01 What makes it unique
The 292RE is the same 34-foot body as the 290KB pointed at a completely different buyer. CrossRoads describes it as a spacious travel trailer with a queen bed, a well-appointed kitchenette and a living area with recliners and a fireplace, sleeping six on two slides. Where the 290KB spends the length on bunks, the 292RE spends it on the lounge. 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.
CrossRoads publishes a 9,600-pound GVWR against a 7,550-pound dry weight — the same GVWR as the 290KB on 488 more pounds of dry weight, which drops the cargo capacity to 2,050 pounds. The dry tongue is 802 pounds and the tank set is 45/42/42 gallons fresh/grey/black. The one figure to check before you plan a patio: the factory lists a 10-foot awning, the shortest on the Zinger roster and ten feet shorter than the 320FB's, on a body of almost identical length.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 33' 8"
- Exterior height
- 11' 4"
- Exterior width
- Not published by source
- Interior height
- Not reliably published by source*
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 7,550 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 9,600 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 2,050 lbs
- Dry tongue (hitch) weight
- 802 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 45 gal
- Grey water
- 42 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
- 2
- Entries
- 1
- Awning
- 1 · 10 ft electric
Verified specs, drawn to scale
Original graphics built from this floorplan’s own verified figures.
Loaded weight budget
Size, drawn to scale
Holding tanks
These graphics are generated from the same verified record that builds the table above, and are published under this site’s own licence — nothing here is traced from, or derived from, a manufacturer drawing or photo. Where a figure is not published for this plan, the graphic that would need it is omitted rather than estimated. The full record is in the published dataset.
What it takes to tow this
Built from this floorplan’s verified weights. We publish the trailer side only.
We do not publish tow ratings for specific trucks. A single model can vary by thousands of pounds depending on engine, axle ratio, cab, drivetrain and package — the only authoritative figure is the one on your own door jamb. Loaded tongue percentages are industry convention for travel trailers (10–15% of loaded weight), not a measurement of this unit. Hitch classes are not used here as a rating: SAE J684 covers trailers to 10,000 lb GVWR and does not define Class V, and capacity boundaries differ between manufacturers — read the rating stamped on your hitch.
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 292RE 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 shortest awning on the roster
The factory publishes a 10-foot awning — the shortest of the nine 2026 Zinger plans, on a 34-foot body. Corroborated against the RVUSA record, so it is the published figure rather than a transcription error.
Recliners and a fireplace, not bunks
The factory describes a queen bed with a living area built around recliners and a fireplace — the six berths are a couples rating, not a family one.
Black tank correction
The CrossRoads factory record publishes a 42-gallon black tank and the RVUSA record publishes 44. The factory figure is used here. It is the only tank disagreement in the entire Zinger family.
Cargo capacity
At 2,050 pounds the cargo capacity is 488 pounds below the 290KB's on the same GVWR — the fireplace and recliners cost payload.
Weigh the loaded trailer
Dry weight is a factory estimate and real loaded tongue weights run above the 802-pound base — weigh the loaded trailer and use a weight-distributing hitch.
05 How it compares
The 290KB — the same 34-foot body with two bunks and eleven berths instead of recliners and six.
The 340LR — the roster's other six-berth lounge plan, four feet longer with an 11,200-pound GVWR.
Forest River's Aurora — a laminated-sidewall cross-shop in the same couples bracket.
06 Loading it for a trip
This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 45-gallon fresh tank is roughly 18% of the 2,050-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 292RE with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.
| Weight budget | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Cargo capacity as published (CCC) | 2,050 lb | Everything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings. |
| Fresh tank filled (45 gal × 8.34 lb) | −375 lb | Water is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first. |
| Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank | 1,675 lb | 18% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded. |
| Per sleeping position, water aboard | 279 lb | A rough share of what is left across the 6 berths this plan sleeps. |
The published dry tongue weight of 802 pounds is 11% of the 7,550-pound dry weight, which sits inside the 10–15% band usually quoted for stable towing. It is still a dry figure: loading the front pass-through and the fresh tank both push it up.
Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 9,600-pound GVWR the 292RE is towing 2,050 pounds more than its 7,550-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.
Tank balance is generous here: 45 gallons of fresh against 42 grey and 42 black, so waste capacity keeps pace with supply and the fresh tank is the constraint that ends a dry stay.
07 Where this floorplan sits
Ranked by GVWR, the 292RE sits 3 of 9 in the Zinger line: 9,600 pounds against a line that runs from 9,500 to 13,200 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.
