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2026 CrossRoads Zinger328SB

Twelve berths in about 37 feet — and one of the tightest cargo margins on the roster.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2026

8,110lb
Dry Weight
9,740lb
GVWR
950lb
Tongue Weight
36ft
Length
Sleeps 12 Travel Trailer · Two slides, sleeps 12 - layout not published by source MSRP from · $49,888 Built by · CrossRoads RV (Thor Industries)

01 What makes it unique

The 328SB is the first of the roster's three twelve-berth plans and the cheapest of them by about five thousand dollars. CrossRoads rates it to sleep twelve in about 37 feet on two slides, with an 18-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 figure that matters here is the cargo capacity. CrossRoads publishes a 9,740-pound GVWR against an 8,110-pound dry weight, which leaves 1,630 pounds — the second-tightest margin on the roster, on the plan rated for the most people. The published cargo capacity is 1,630 pounds and the plan is rated to sleep 12. Occupants count against cargo capacity, so a full crew plus gear will use most of it — load to the weight sticker, not to the berth count. The dry tongue is 950 pounds and the tank set is 45/42/42 gallons fresh/grey/black. 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.

The factory roster card rates the 328SB at twelve berths and the RVUSA record rates it at eight. The factory figure is used here, per the standing rule that the manufacturer's own roster wins; both are stated so you can see the spread.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
36' 8"
Exterior height
11' 5"
Exterior width
Not published by source
Interior height
Not reliably published by source*

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
8,110 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
9,740 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
1,630 lbs
Dry tongue (hitch) weight
950 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
12
Slides
2
Entries
1
Awning
1 · 18 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 328SBHorizontal bar. Dry weight 8,110 pounds, then cargo capacity 1,630 pounds, against a GVWR of 9,740 pounds. Dry tongue weight 950 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 9,740 lbsDry 8,110 lbsCargo capacity 1,630 lbsDry tongue weight 950 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 328SBScale outline of the 328SB. Overall length 36' 8", overall height 11' 5". 2 axles as published.36' 8" overall length11' 5"
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 328SBHolding 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 23% of this plan’s 1,630 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 needs9,740 lb
Published dry tongue weight950 lb
Loaded tongue weight, typical range974–1,461 lb
Minimum receiver hitch capacity9,740 lb towed / 1,461 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 328SB 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

Twelve berths against 1,630 pounds of cargo

The published cargo capacity is 1,630 pounds and the plan is rated to sleep 12. Occupants count against cargo capacity, so a full crew plus gear will use most of it — load to the weight sticker, not to the berth count.

Sleeps disagreement, factory used

The CrossRoads factory roster card rates the 328SB at twelve berths and the RVUSA record rates it at eight. The factory figure is rendered here and both are stated. Four Zinger plans carry a sleeps disagreement of this kind.

The cheapest twelve-berth Zinger

At about 49,900 dollars it undercuts the 331BH and 340BH, the roster's other twelve-berth plans, by roughly five thousand dollars.

Layout not published

CrossRoads publishes no floorplan description for the 328SB, so no interior arrangement is described here.

Weigh the loaded trailer

Dry weight is a factory estimate and real loaded tongue weights run above the 950-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

← Lighter
Zinger 320FB

The 320FB — two fewer berths, 415 pounds lighter dry and 475 pounds more cargo capacity.

→ Step up
Zinger 340BH

The 340BH — the same twelve berths with an 11,450-pound GVWR and 568 more pounds of cargo capacity.

↔ Cross-shop
Prime Time Avenger

Prime Time's Avenger — the value-bracket bunkhouse cross-shop.

06 Loading it for a trip

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 45-gallon fresh tank is roughly 23% of the 1,630-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 328SB with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

Weight budgetFigureWhat it means
Cargo capacity as published (CCC)1,630 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 tank1,255 lb23% of this plan’s capacity is spent before a single bag is loaded.
Per sleeping position, water aboard105 lbA rough share of what is left across the 12 berths this plan sleeps.

The published dry tongue weight of 950 pounds is 12% of the 8,110-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 9,740-pound GVWR the 328SB is towing 1,630 pounds more than its 8,110-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 328SB sits 5 of 9 in the Zinger line: 9,740 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 331BH is 5 pounds lighter at 9,735 lb GVWR; and Zinger 320FB is 60 pounds heavier at 9,800 lb GVWR.

Comparable travel trailersGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
328SB9,7408,1101236 ft 8 in
Salem Hemisphere & Heritage Glen 265BSRB9,7407,798233 ft 2 in
Ozark 2500THK9,7355,49328 ft 11 in
Coachmen Catalina 303RKDS9,7348,234436 ft 5 in
Alpha Wolf 26RL9,7507,25834 ft 6 in
Viking 282DORM9,7307,20836 ft 11 in
White Hawk 32QBH9,7508,2001038 ft 0 in

Against the 328SB: the Salem Hemisphere & Heritage Glen 265BSRB is 4 ft shorter and sleeps 10 fewer; the Ozark 2500THK is 5 lb lighter and 8 ft shorter; the Coachmen Catalina 303RKDS is 6 lb lighter and sleeps 8 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 328SB

How much does the 328SB weigh?

It leaves the factory at 8,110 pounds dry, and its manufacturer-set loaded ceiling (GVWR) is 9,740 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 328SB carry?

Cargo carrying capacity is 1,630 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 328SB?

The published dry tongue weight is 950 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 328SB need?

Your vehicle needs a tow rating of at least 9,740 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 328SB sleep?

It is rated to sleep 12. 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 328SB?

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 328SB?

Exterior length is 36' 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 328SB. 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 (92%) 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.