2027 Forest River Cherokee Alpha Wolf28QBX

The Cherokee Alpha Wolf 28QBX leaves Forest River's factory at 6,518 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 8,545 lbs and 2,027 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 24% 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 2,027 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 700 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, 35 grey and 35 black, 70 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 5th of 8 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,468 lbs to 8,463 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 6,518 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 7,532 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 8,545 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. 28QBX is a Cherokee Alpha Wolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 28QBX 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.

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 10.7%: second-smallest of eight, between the 28RLX (10.2%) and the 25RDX and 32BHX (11%).
• Tongue weight, 700 lb: third-lightest of eight, between the 25RDX (650 lb) and the 31DBX (755 lb).
• Dry weight, 6,518 lb: fourth-heaviest of eight, between the 27BHX (6,483 lb) and the 31DBX (6,828 lb).
• GVWR, 8,545 lb: fourth-highest of eight, between the 25FKX (7,805 lb) and the 31DBX (8,995 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,027 lb: fourth-smallest of eight, between the 25FKX (1,907 lb) and the 28RLX (2,122 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 23.7%: fourth-largest of eight, between the 25RDX (23%) and the 31DBX (24.1%).
• Length, 34 ft: fourth-longest of eight, between the 27BHX (31 ft 9 in) and the 28RLX (34 ft 7 in).
• Grey tank, 35 gal: smallest of eight, level with the 25RKX and 31DBX; next is the 25RDX (38 gal).

Next to the 27BHX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28QBX is 35 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 745 lb higher, has 710 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 135 lb lighter, is 2 ft 3 in longer and has a grey tank 35 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 31DBX, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28QBX is 310 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 450 lb lower, has 140 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 55 lb lighter and is 2 ft 11 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black 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), 21% of the 28QBX’s 2,027 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,595 lb. Across 8 Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans the water share runs 19% to 33%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 28RLX at 20% and Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25FKX at 23%. 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 31DBX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 34 ft 0 in vs 36 ft 11 in; dry weight 6,518 lb vs 6,828 lb; GVWR 8,545 lb vs 8,995 lb; cargo capacity 2,027 lb vs 2,167 lb; hitch weight 700 lb vs 755 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25FKX is 740 lb lighter (7,805 lb GVWR); Cherokee Alpha Wolf 31DBX is 450 lb heavier (8,995 lb GVWR).

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

Against the 28QBX: the Rockwood & Flagstaff Ultra Lite 2606WS is 3 lb lighter and 4 ft shorter; the Puma 26FKDS is 8 lb heavier and 3 ft shorter; the EVO 2985VBX is 26 lb heavier.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 28QBX. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.