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FLOOR-PLAN RECORD · 2027

Cougar Half-Ton 28RLI

The lowest pin share in the Cougar family: 1,435 lb of hitch weight on 9,179 lb dry, or 15.6%. Rear living, a king bed, and the second-smallest cargo figure of the sixteen.

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Cougar Half-Ton 28RLI scale drawing: 32 ft 8 in long, 12 ft 8 in tall Side elevation drawn to scale from the published exterior length of 32 ft 8 in and exterior height of 12 ft 8 in. The outline is a generic fifth-wheel shape, not a profile of this unit. Roof sits 10 in under a 13 ft 6 in limit. Overall length is 7 ft 4 in shorter than a 40 ft pad. 13 FT 6 IN CLEARANCE 12 ft 8 in 32 ft 8 in overall 40 FT PAD Roof: 10 in under a 13 ft 6 in limit Length: 7 ft 4 in shorter than a 40 ft pad SCALE DRAWING FROM PUBLISHED DIMENSIONS

Drawn to scale from the published 32 ft 8 in length and 12 ft 8 in height, on a generic outline: 10 in under a 13 ft 6 in roof limit and 7 ft 4 in shorter than a 40 ft pad.

Lightest on the pin, lightest on cargo

Two figures define the 28RLI, and they pull in opposite directions.

Pin share of dry weight15.6%, 1 of 16 lowest1,435 lb of hitch weight, the same figure Keystone publishes for the 2700BH; the 320RDS is next at 15.7%
Hitch weight4 of 16 lightest1,435 lb
Cargo carrying capacity15 of 161,821 lb; only the 316RLS publishes less, by 31 lb
GVWR margin1,821 lb, 7 of 8RVUSA's 11,000 lb minus Keystone's 9,179 lb; the 26RKE carries the same GVWR
Length7 of 16 shortest32 ft 8 in, which is 7 ft 4 in under a 40 ft pad
Dry weight6 of 16 lightest9,179 lb
Sleeping capacity11 of 16Up to 6 on two slides

The pin share is division on two published figures, not a description of any loaded trailer. The cargo figure is Keystone's own.

The table those ranks come from

Length32 ft 8 in
Dry weight9,179 lb
GVWR11,000 lb
Hitch / pin weight1,435 lb
Sleeping capacityUp to 6
Slides2
Fresh water54 gal
Gray water60 gal
Black water30 gal
Exterior height152 in with A/C
Cargo carrying capacity1,821 lb

GVWR and slide count are RVUSA's 2027 figures.

Rear living, and the kitchen Keystone calls gourmet

The tagline is "Rear Living, King Bed, Gourmet Kitchen". Keystone's feature list names a main slide-out, a booth dinette, a king bed with underbed storage, a shower with skylight, a 21-inch range with glass cover, a 10.6 cubic foot refrigerator, a 60K tankless water heater, an 18K BTU air conditioner, a 30K BTU furnace, electric four-point leveling, axles with ABS, Goodyear 10-ply tires, dual-pane frameless windows, one electric awning, and slide toppers. It is a Cougar Half-Ton, and RVUSA counts two slides.

Rear living fixes one end of the plan. The walkthrough is for finding out what the two slides carry and how the kitchen sits between the living room and the bed, because the feature list names only the main slide-out. The tradeoff on this layout is not the pin, which is the family's lightest share; it is the cargo figure. At 1,821 lb it ranks 15 of 16, 239 lb under the 26RES and 589 lb under the 30REP, the two other rear-living Half-Tons, and 31 lb above the 316RLS, the rear-living Cougar that publishes the lowest figure in the lineup.

Put another way, the 28RLI asks the least of a hitch and gives the least room on the label to load behind it. Both statements come from the same two published numbers and RVUSA's GVWR, and a buyer choosing between it and the 26RES is choosing between a second slide with two more sleeping places and 239 lb of carrying capacity.

Keystone's 2027 Cougar Half-Ton 28RLI floor plan and figures →

The rear-living Cougars, lined up by what they add

One slide and a sectional insteadCougar Half-Ton 26RES

1 ft 9 in shorter and 939 lb lighter, with a rear L-shaped sectional on one slide and 4 sleepers rather than 6. Its hitch weight is 105 lb higher at 1,540 lb, RVUSA's GVWR 700 lb lower at 10,300 lb, and carrying capacity 239 lb higher at 2,060 lb.

Open record →Rear living plus an electric side patioCougar Half-Ton 30REP

2 ft 3 in longer and 411 lb heavier, with 455 lb more hitch weight at 1,890 lb, one slide, and 4 sleepers. RVUSA's GVWR is 12,000 lb against this plan's 11,000 lb, and carrying capacity is 589 lb higher at 2,410 lb.

Open record →Same words, Cougar subline, three slidesCougar 316RLS

Rear living room, king bed, and an oversized bathroom on three slides. It is 3 ft longer and 1,931 lb heavier, with 685 lb more hitch weight at 2,120 lb and an RVUSA GVWR of 12,900 lb against this plan's 11,000 lb, and it sleeps the same 6. Carrying capacity is 31 lb lower at 1,790 lb, the family's lowest; tanks grow from 144 gal to 189 gal.

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Start at the back wall

  1. Sit in the rear living room with both slides in, then out. The main slide-out is the one Keystone names; find out what the second slide carries and whether the living room depends on it.
  2. Open the glass cover on the 21-inch range, open the 10.6 cubic foot refrigerator, and count the drawers, then decide what the word gourmet refers to on the unit in front of you.
  3. Lift the king mattress for the underbed storage, the one interior storage volume named. With 1,821 lb of carrying capacity, the family's second-lowest, where things go matters as much as what goes.
  4. Measure the roof at the 18K BTU air conditioner. Keystone publishes 12 ft 8 in as one figure that includes the A/C rather than listing it separately, which is 10 in under a 13 ft 6 in clearance.
Sources and model year

Figures, sources, and the 2027 read

Keystone's 2027 Cougar Half-Ton 28RLI floor-plan page supplied length, dry and hitch weight, carrying capacity, tanks, sleeping capacity, height, and the layout terms: figures read on 2026-08-15, tagline and feature names on 2026-09-12. The 11,000 lb GVWR and the slide count of 2 come from RVUSA's 2027 guide. The 15.6% pin share and the 1,821 lb margin are division and subtraction on this page. Ranks count all 16 Cougar records across the Sport, Half-Ton, and Cougar sublines.