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2026 CrossRoads Zinger292RE

The couples Zinger — a queen bed, recliners and a fireplace on two slides in about 34 feet, sleeping six.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

7,550lb
Dry Weight
9,600lb
GVWR
802lb
Tongue Weight
33ft
Length
Sleeps 6 Travel Trailer · Queen bed, recliners and a fireplace MSRP from · $48,147 Built by · CrossRoads RV (Thor Industries)

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

Loaded weight budget for the 292REHorizontal bar. Dry weight 7,550 pounds, then cargo capacity 2,050 pounds, against a GVWR of 9,600 pounds. Dry tongue weight 802 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 9,600 lbsDry 7,550 lbsCargo capacity 2,050 lbsDry tongue weight 802 lbs — same scale
Drawn from this page’s published figures. The bar runs from empty to GVWR: the dark band is dry weight, the light band is everything you are allowed to add — water, propane, batteries and gear all come out of it.

Size, drawn to scale

Scale outline of the 292REScale outline of the 292RE. Overall length 33' 8", overall height 11' 4". 2 axles as published.33' 8" overall length11' 4"
Overall length and height are drawn true to scale from the published figures, no exterior width is published for this plan, so no end view is drawn. Axle count is as published; axle position, wheel size and the nose profile are schematic. This is a size drawing, not a floorplan, and not a claim about body shape.

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the 292REHolding tank capacities: fresh 45 gallons, grey 42 gallons, black 42 gallons.Fresh45 galGrey42 galBlack42 gal
Published tank capacities on one scale. A full fresh tank is about 375 lbs of water — roughly 18% of this plan’s 2,050 lb cargo capacity, before you load anything else.

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.

Minimum tow rating your vehicle needs9,600 lb
Published dry tongue weight802 lb
Loaded tongue weight, typical range960–1,440 lb
Minimum receiver hitch capacity9,600 lb towed / 1,440 lb tongue
The tongue weight above is dry. It is the figure the manufacturer publishes for an empty trailer. Loaded — with water, propane, batteries and your gear — it runs higher, which is why the range row uses loaded weight. Sizing your truck off the dry number under-budgets your payload.
The arithmetic that actually binds. Open your driver’s door and read the payload figure on the yellow-and-white sticker — that number is specific to your truck as built. Subtract from it: loaded tongue weight (use the range above), every passenger, everything in the bed and cab, and the weight-distributing hitch itself where one is used. What is left is your margin. Payload, not tow rating, is what most half-ton owners run out of first.

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.

FloorplanNominalSleepsNotable
280RB32 ft6One slide, sleeps 6 - layout not published by source
290KB33 ft11Two bunks and a queen bedroom
292RE33 ft6Queen bed, recliners and a fireplace
320FB36 ft10Two slides, sleeps 10 - layout not published by source
328SB36 ft12Two slides, sleeps 12 - layout not published by source
331BH37 ft12Queen bed and a bunkhouse with a flip-up bunk
340BH38 ft12Three slides, sleeps 12 - layout not published by source
340LR38 ft6Two slides, sleeps 6 - layout not published by source
390DB43 ft8King 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.

SOURCING — ownership notes to be expanded with cited threads from owner communities & forums per the data plan

05 How it compares

↔ Same length
Zinger 290KB

The 290KB — the same 34-foot body with two bunks and eleven berths instead of recliners and six.

→ Step up
Zinger 340LR

The 340LR — the roster's other six-berth lounge plan, four feet longer with an 11,200-pound GVWR.

↔ Cross-shop
Forest River Aurora

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 budgetFigureWhat it means
Cargo capacity as published (CCC)2,050 lbEverything you add: gear, water, propane, batteries, food, people’s belongings.
Fresh tank filled (45 gal × 8.34 lb)−375 lbWater is the heaviest thing most owners add, and it is added first.
Cargo budget left with a full fresh tank1,675 lb18% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded.
Per sleeping position, water aboard279 lbA 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 trailersGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
292RE9,6007,550633 ft 8 in
Jay Feather 31BH9,6008,0101037 ft 2 in
Jay Flight 290RLS9,6007,575634 ft 9 in
Puma 30RKQS9,6007,974436 ft 1 in
Springdale 286BHU9,6006,8251033 ft 1 in
Surveyor Legend 296QBLE9,6046,80635 ft 1 in
EVO 2920VB9,6157,43334 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.