Forest River Salem FSX 178BH
Still in production. A used 2023 would run roughly $18,700.
dry weight 3,879 lb + fresh water (39 gal, full) 325 lb + propane + battery 200 lb + gear for 2 600 lb. Brochure dry weight omits water, propane, batteries and your gear; this estimate doesn't.
Judged the way the app judges: estimated loaded weight against each vehicle's rating less a 10% margin, per model year, because the 178BH's published weights held steady.
The 23it doesn't fit
- Chevrolet Traverse (tow pkg) '18-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Chrysler Pacifica '17-26: over by ~1,764 lb loaded
- Ford Bronco 4-dr (2.7 EcoBoost, tow pkg) '21-26: over by ~954 lb loaded
- Ford Maverick (2.0 EcoBoost, 4K tow pkg) '22-26: over by ~1,404 lb loaded
- GMC Acadia (tow pkg) '20-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Honda Odyssey '18-26: over by ~1,854 lb loaded
- Honda Passport (AWD) '19-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Honda Pilot (AWD, tow pkg) '16-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Honda Ridgeline (AWD) '17-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Hyundai Palisade (tow pkg) '20-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Hyundai Santa Cruz (2.5T AWD) '22-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4-dr (tow pkg) '18-26: over by ~1,854 lb loaded
- Kia Telluride (tow pkg) '20-26: over by ~54 lb loaded
- Mazda CX-90 (3.3 turbo, tow pkg) '24-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Subaru Ascent '19-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Subaru Outback (XT / Wilderness) '20-26: over by ~1,854 lb loaded
- Tesla Model X (tow pkg) '16-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Tesla Model Y (tow pkg) '21-26: over by ~1,854 lb loaded
- Toyota 4Runner (4.0 V6) '11-24: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Toyota Grand Highlander (i-Force Max) '24-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Toyota Highlander (tow pkg) '20-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
- Toyota Sienna '21-26: over by ~1,854 lb loaded
- Volkswagen Atlas (tow pkg) '18-26: over by ~504 lb loaded
These verdicts assume 2 people aboard with typical gear. See the margin for your truck and your crew →
A missing row means the maker never published that figure: unknown, not zero.
- 1× Front roll-over Murphy queen bed (sofa below)(Permanent)—
- 2× Rear double-over-double bunks(Permanent)—
- 1× Booth dinette in slide(Convertible)—
Forest River (Caution tier): Forest River's price-leader travel trailer - single-axle wood-framed boxes plus a toy-hauler branch, cheap to buy and thin where it counts.
Findable: a few listed nationwide most weeks. Why: Forest River is a volume manufacturer; only one model year; still in production. Estimated from build volume and production span, not a count of live listings.
GVWR derived from published UVW + CCC; the page does not state GVWR directly. tier, bn and mat inherited from the 24 Salem FSX records already in the catalog (tier 24/24, mat 22/24 agreement); they are line-level properties, not read for this floorplan. Weights, dimensions and tanks are read from the manufacturer's spec table (src). Sleeps and bed layout from a separate research pass (conf med). Slide-out count added by a later pass: img alt text: 'Salem FSX 178BH floorplan has one entry and one slide out.' Raw HTML.
Live listings for the 178BH on the big marketplaces. Each search opens pre-filled with this exact floorplan:
Inventory varies by site and day. Slim pickings? search the whole Salem FSX line ↗
These are the facts. Whether it beats the other six thousand rigs for you depends on what you care about. Set your priorities as sliders, switch on your hard limits, and watch the whole market re-rank around them. Every exclusion explained, every margin shown.
See where it ranks for you →Data compiled from dealer and aggregator listings, retrieved 2026-09.