2027 Forest River Cherokee Alpha Wolf25RDX

The Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25RDX leaves Forest River's factory at 5,888 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,650 lbs and 1,762 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 23% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 1,762 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 650 lbs, or 11% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 52 gallons fresh, 38 grey and 38 black, 76 gallons of waste capacity against 52 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Cherokee Alpha Wolf roster this is the 2nd of 8 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,468 lbs to 8,463 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 5,888 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 6,769 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 7,650 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Forest River publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 25RDX is a Cherokee Alpha Wolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 25RDX differs from the other seven Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Dry weight, 5,888 lb: second-lightest of eight, between the 25RKX (5,468 lb) and the 25FKX (5,898 lb).
• GVWR, 7,650 lb: second-lowest of eight, between the 25RKX (7,610 lb) and the 27BHX (7,800 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,762 lb: second-smallest of eight, between the 27BHX (1,317 lb) and the 25FKX (1,907 lb).
• Tongue weight, 650 lb: second-lightest of eight, between the 25RKX (610 lb) and the 28QBX (700 lb).
• Black tank, 38 gal: second-largest of eight, between the 25FKX, 25RKX and four others (35 gal) and the 32BHX (70 gal).
• Length, 29 ft 11 in: third-shortest of eight, between the 25RKX (26 ft 11 in) and the 27BHX (31 ft 9 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23%: fourth-smallest of eight, between the 28RLX (21.7%) and the 28QBX (23.7%).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: fourth-smallest of eight, between the 25RKX, 28QBX and 31DBX (35 gal) and the 25FKX, 27BHX and two others (70 gal).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 2 in: lowest of eight, level with the 25FKX and 25RKX; next are the 27BHX, 28QBX and three others (11 ft 4 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11%: shared with the 32BHX; of eight, two smaller and four larger, nearest the 28QBX (10.7%) and the 31DBX (11.1%).

Next to the 25RKX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 25RDX is 420 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 40 lb higher, has 380 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 40 lb heavier, is 3 ft longer, has a grey tank 3 gal larger and has a black tank 3 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 25FKX, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 25RDX is 10 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 155 lb lower, has 145 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 155 lb lighter, is 3 ft 4 in longer, has a grey tank 32 gal smaller and has a black tank 3 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Eight 2027 Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 22 Oct 2026. They run 5,468 to 8,463 lb dry on lengths of 26 feet 7 inches to 38 feet 2 inches, with hitch weights of 610 to 930 lb and cargo capacities of 1,317 to 2,220 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all eight, from 7,610 to 10,683 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 25RDX’s 1,762 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,330 lb. Across 8 Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans the water share runs 19% to 33%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25FKX at 23% and Cherokee Alpha Wolf 27BHX at 33%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25RKX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 7 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 29 ft 11 in vs 26 ft 11 in; dry weight 5,888 lb vs 5,468 lb; GVWR 7,650 lb vs 7,610 lb; cargo capacity 1,762 lb vs 2,142 lb; hitch weight 650 lb vs 610 lb; grey tank 38 gal vs 35 gal; black tank 38 gal vs 35 gal. They match on fresh tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25RKX is 40 lb lighter (7,610 lb GVWR); Cherokee Alpha Wolf 27BHX is 150 lb heavier (7,800 lb GVWR).

All 8 Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans: Cherokee Alpha Wolf line hub.

Against the 25RDX: the Puma Tracks 2750BHS is 3 ft longer.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 25RDX. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.