2027 Grand Design Transcend285RKT

Grand Design publishes an unloaded vehicle weight (UVW) of 7,166 lb and a GVWR of 8,800 lb for the 2027 Transcend 285RKT, with a hitch weight of 720 lb. It does not publish a cargo carrying capacity on the floorplan page, so none is shown here, and none is worked out by subtracting one published figure from the other. The trailer’s own federal weight label, inside the door, carries its cargo capacity as built.

It is 33' 11" long, 11' high and 8' wide, with 56 gal fresh, 78 gal grey and 39 gal black tanks as Grand Design lists them. Fresh water weighs about 8.3 lb per US gallon, so a full fresh tank adds roughly 465 lb before anything else is loaded.

Among the 8 Transcend floorplans profiled from Grand Design’s 2027 pages, it is number 3 of 8 by unloaded weight, in a range from 6,327 lb to 9,400 lb. Every figure in that comparison comes from the same Grand Design page type for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 4 Nov 2026 from Grand Design’s own floorplan page for the Transcend 285RKT, whose structured data names the model year 2027.

How the 285RKT differs from the other seven Transcend floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10%: smallest of eight; next is the 245RLT (10.3%).
• Sleeping capacity, 2: smallest of eight; next is the 315RKT (4).
• Dry weight, 7,166 lb: third-lightest of eight, between the 245RLT (6,456 lb) and the 295QBT (7,383 lb).
• GVWR, 8,800 lb: third-lowest of eight, between the 265BHT (7,995 lb) and the 295QBT (8,995 lb).
• Tongue weight, 720 lb: third-lightest of eight, between the 245RLT (668 lb) and the 295QBT (803 lb).
• Length, 33 ft 11 in: third-shortest of eight, between the 265BHT (32 ft 9 in) and the 295QBT (35 ft 11 in).
• Slide-out count, 1: fewest of eight, level with the 245RLT, 265BHT and 295QBT; next are the 315RKT and 325BHT (2).

Next to the 245RLT, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 285RKT is 710 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,105 lb higher, has a tongue weight 52 lb heavier, is 3 ft 3 in longer and sleeps four fewer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and slide-out count.

Next to the 295QBT, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 285RKT is 217 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 195 lb lower, has a tongue weight 83 lb lighter, is 2 ft shorter and sleeps eight fewer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and slide-out count.

Grand Design lists 8 Transcend floorplans for 2027. 8 without an existing page here are profiled from Grand Design’s own floorplan pages, from 6,327 lb to 9,400 lb unloaded; the others link to their existing pages. Grand Design publishes UVW, GVWR and hitch weight for these trailers, and no cargo carrying capacity.