2027 Prime Time Tracer230BH

The Prime Time Tracer 230BH leaves Forest River's factory at 5,963 lbs dry with 1,737 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 42-gallon fresh tank spends 349 lbs of the 1,737 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 700 lbs, or 12% 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 42 gallons fresh, 68 grey and 34 black, 102 gallons of waste capacity against 42 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 Prime Time Tracer roster this is the 3rd of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,743 lbs to 7,578 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 these figures is to stop planning against the dry weight. Nobody tows a trailer at 5,963 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity and this plan is already near 6,831 lbs on the road. Because Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, the ceiling has to come from the trailer's own weight label rather than from this page, and the comparison you make against the tow vehicle should use the loaded figure.

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. There is no published GVWR on this line, so the usual arithmetic check - dry plus cargo equals the rating - has nothing to test against here. 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. 230BH is a Prime Time Tracer designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 230BH differs from the other five Prime Time Tracer floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Dry weight, 5,963 lb: third-lightest of six, between the 220RS (4,943 lb) and the 255DS (6,213 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,737 lb: third-smallest of six, between the 185JH (1,500 lb) and the 220RS, 280IK and 290QB (2,000 lb).
• Tongue weight, 700 lb: third-lightest of six, between the 185JH (620 lb) and the 255DS (815 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.7%: third-smallest of six, between the 220RS and 290QB (11.2%) and the 185JH and 255DS (13.1%).
• Length, 28 ft: third-shortest of six, between the 220RS (26 ft 6 in) and the 255DS (30 ft 4 in).
• Grey tank, 68 gal: largest of six, level with the 255DS and 290QB; next are the 185JH, 220RS and 280IK (34 gal).

Next to the 220RS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 230BH is 1,020 lb heavier by dry weight, has 263 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 145 lb heavier, is 1 ft 6 in longer and has a grey tank 34 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 255DS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 230BH is 250 lb lighter by dry weight, has 250 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 115 lb lighter and is 2 ft 4 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Twelve 2027 Prime Time Tracer floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 22 Oct 2026. They run 4,743 to 8,008 lb dry on lengths of 22 feet 11 inches to 37 feet 9 inches, with hitch weights of 555 to 1,125 lb and cargo capacities of 1,487 to 2,000 lb. Forest River publishes no GVWR for these plans in this channel, so none is shown and none is computed.

A full 42-gallon fresh tank is about 349 lb of water, 20% of the 230BH’s 1,737 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,388 lb. Across 6 Prime Time Tracer floorplans the water share runs 17% to 23%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Prime Time Tracer 220RS at 17% and Prime Time Tracer 185JH at 23%.

Closest sibling: the Prime Time Tracer 255DS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 28 ft 0 in vs 30 ft 4 in; dry weight 5,963 lb vs 6,213 lb; cargo capacity 1,737 lb vs 1,487 lb; hitch weight 700 lb vs 815 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by dry weight: Prime Time Tracer 220RS is 1,020 lb lighter (4,943 lb dry); Prime Time Tracer 255DS is 250 lb heavier (6,213 lb dry).

All 6 Prime Time Tracer floorplans: Prime Time Tracer line hub.

Against the 230BH: the Jay Flight SLX 265RLS is 3 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Cherokee Grey Wolf Black Label 23MKBL is 5 lb lighter; the EVO 2750QBX is 12 lb heavier and 5 ft longer.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 230BH. Not published: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.