01 What makes it unique
The 290QB is the top of the Zinger Lite roster and the only profiled plan on it rated for double-digit berths on the 8,800-pound chassis. CrossRoads describes versatile sleeping with two bunks and a queen bed, an open layout with a spacious kitchen and a living area built around an 80-inch dinette, plus a modern bathroom and ample storage, sleeping eleven in about 33 and a half feet on one slide. The 2025 published standards for the tandem-axle Zinger Lite list the same Super Flex Alpha roof under a limited lifetime warranty, a heated and enclosed underbelly, a tankless water heater, a 3-burner range with a 17-inch oven and an electric awning.
CrossRoads publishes an 8,800-pound GVWR against a 6,652-pound dry weight, leaving 2,148 pounds of cargo capacity and an 830-pound dry tongue. The published cargo capacity is 2,148 pounds and the plan is rated to sleep 11. 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 tank set is 45/42/42 gallons fresh/grey/black.
Worth a direct comparison with the full-size roster: the 290QB sleeps eleven at 6,652 pounds dry and about 40,600 dollars, and the Zinger 290KB sleeps eleven at 7,062 pounds dry and about 43,400. The Lite is 410 pounds lighter, about 2,800 dollars cheaper and gives up the Zinger's fireplace, 17-inch oven and stainless sink from the 2025 standards lists.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 33' 5"
- Exterior height
- 11' 3"
- Exterior width
- Not published by source
- Interior height
- Not reliably published by source*
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 6,652 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 8,800 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 2,148 lbs
- Dry tongue (hitch) weight
- 830 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
- Furnace, size varies by model (2025 published standard)
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 11
- Slides
- 1
- Entries
- 1
- Awning
- 1 · 16 ft electric
03 The Zinger Lite floorplan family
The Zinger Lite is the lighter tandem-axle roster in the Zinger family — a separate floorplan set from the full-size Zinger and from the single-axle Zinger Lite Mini, not a trim of either. Five plans are profiled in full and linked below; the 295BH is catalogued and shown muted because CrossRoads publishes no hitch weight, cargo capacity or GVWR for it. The 290QB on this page is highlighted.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190RB | 25 ft | 4 | Booth dinette and a queen bed |
| 252BH | 28 ft | 10 | Queen bed and a set of bunk beds |
| 260RL | 30 ft | 4 | Queen bed, booth dinette and a fireplace |
| 260BH | 31 ft | 10 | Queen bed, two bunks and a dinette |
| 290QB | 33 ft | 11 | Two bunks, a queen bed and an 80-inch dinette |
| 295BH | 33 ft | 8 | 41 x 70 in bunks and a queen bed |
Zinger Lite is a cross-shop against Jayco's Jay Flight SLX, Forest River's Aurora Light and Salem / Wildwood, Keystone's Passport and Grand Design's Transcend Xplor. The family runs three separate rosters that share no floorplan codes: the full-size Zinger, this tandem-axle Zinger Lite and the single-axle Zinger Lite Mini. The 2026 factory roster carries six travel-trailer plans; five are profiled here in full and the 295BH is catalogued from published specifications because CrossRoads publishes N/A for its hitch weight, cargo capacity, height and tanks and RVUSA carries no GVWR for it. 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
Eleven berths on the Lite roster
At eleven berths the 290QB matches the full-size Zinger 290KB's rating at 410 pounds less dry weight and about 2,800 dollars less.
Cargo capacity against the berth count
The published cargo capacity is 2,148 pounds and the plan is rated to sleep 11. 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.
An 80-inch dinette
The factory describes an open layout built around an 80-inch dinette, with two bunks and a queen bed.
What the Lite gives up
The 2025 standards list the Zinger's 30-inch fireplace, stainless sink and glass-top range with LED knobs; the tandem Zinger Lite list carries a plastic sink and a furnace whose size varies by model. These are 2025 published figures.
Weigh the loaded trailer
Dry weight is a factory estimate and real loaded tongue weights run above the 830-pound base — weigh the loaded trailer and use a weight-distributing hitch.
05 How it compares
The 260RL — the same 8,800-pound chassis rated for four instead of eleven, 286 pounds lighter dry with 286 pounds more cargo.
The full-size Zinger 290KB — the same eleven-berth rating, 410 pounds heavier dry, with the Zinger standards list.
Grand Design's Transcend Xplor — the lightweight cross-shop in the same length and price bracket.