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KZ Venom

19 floorplansFifth wheel201624Mixed build tier

KZ (Mixed tier): Venom was KZ's flagship fifth-wheel toy hauler (Thor Industries), built with aluminum-framed laminated sidewalls over Azdel composite, a walk-on roof and a heated, enclosed underbelly, and specified like a race hauler — 100+ gallon fresh tanks, dual 30-gallon fuel stations, generators and 88×96 cargo doors. The engineering is above the segment average but these are 13,000-15,000 lb trailers with heavy slide and suspension loads, and owner reports of slide, frame-flex and delamination problems are common enough to keep it out of the top tier. Absent from the 2025 lineup.

THE FLOORPLANS — 19
MODELYEARSLENGTHGVWRSLEEPSPRICE TODAYFINDING ONE
3815RG2023–2442.8 ft19,000 lb8Findable
3916RG2023–2443.7 ft19,000 lb8Findable
V3214DK2019–2035.0 ft14,995 lb8Findable
V3311TQ2016–1636.9 ft16,000 lb6Patient search
V3313TK2021–2440.8 ft16,000 lb8Findable
V3411TK2016–2038.8 ft16,000 lb8Findable
V3413TK2019–2440.9 ft16,000 lb8Common
V3517DK2019–1937.9 ft14,995 lb6Findable
V3815TK2019–2442.8 ft19,000 lb8Common
V3911TK2016–2342.7 ft19,000 lb9Common
V3912TK2024–2443.7 ft19,000 lb8Findable
V3916TK2019–2443.7 ft19,000 lb8Common
V4011QK2016–1742.8 ft19,000 lb8Findable
V4012TK2018–2043.6 ft19,000 lb9Findable
V4013TK2016–2443.5 ft19,000 lb8Common
V4020DQ2016–1743.4 ft19,000 lb6Findable
V4111TK2017–1843.3 ft19,000 lb10Findable
V4113TK2017–2343.6 ft19,000 lb10Common
V4114TK2017–2343.4 ft19,000 lb9Common
THE LINE, YEAR BY YEAR

Assembled from eight-plus model years of brochures, floorplan by floorplan. This is the part a spec sheet can't tell you: which years changed, and which year is the buy.

  • 2016Introduced with the Venom line
  • 2016Introduced as a full-size Venom, 37'8", 13,300 lb UVW
  • 2016Introduced
  • 2017Dropped
  • 2017Introduced
  • 2018Dropped
  • 2018Introduced
  • 2018Half bath added (40-gal tank)
  • 2018Half bath added (40-gal tank); UVW 14,300 to 14,700 lb
  • 2018Half bath added
  • 2019Introduced with the Venom V-Series
  • 2019Re-launched as a V-Series plan at 38'9" and 14,995 lb GVWR
  • 2019Introduced at 14,995 lb GVWR, 40'8" long
  • 2019Introduced
  • 2019Introduced at 18,000 lb GVWR
  • 2019Refrigerator to 18 cu ft; three 15K A/Cs with load management
  • 2019Dropped
  • 2019Off the option sheet
  • 2020GVWR back to 16,000 lb; UVW 12,410 lb
  • 2020GVWR raised to 16,000 lb
  • 2020Dropped
  • 2020V prefix dropped from the badge; UVW 15,010 lb
  • 2020V prefix dropped; UVW 15,310 to 15,020 lb
  • 2020V prefix dropped from the badge
  • 2021Dropped
  • 2021Introduced in the V-Series
  • 2021Fresh tank 112 to 100 gal; on-demand tankless water heater
  • 2021Fresh tank 112 to 100 gal; furnace to 40,000 BTU; on-demand tankless water heater
  • 2021Fresh tank to 100 gal; on-demand tankless water heater
  • 2021Returned as 4113TK
  • 2023Introduced as a Robby Gordon Speed UTV limited edition
  • 2024Folded into the main Venom lineup; 17.5" tires; two 15K ducted heat-pump A/Cs
  • 2024Folded into the main Venom lineup; 17.5" tires
  • 2024Folded into the main Venom lineup; GVWR to 19,000 lb; 17.5" tires
  • 2024Dropped
  • 2024Introduced
  • 2024Folded into the main Venom lineup; GVWR to 19,000 lb
  • 2024V prefix restored; two 15K ducted heat-pump A/Cs; 12 cu ft refrigerator
  • 2025Line discontinued
Which Venom is the right one — if any?

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