01 What Zinger Lite is
The Zinger Lite is the lighter tandem-axle roster in the CrossRoads Zinger family — 25 to 34 feet, from 4,544 pounds dry, aimed at the half-ton buyer who wants the Zinger's roof and water heater without the Zinger's weight. CrossRoads RV, based in Goshen, Indiana and a division of Thor Industries, positions it against Jayco's Jay Flight SLX, Forest River's Aurora Light and Salem / Wildwood, Keystone's Passport and Grand Design's Transcend Xplor.
Before you compare a Zinger against anything, know which Zinger you are looking at. Zinger, Zinger Lite and Zinger Lite Mini are three separate rosters, not three trims of one line — they share no floorplan codes at all, they carry three separate model records at the industry spec databases, and they have three different model-year histories: the Zinger has been in production since 2009, the Zinger Lite since 2018, and the Zinger Lite Mini is new for 2026. A dealer listing that says “Zinger 18BH” and one that says “Zinger Lite Mini 18BH” may or may not be the same trailer depending on the year, because the 18-series moved rosters for 2026 and was re-specified on the way. This page covers the Zinger Lite roster only; the full-size Zinger and the single-axle Zinger Lite Mini have their own.
For 2026 the Zinger Lite is tandem-axle only. That is a change: through 2025 the roster also carried a single-axle class (the 18-series), and those floorplans moved to the new Zinger Lite Mini for 2026 and were re-specified on the way. If you are shopping used and comparing a 2025 Zinger Lite 18BH against a 2026 Zinger Lite Mini 18BH, those are different trailers with different published weights.
Five of the six 2026 plans are fully published and profiled here. CrossRoads gives an MSRP, a length, a dry weight and a sleeping capacity on its roster card, and a height, a dry tongue weight, a cargo capacity, an axle count, three tank capacities and an awning length on its floorplan pages; the independent RVUSA records agree exactly on every shared field and supply the GVWR, and on all five profiled plans dry weight plus cargo capacity equals GVWR to the pound. The sixth plan, the 295BH, publishes N/A for nearly everything and is catalogued below rather than profiled. CrossRoads publishes no exterior width and no axle rating for the line, and no reliable per-plan interior height, so none is shown.
02 Floorplans profiled in depth
Five of the six 2026 Zinger Lite floorplans are profiled in full. They run from the 25-foot 190RB, which carries the largest cargo margin of any plan in the Zinger family, to the 33-foot 290QB, which matches the full-size Zinger 290KB's eleven-berth rating at 410 pounds less dry weight. The sixth plan, the 295BH, is catalogued below. Every layout description is taken from the CrossRoads factory floorplan record.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | Length | Sleeps | Layout | GVWR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190RB | 4,544 lbs | 25' 1" | 4 | Booth dinette and a queen bed | 7,500 lbs | $28,463 |
| 252BH | 4,908 lbs | 28' 10" | 10 | Queen bed and a set of bunk beds | 7,550 lbs | $29,106 |
| 260RL | 6,366 lbs | 30' 11" | 4 | Queen bed, booth dinette and a fireplace | 8,800 lbs | $39,369 |
| 260BH | 6,144 lbs | 31' 0" | 10 | Queen bed, two bunks and a dinette | 7,600 lbs | $35,706 |
| 290QB | 6,652 lbs | 33' 5" | 11 | Two bunks, a queen bed and an 80-inch dinette | 8,800 lbs | $40,565 |
Body specifications (lengths, exterior heights, tanks, entries and awnings) and every weight are verified two ways: against the CrossRoads factory floorplan records for the 2026 roster and against the independent RVUSA structured records. Across the whole 21-plan Zinger family the two sources agree exactly on dry weight, MSRP, travel length, dry tongue weight, cargo capacity, fresh and grey capacity and axle count — the only disagreements anywhere are one black tank, one exterior height and four sleeping capacities, all resolved in the factory's favour and stated on the plan pages. Dry weight (UVW), GVWR, cargo capacity (CCC) and dry tongue weight are published per plan and dry plus cargo equals GVWR exactly on every profiled plan, so all weight figures are shown unflagged with no derivation. MSRP is the factory roster card figure; street pricing is dealer-dependent. Real loaded tongue weights run higher — weigh the loaded trailer and confirm against your vehicle's tow rating and payload. No exterior width, axle rating or reliable per-plan interior height is published for the line, so none is shown. Standards and options quoted on the plan pages are the 2025 published lists and are labelled as such.