Either side of it in the same line: Zinger 290KB matches it exactly at 9,600 lb GVWR; and Zinger 331BH is 135 pounds heavier at 9,735 lb GVWR.
1 other Zinger plan shares this floorplan’s 9,600 lb GVWR, so the ranking above separates plans that tow to the same ceiling. On a shared chassis the figure that actually differs between them is cargo capacity and where the weight sits, not the rating.
| Comparable travel trailers | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 292RE | 9,600 | 7,550 | 6 | 33 ft 8 in |
| Jay Feather 31BH | 9,600 | 8,010 | 10 | 37 ft 2 in |
| Jay Flight 290RLS | 9,600 | 7,575 | 6 | 34 ft 9 in |
| Puma 30RKQS | 9,600 | 7,974 | 4 | 36 ft 1 in |
| Springdale 286BHU | 9,600 | 6,825 | 10 | 33 ft 1 in |
| Surveyor Legend 296QBLE | 9,604 | 6,806 | — | 35 ft 1 in |
| EVO 2920VB | 9,615 | 7,433 | — | 34 ft 11 in |
Against the 292RE: the Jay Feather 31BH is 4 ft longer and sleeps 4 more; the Jay Flight 290RLS is 1 ft longer; the Puma 30RKQS is 2 ft longer and sleeps 2 fewer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.
Those are the nearest travel trailers from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.
For scale, the Zinger floorplans profiled here run 6,822 to 10,517 pounds dry and 33 to 43 feet of exterior length across 9 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.
Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Zinger line hub.
08 Common questions about the 292RE
How much does the 292RE weigh?
It leaves the factory at 7,550 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 9,600 pounds. Real towing weight lands between the two and depends entirely on what you load. Use the GVWR when matching a tow vehicle; the dry figure is only useful for comparing floorplans against each other.
How much can the 292RE carry?
Cargo carrying capacity is 2,050 pounds. That is the whole budget: water, propane, batteries, gear and everything you bring. Filling the 45-gallon fresh tank uses about 375 pounds of that.
What is the tongue weight of the 292RE?
The published dry tongue weight is 802 pounds. It is measured empty; loaded, it runs higher, and it comes out of your tow vehicle’s payload rather than its tow rating.
What size tow vehicle does the 292RE need?
Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 9,600 pounds — this floorplan’s GVWR — and enough payload left over for the hitch load, passengers and anything in the bed. This site does not publish tow ratings for specific vehicles, because one truck model varies by thousands of pounds across engine, axle ratio, cab and package. The figure that governs is the payload sticker on your own door jamb.
How many people does the 292RE sleep?
It is rated to sleep 6. Rated sleeping positions include convertible furniture, so count the beds against how you actually travel rather than against the number.
What are the tank capacities on the 292RE?
Fresh 45 gallons, grey 42 gallons, black 42 gallons. Tank sizes set how long the floorplan can sit away from hookups, and the smallest of the three is what ends the stay.
How long is the 292RE?
Exterior length is 33' 8". Measure against your site length and your storage before committing — the exterior figure is the one that has to fit, and it includes the tongue or pin box.
Every figure in these answers is read from this page’s verified specification table. Where the manufacturer publishes nothing, the question is not answered rather than estimated.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 16 of them for the 292RE. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.
Not published for this floorplan: exterior width, interior height, tire size (a tire description is published, a size is not). If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.
The completeness figure at the foot of this page (93%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.
Values on this page carrying an asterisk were derived by arithmetic from published figures, or come from a single source, rather than being printed directly by the manufacturer. The flag travels with the number into the downloadable spec sheet.
How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.
11 NHTSA safety record
This floorplan belongs to the Zinger line, and NHTSA holds 16 recall campaigns and 14 owner complaints against that line. They are separate records and are not added together — a recall is a manufacturer-confirmed defect with a remedy; a complaint is one owner’s account, which NHTSA does not verify.
What to look at on a used one. Across the 14 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are equipment (21%), structure (21%) and suspension (21%). That is where owners of this family have had trouble, so it is where an inspection is worth the time.
Recall coverage is not complete — our harvest of NHTSA’s recall API ran 1,556 queries, of which 0 failed and 242 returned an explicit zero. A line can still be under-reported where NHTSA files a roster under a parent name, or where a match rests on the wording of the recall rather than its model field. Complaints come from the complete bulk file but are unverified and self-selected: a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Zinger line page.