth Wheel 29RLCS leaves Heartland's factory at 9,765 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 11,600 lbs and 1,835 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 16% of the loaded rating, and cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 1,835 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Pin weight is 1,790 lbs, which is 18% of the dry weight. That figure lands on the truck's rear axle and comes straight off its payload rating - not its towing rating, which is the number most often quoted and the wrong one for this decision. Pin weight rises as the trailer is loaded, and a fifth wheel loaded toward its cargo capacity will put substantially more than 1,790 lbs over the bed. Read the payload figure on your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum for the model.

Off hookups: 127 gallons of grey and black capacity against 52 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Sundance Fifth Wheel roster this is the 4th of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 8,030 lbs to 13,235 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 9,765 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 10,683 lbs, and the published GVWR of 11,600 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Every number above was read from Heartland's own factory page for this floorplan. It was read once, from that page only, so there is no second factory listing to check it against. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page the row says why: either Heartland does not print it on this floorplan's page, or this capture does not carry it.

This capture carries no floorplan description for this plan - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 29RLCS is a Sundance Fifth Wheel designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 29RLCS differs from the other five Sundance Fifth Wheel floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2027). How these ranks are worked out.

• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.3%: smallest of six; next is the 24ML (18.7%).
• Dry weight, 9,765 lb: third-heaviest of six, between the 28DB (8,605 lb) and the 32RLBS (10,840 lb).
• GVWR, 11,600 lb: third-highest of six, between the 27MLOK (10,400 lb) and the 32RLBS (13,200 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,835 lb: third-smallest of six, between the 24ML (1,470 lb) and the 27MLOK (1,845 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 15.8%: third-largest of six, between the 24ML (15.5%) and the 27MLOK (17.7%).
• Pin weight, 1,790 lb: third-heaviest of six, between the 27MLOK (1,665 lb) and the 32RLBS (2,065 lb).
• Length, 34 ft: third-shortest of six, between the 27MLOK (32 ft 9 in) and the 28DB (34 ft 7 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 4: shared with the 32RLBS; of five, one smaller and two larger, nearest the 27MLOK (2) and the 35MRBS (8).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 3 in: shared with the 24ML and 27MLOK; of six, one lower and two taller, nearest the 28DB (12 ft 1 in) and the 32RLBS and 35MRBS (12 ft 7 in).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: shared with the 24ML and 27MLOK; of six, one smaller and two larger, nearest the 28DB (51 gal) and the 32RLBS and 35MRBS (81 gal).

Next to the 28DB (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 29RLCS is 1,160 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,605 lb higher, has 445 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 140 lb heavier, is 7 in shorter, stands 2 in taller, has a fresh tank 1 gal larger and sleeps six fewer; the two publish the same grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 32RLBS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 29RLCS is 1,075 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,600 lb lower, has 525 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 275 lb lighter, is 2 ft 7 in shorter, stands 4 in lower, has a fresh tank 29 gal smaller, has a grey tank 5 gal smaller and has a black tank 5 gal smaller; the two publish the same sleeping capacity.

Sundance Fifth Wheel is Heartland's fifth-wheel roster under the Sundance name. Heartland publishes 3 floorplans for 2027 and all 3 are profiled here, from 9,765 lb dry (29RLCS, 34' 0" long) to 13,235 lb dry (35MRBS, 42' 1" long), with published hitch weights of 1,790 to 2,530 lb. Dry weight plus cargo carrying capacity equals the published GVWR exactly on 3 of 3.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 24% of the 29RLCS’s 1,835 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,403 lb (351 lb per rated berth). Across 6 Sundance Fifth Wheel floorplans the water share runs 23% to 31%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Sundance Fifth Wheel 27MLOK at 23% and Sundance Fifth Wheel 32RLBS at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).