01 What makes it unique
The 280RB is the cheapest and shortest plan on the 2026 Zinger roster, and it is the only one that runs a single slide. CrossRoads publishes it at about 32 feet with six berths, one entry and a 16-foot awning. CrossRoads publishes no floorplan description for this plan anywhere on its site, so no layout claim is made here — the interior arrangement below is not described because it is not published. The slide count, entry count, berth count and every dimension and weight on this page are published figures.
The numbers are the reason to look at it. CrossRoads publishes a 9,500-pound GVWR against a 6,822-pound dry weight, which leaves 2,678 pounds of cargo capacity — the largest margin on the Zinger roster and more than a thousand pounds clear of the 331BH, a plan that costs thirteen thousand dollars more and rates the same six-figure GVWR class. The 794-pound dry tongue is also the lightest of the nine. The tank set is 45/84/42 gallons fresh/grey/black, with the larger 84-gallon grey tank. The 2025 published standards for the line list a Super Flex Alpha roof under a limited lifetime warranty, a heated and enclosed underbelly, front diamond plate, pass-through storage, a tankless water heater and an electric awning.
One thing to know before you shop: the factory marks the 280RB dealer-stock only, so it is ordered through existing lot inventory rather than built to order.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 32' 8"
- Exterior height
- 11' 4"
- Exterior width
- Not published by source
- Interior height
- Not reliably published by source*
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 6,822 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 9,500 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 2,678 lbs
- Dry tongue (hitch) weight
- 794 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 45 gal
- Grey water
- 84 gal
- Black water
- 42 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft
Construction
- Chassis
- Tandem-axle bumper-pull
- Roof
- Super Flex Alpha — limited lifetime warranty (2025 published standard)
- Front
- Front diamond plate (2025 published standard)
- Underbelly
- Heated and enclosed (2025 published standard)
- Wheel wells
- Galvanized steel, varies by model (2025 published standard)
- Storage
- Pass-through (2025 published standard)
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem)
- Axle rating
- Not published by source*
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull (weight-distribution recommended)
- Jacks
- Electric tongue jack · electric stabilizer jacks (2025 published standard)
- Tires
- Radial (size and rating not published*)
- Solar
- The 2025 standards list carries both a solar prep bullet and a 100-watt solar panel bullet; both are published, neither is resolved*
Galley & systems
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft 12-volt refrigerator
- A/C
- 1 unit · 13,500 BTU roof-mount
- Water heater
- Tankless, on-demand (2025 published standard)
- Cooktop
- 3-burner with glass top · 17″ oven (2025 published standard)
- Microwave
- Standard (2025 published standard)
- Heat
- 30,000 BTU furnace (2025 published standard)
- Fireplace
- 30″ (2025 published standard)
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 6
- Slides
- 1
- Entries
- 1
- Awning
- 1 · 16 ft electric
03 The Zinger floorplan family
The Zinger is CrossRoads' full-size value travel trailer. It is one of three separate rosters in the Zinger family — the lighter Zinger Lite and the single-axle Zinger Lite Mini carry their own floorplan codes and their own weights, and nothing is shared between them. All nine 2026 Zinger plans are profiled in full and linked below. The 280RB on this page is highlighted.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 280RB | 32 ft | 6 | One slide, sleeps 6 - layout not published by source |
| 290KB | 33 ft | 11 | Two bunks and a queen bedroom |
| 292RE | 33 ft | 6 | Queen bed, recliners and a fireplace |
| 320FB | 36 ft | 10 | Two slides, sleeps 10 - layout not published by source |
| 328SB | 36 ft | 12 | Two slides, sleeps 12 - layout not published by source |
| 331BH | 37 ft | 12 | Queen bed and a bunkhouse with a flip-up bunk |
| 340BH | 38 ft | 12 | Three slides, sleeps 12 - layout not published by source |
| 340LR | 38 ft | 6 | Two slides, sleeps 6 - layout not published by source |
| 390DB | 43 ft | 8 | King bed, queen bed and a 50-inch TV centre |
Zinger is a cross-shop against Forest River's Salem / Wildwood and Aurora, Prime Time's Avenger, Keystone's Springdale, Coachmen's Catalina and Palomino's Puma. The family runs three separate rosters that share no floorplan codes: this full-size Zinger, the lighter tandem-axle Zinger Lite and the single-axle Zinger Lite Mini. The 2026 factory roster carries nine travel-trailer plans and all nine are profiled here in full. Dry weight, GVWR, cargo capacity and dry tongue weight are published per plan and each plan's dry weight plus cargo capacity equals its GVWR exactly, so the weights below are shown unflagged with no derivation. Dry weight is a factory estimate; real loaded tongue weights run higher — always weigh the loaded trailer and confirm against your vehicle's tow rating and payload.
04 What owners & reviewers report
The biggest cargo margin on the roster
At 2,678 pounds the published cargo capacity is the largest of the nine 2026 Zinger plans — about 1,140 pounds more than the 331BH.
The lightest tongue of the nine
The 794-pound dry tongue is the lightest on the roster, and the only Zinger tongue under 800 pounds.
Dealer stock only
CrossRoads marks the 280RB dealer-stock only, so it is not a build-to-order plan — availability depends on lot inventory.
Layout not published
CrossRoads publishes no floorplan description for the 280RB, so no interior arrangement is described on this page. The published slide, entry, berth, dimension and weight figures are all shown.
Weigh the loaded trailer
Dry weight is a factory estimate and real loaded tongue weights run above the 794-pound base — weigh the loaded trailer and use a weight-distributing hitch.
05 How it compares
The 290KB — a second slide and five more berths for about 1,700 dollars more, at 240 pounds heavier dry.
Forest River's Salem / Wildwood — the volume value cross-shop in the same length and price bracket.
The Zinger Lite 290QB — a longer body at 170 pounds less dry weight, from the family's lighter tandem roster.