01 What makes it unique
The 340BH is the 331BH's problem solved with a bigger chassis. CrossRoads rates both at twelve berths, but where the 331BH runs a 9,735-pound GVWR the 340BH runs 11,450 — and that extra rating turns 1,540 pounds of cargo capacity into 2,198. It is about 38 feet on three slides and two entries with a 20-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 cost is at the hitch. The 1,296-pound dry tongue is the heaviest on the 2026 Zinger roster, 131 pounds above the 331BH's and 52 above the 43-foot 390DB's. At that figure the 340BH is asking for a well-rated three-quarter-ton rather than a half-ton, and the payload arithmetic on the tow vehicle deserves checking before the trailer does. The tank set is 45/84/42 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 340BH at twelve berths and the RVUSA record rates it at six. The factory figure is used here and both are stated.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 38' 2"
- Exterior height
- 11' 8"
- Exterior width
- Not published by source
- Interior height
- Not reliably published by source*
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 9,252 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 11,450 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 2,198 lbs
- Dry tongue (hitch) weight
- 1,296 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
- 12
- Slides
- 3
- Entries
- 2
- Awning
- 1 · 20 ft electric
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size (no width published)
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433). The range starts at the published dry figure, because loaded is never lighter than dry.
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 340BH 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 Notes on this floorplan
The heaviest tongue on the roster
At 1,296 pounds the dry tongue is the heaviest of the nine 2026 Zinger plans — heavier than the 43-foot 390DB's. Check it against your vehicle's payload, not just its tow rating.
The GVWR that buys the cargo back
The 11,450-pound GVWR against a 9,252-pound dry weight leaves 2,198 pounds of cargo capacity — 658 pounds more than the 331BH on the same twelve-berth rating.
Sleeps disagreement, factory used
The factory roster card rates the 340BH at twelve berths and the RVUSA record rates it at six. The factory figure is rendered and both are stated.
Layout not published
CrossRoads publishes no floorplan description for the 340BH, 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 1,296-pound base — weigh the loaded trailer and use a weight-distributing hitch.
05 How it compares
The 340LR — the same 38-foot body rated for six instead of twelve, 579 pounds lighter dry and about 2,100 dollars less.
The 331BH — the same twelve berths on a 9,735-pound GVWR, 1,057 pounds lighter dry but 658 pounds tighter on cargo.
Palomino's Puma — the metal-sided value cross-shop with a comparable bunkhouse roster.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 45-gallon fresh tank is about 375 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 17% of the 340BH’s 2,198 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,823 lb (152 lb per rated berth). Across 9 Zinger floorplans the water share runs 14% to 29%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Zinger 340LR at 15% and Zinger 320FB at 18%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Zinger 340LR, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): sleeps 12 vs 6; dry weight 9,252 lb vs 8,673 lb; GVWR 11,450 lb vs 11,200 lb; cargo capacity 2,198 lb vs 2,527 lb; dry hitch weight 1,296 lb vs 1,124 lb. They match on length, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Zinger plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 11,450 | 8 of 9 | 9,500–13,200 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 9,252 | 8 of 9 | 6,822–10,517 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 2,198 | 5 of 9 | 1,540–2,683 |
| Dry hitch weight (lb) | 1,296 | 9 of 9 | 794–1,296 |
| Length | 38 ft 2 in | 7–8 of 9 | 32 ft 8 in–43 ft 1 in |
| Fresh tank (gal) | 45 | 1–8 of 9 | 45–54 |
| Grey tank (gal) | 84 | 6–9 of 9 | 39–84 |
| Black tank (gal) | 42 | 2–7 of 9 | 39–84 |
| Sleeps | 12 | 7–9 of 9 | 6–12 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Zinger 340LR is 250 lb lighter (11,200 lb GVWR); Zinger 390DB is 1,750 lb heavier (13,200 lb GVWR).
| Nearest Zinger siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinger 340BH | 38 ft 2 in | 12 | 9,252 | 11,450 | 2,198 | 1,296 | 45 |
| Zinger 340LR | 38 ft 2 in | 6 | 8,673 | 11,200 | 2,527 | 1,124 | 45 |
| Zinger 320FB | 36 ft 1 in | 10 | 7,695 | 9,800 | 2,105 | 1,000 | 45 |
| Zinger 328SB | 36 ft 8 in | 12 | 8,110 | 9,740 | 1,630 | 950 | 45 |
| Zinger 390DB | 43 ft 1 in | 8 | 10,517 | 13,200 | 2,683 | 1,244 | 45 |
| Zinger 331BH | 37 ft 6 in | 12 | 8,195 | 9,735 | 1,540 | 1,165 | 54 |
All 9 Zinger floorplans: Zinger line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340BH | 11,450 | 9,252 | 12 | 38 ft 2 in |
| Coachmen Catalina 333DORM | 11,458 | 8,958 | 6 | 37 ft 11 in |
| Vengeance Rogue 25SUT | 11,465 | 7,078 | — | 32 ft 3 in |
| Eagle 320MKTS | 11,500 | 9,280 | 4 | 36 ft 8 in |
| Nightfall 24N | 11,400 | 7,328 | — | 30 ft 0 in |
| Seismic 312 | 11,500 | 7,840 | — | 37 ft 11 in |
| Open Range Travel Trailer 322RLS | 11,500 | 9,465 | — | 37 ft 9 in |
Against the 340BH: the Coachmen Catalina 333DORM is 8 lb heavier and sleeps 6 fewer; the Vengeance Rogue 25SUT is 15 lb heavier and 6 ft shorter; the Eagle 320MKTS is 50 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 8 fewer.
08 Common questions about the 340BH
How much does the 340BH weigh?
9,252 lb dry; 11,450 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the 340BH carry?
2,198 lb, 19% of its GVWR (median across 958 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 375 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the 340BH?
1,296 lb dry, 14% of the dry weight (median across 1,156 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the 340BH need?
A tow rating of at least 11,450 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
How many people does the 340BH sleep?
It is rated to sleep 12. No other Zinger floorplan here is rated for more.
What are the tank capacities on the 340BH?
Fresh 45, grey 84, black 42 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the 340BH?
38' 2" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
16 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 340BH. Not published: exterior width, interior height, tire size (a description is published, a size is not).
Values marked with an asterisk are arithmetic on published figures or come from a single source; the flag travels into the downloadable spec sheet.
Sourcing rules: methodology.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: crossroadsrv.com, library.rvusa.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 16 recall campaigns and 14 owner complaints against the Zinger line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.
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%).
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Zinger line page.