2027 Heartland Sundance Fifth Wheel35MRBS

The Sundance Fifth Wheel 35MRBS leaves Heartland's factory at 13,235 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 15,400 lbs and 2,165 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 14% 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 81-gallon fresh tank spends 672 lbs of that 2,165 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Pin weight is 2,530 lbs, which is 19% 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 2,530 lbs over the bed. Read the payload figure on your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum for the model.

Off hookups: 137 gallons of grey and black capacity against 81 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 6th of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 8,030 lbs to 13,235 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 13,235 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 14,317 lbs, and the published GVWR of 15,400 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. 35MRBS is a Sundance Fifth Wheel designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 35MRBS 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.

• Dry weight, 13,235 lb: heaviest of six; next is the 32RLBS (10,840 lb).
• GVWR, 15,400 lb: highest of six; next is the 32RLBS (13,200 lb).
• Pin weight, 2,530 lb: heaviest of six; next is the 32RLBS (2,065 lb).
• Length, 42 ft 1 in: longest of six; next is the 32RLBS (36 ft 7 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,165 lb: second-largest of six, between the 27MLOK (1,845 lb) and the 32RLBS (2,360 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 14.1%: second-smallest of six, between the 28DB (13.9%) and the 24ML (15.5%).
• Sleeping capacity, 8: second-largest of five, between the 29RLCS and 32RLBS (4) and the 28DB (10).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 19.1%: third-largest of six, between the 32RLBS (19%) and the 28DB (19.2%).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 7 in: tallest of six, level with the 32RLBS; next are the 24ML, 27MLOK and 29RLCS (12 ft 3 in).
• Fresh tank, 81 gal: largest of six, level with the 32RLBS; next are the 24ML, 27MLOK and 29RLCS (52 gal).
• Grey tank, 87 gal: largest of six, level with the 32RLBS; next are the 24ML, 27MLOK and two others (82 gal).
• Black tank, 50 gal: largest of six, level with the 32RLBS; next are the 24ML, 27MLOK and two others (45 gal).

Next to the 32RLBS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 35MRBS is 2,395 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,200 lb higher, has 195 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 465 lb heavier, is 5 ft 6 in longer and sleeps four more; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

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 81-gallon fresh tank is about 672 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 31% of the 35MRBS’s 2,165 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,493 lb (187 lb per rated berth). Across 6 Sundance Fifth Wheel floorplans the water share runs 23% to 31%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Sundance Fifth Wheel 28DB at 30%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).