2026 Forest River Wildwood X-Lite240BHXL

The Wildwood X-Lite 240BHXL leaves Forest River's factory at 5,343 lbs dry with 2,227 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 44-gallon fresh tank spends 365 lbs of the 2,227 lbs before anything else goes in.

Dry tongue weight is 570 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 44 gallons fresh, 74 grey and 32 black, 106 gallons of waste capacity against 44 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 Wildwood X-Lite roster this is the 6th of 17 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 3,836 lbs to 8,143 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 5,343 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 6,457 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's own description of this floorplan reads: “The 240BHXL weighs in at less than 6,000 lbs. for increased towability, without sacrificing any of the comfort! This double-over-double bunkhouse packs a lot of features into its 28'10” length, including a large comfy booth dinette with panoramic windows, walk-in pantry, modern kitchen with stove, cooktop, microwave, and an oversized refrigerator! The bathroom provides a walk-in shower with skylight and a convenient…” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

Wildwood X-Lite is the value-tier half-ton travel trailer in the Wildwood family, seventeen published floorplans from 3,836 to 8,143 lb dry on lengths of 22 feet 8 inches to 34 feet 7 inches. Dry tongue weight runs 520 to 965 lb across the whole roster, which is light for the length. Eight of the seventeen plans are dealer-stock-only, including a separate West Coast dealer-stock grouping the factory lists on its own. Forest River publishes no GVWR for any X-Lite floorplan.

A full 44-gallon fresh tank is about 367 lb of water, 16% of the 240BHXL’s 2,227 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,860 lb. Across 9 Wildwood X-Lite floorplans the water share runs 15% to 37%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Wildwood X-Lite 24RLXL at 15% and Wildwood X-Lite 263BHXL at 20%.

Closest sibling: the Wildwood X-Lite 263BHXL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 6 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 28 ft 10 in vs 31 ft 9 in; dry weight 5,343 lb vs 5,854 lb; cargo capacity 2,227 lb vs 1,828 lb; dry hitch weight 570 lb vs 682 lb; grey tank 74 gal vs 60 gal; black tank 32 gal vs 30 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by dry weight: Wildwood X-Lite 24RLXL is 280 lb lighter (5,063 lb dry); Wildwood X-Lite 263BHXL is 511 lb heavier (5,854 lb dry).

All 9 Wildwood X-Lite floorplans: Wildwood X-Lite line hub.

Against the 240BHXL: the Colt 22MDS is 3 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter; the Prowler 2201MDS is 3 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 240BHXL. Not published: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

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