2027 Forest River Surveyor Legend242RDLE

The Surveyor Legend 242RDLE leaves Forest River's factory at 6,163 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,663 lbs and 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 20% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: 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 55-gallon fresh tank spends 457 lbs of that 1,500 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 680 lbs, or 11% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 55 gallons fresh, 30 grey and 40 black, 70 gallons of waste capacity against 55 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Surveyor Legend roster this is the 12th of 14 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,777 lbs to 7,743 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 6,163 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 6,913 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 7,663 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. 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 it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Forest River publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - 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. 242RDLE is a Surveyor Legend designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 242RDLE differs from the other thirteen Surveyor Legend floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.6%: smallest of fourteen; next are the 230MDLE, 261RKLE and 303BHLE (19.8%).
• Fresh tank, 55 gal: largest of fourteen; next are the 202RBLE, 204MKLE and seven others (40 gal).
• Black tank, 40 gal: second-largest of fourteen, between the 19BHLE, 19MDBLE and ten others (30 gal) and the 303BHLE (60 gal).
• Dry weight, 6,163 lb: third-heaviest of fourteen, between the 230MDLE (6,088 lb) and the 296QBLE (6,806 lb).
• GVWR, 7,663 lb: fifth-highest of fourteen, between the 205RKLE (7,655 lb) and the 252RBLE (7,735 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11%: fifth-smallest of fourteen, between the 19BHLE (10.8%) and the 303BHLE (11.1%).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 2 in: fifth-lowest of fourteen, between the 19RKLE (10 ft 10 in) and the 202RBLE, 204MKLE and seven others (11 ft 3 in).
• Tongue weight, 680 lb: sixth-heaviest of fourteen, between the 205RKLE (655 lb) and the 252RBLE (735 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,500 lb: shared with the 230MDLE and 261RKLE; of fourteen, one smaller and ten larger, nearest the 19RKLE (1,216 lb) and the 19MDBLE (1,598 lb).
• Length, 29 ft 11 in: shared with the 230MDLE and 260BHLE; of fourteen, eight shorter and three longer, nearest the 252RBLE (29 ft 7 in) and the 261RKLE (30 ft).
• Grey tank, 30 gal: smallest of fourteen, level with the 19BHLE, 19MDBLE and three others; next are the 202RBLE, 205RKLE and four others (40 gal).

Next to the 230MDLE (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 242RDLE is 75 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 75 lb higher, has a tongue weight 160 lb lighter, stands 1 in lower, has a fresh tank 15 gal larger, has a grey tank 10 gal smaller and has a black tank 10 gal larger; the two publish the same cargo capacity and length.

Next to the 296QBLE (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 242RDLE is 643 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,941 lb lower, has 1,298 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 124 lb lighter, is 5 ft 2 in shorter, stands 1 in lower, has a fresh tank 15 gal larger, has a grey tank 10 gal smaller and has a black tank 10 gal larger.

Fourteen 2027 Surveyor Legend floorplans with a full factory record. They run 3,777 to 8,078 lb dry on lengths of 23 feet 7 inches to 37 feet 11 inches, with hitch weights of 408 to 870 lb and cargo capacities of 1,216 to 1,831 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all fourteen, from 5,608 to 9,578 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 55-gallon fresh tank is about 457 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 30% of the 242RDLE’s 1,500 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,044 lb. Across 14 Surveyor Legend floorplans the water share runs 12% to 30%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Surveyor Legend 230MDLE at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Surveyor Legend 230MDLE, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 6 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 6,163 lb vs 6,088 lb; GVWR 7,663 lb vs 7,588 lb; hitch weight 680 lb vs 840 lb; fresh tank 55 gal vs 40 gal; grey tank 30 gal vs 40 gal; black tank 40 gal vs 30 gal. They match on length and cargo capacity.

Either side of it by GVWR: Surveyor Legend 205RKLE is 8 lb lighter (7,655 lb GVWR); Surveyor Legend 252RBLE is 72 lb heavier (7,735 lb GVWR).

All 14 Surveyor Legend floorplans: Surveyor Legend line hub.

Against the 242RDLE: the Wildcat 220BATH is 1 lb heavier and 4 ft shorter; the Westbrook 21MLXC is 2 lb heavier and 4 ft shorter; the Tracer 248RE is 3 lb lighter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 242RDLE. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

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