03 Also in the 2026 line
One 2026 plan is catalogued rather than profiled. The 295BH is a real floorplan on the factory roster, but CrossRoads publishes N/A for its exterior height, dry tongue weight, cargo capacity, axle count, all three tanks and its awning, and RVUSA carries no GVWR record for it. Four figures are published — price, travel length, dry weight and sleeping capacity — and they are shown below. Its GVWR cannot even be derived, because deriving one needs the cargo capacity that neither source publishes. Rather than estimate the missing figures from the plans either side of it, the 295BH gets this row and no floorplan page until CrossRoads publishes the rest.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | Length | Sleeps | MSRP | GVWR / tongue / tanks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295BH | 7,084 lbs | 33' 9" | 8 | $42,900 | Not published |
The 295BH figures above are the CrossRoads factory roster card's, corroborated against the RVUSA structured record, which agrees exactly on all four. The factory floorplan description for the plan describes 41 by 70 inch bunks and a queen bed, so the layout is published even though the weights are not. This is the only plan across all 21 in the Zinger family that cannot be profiled from published data.
04 How to choose
The Zinger Lite roster splits cleanly on GVWR, and that split matters more than the floorplan. Three plans — the 190RB, 252BH and 260BH — sit on 7,500 to 7,600-pound chassis. Two — the 260RL and 290QB — sit on 8,800.
The clearest illustration is the 260BH against the 260RL: near-identical bodies, one inch apart in length and 222 pounds apart dry, but the 260BH runs a 7,600-pound GVWR for 1,456 pounds of cargo capacity — the tightest margin of all 21 plans in the Zinger family, on a plan the roster card rates for ten — while the 260RL runs 8,800 for 2,434. Occupants count against cargo capacity. On the 260BH, ten people is most of the payload before you load anything.
For the lightest way in, the 190RB is the cheapest and shortest and carries the largest cargo margin in the entire family at 2,956 pounds, on the lightest tongue of any tandem Zinger. For value per berth, the 252BH sleeps ten at 4,908 pounds dry for about 29,100 dollars — nothing else in the family sleeps ten for under thirty-five thousand or under six thousand pounds, though its 37-gallon fresh tank is the constraint if you dry-camp with a full crew. At the top, the 290QB matches the full-size Zinger 290KB's eleven berths for about 2,800 dollars less and 410 fewer pounds.
05 What to weigh before buying
Three rosters, one badge — check which Zinger the listing means
Zinger, Zinger Lite and Zinger Lite Mini share no floorplan codes and are three separate rosters with three separate model-year histories. The trap is the 18-series: 18BH, 18QB and 18RB were single-axle Zinger Lite plans through 2025 and are Zinger Lite Mini plans for 2026 — and they were re-specified on the move, so a 2025 18BH and a 2026 18BH publish different dry weights and different hitch weights. A used listing that just says “Zinger 18BH” does not tell you which trailer it is. Check the model year and the full line name, not the code.
Standards quoted here are the 2025 lists
The most recent factory literature CrossRoads publishes for the line is the February 2025 brochure; there is no 2026 brochure. The standards and options on these pages are that document's lists and are labelled 2025 throughout. They are useful — the 2026 roster is a close carryover and the independent spec records corroborate the air conditioner and refrigerator — but they are a year old, so confirm equipment on the unit. One specific: the 2025 standards list electric stabilizer jacks across the line but mark the 390DB as manual.
Solar: the factory lists prep and a panel, and does not reconcile them
The 2025 exterior standards list carries both a “Solar Prep” bullet and a “100 Watt Solar Panel” bullet, as two separate entries. This site renders both as published and does not resolve them into a single claim, because CrossRoads does not. If solar matters to your buying decision, ask the dealer to show you what is actually on the roof.
Berth counts and cargo capacity are different questions
Occupants count against cargo carrying capacity, and on this family the two figures pull hard against each other. The Zinger Lite 260BH is rated for ten on 1,456 pounds of cargo; the Zinger 331BH is rated for twelve on 1,540; the Zinger 328SB is rated for twelve on 1,630. Twelve adults is roughly 1,800 pounds before a single bag goes in. Meanwhile the Zinger 280RB and 340LR and the Zinger Lite 190RB all carry 2,500 pounds or more. Read the cargo column next to the sleeps column, and load to the weight sticker rather than to the berth count.
Match the tow vehicle honestly — and do not assume longer tows heavier
The Zinger Lite roster runs from 4,544 to 7,084 pounds dry on GVWRs from 7,500 to 8,800 pounds, with dry tongue weights from 562 to 860 pounds — and real loaded tongue weights run higher. Tongue weight does not track length in this family: the 43-foot Zinger 390DB asks 1,244 pounds on the ball while the 38-foot 340BH asks 1,296, and the 25-foot Zinger Lite 190RB asks 562 while the 31-foot 260BH asks 800. CrossRoads publishes no axle rating and no tire size for any Zinger line, so the trailer's own placard is the only authority on those. Tow rating alone is not enough: the tow vehicle's payload has to carry the tongue weight plus passengers and gear. Treat published tongue weights as a floor, weigh the loaded trailer, and confirm against your vehicle's door-jamb ratings and a proper weight-distributing hitch before buying.