2027 Forest River Cherokee Alpha Wolf28RLX

The Cherokee Alpha Wolf 28RLX leaves Forest River's factory at 7,638 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,760 lbs and 2,122 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 22% 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 2,122 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 780 lbs, or 10% 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, 70 grey and 35 black, 105 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 7th of 8 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,468 lbs to 8,463 lbs. It sits in the heavier 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 7,638 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 8,699 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 9,760 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. 28RLX is a Cherokee Alpha Wolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 28RLX 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, 10.2%: smallest of eight; next is the 28QBX (10.7%).
• Dry weight, 7,638 lb: second-heaviest of eight, between the 31DBX (6,828 lb) and the 32BHX (8,463 lb).
• GVWR, 9,760 lb: second-highest of eight, between the 31DBX (8,995 lb) and the 32BHX (10,683 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21.7%: third-smallest of eight, between the 32BHX (20.8%) and the 25RDX (23%).
• Length, 34 ft 7 in: third-longest of eight, between the 28QBX (34 ft) and the 31DBX (36 ft 11 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,122 lb: fourth-largest of eight, between the 28QBX (2,027 lb) and the 25RKX (2,142 lb).
• Tongue weight, 780 lb: fourth-heaviest of eight, between the 31DBX (755 lb) and the 25FKX (805 lb).
• Grey tank, 70 gal: largest of eight, level with the 25FKX, 27BHX and 32BHX; next is the 25RDX (38 gal).

Next to the 31DBX, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28RLX is 810 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 765 lb higher, has 45 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 25 lb heavier, is 2 ft 4 in shorter and has a grey tank 35 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 32BHX, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28RLX is 825 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 923 lb lower, has 98 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 150 lb lighter, is 3 ft 7 in shorter and has a black tank 35 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and grey 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), 20% of the 28RLX’s 2,122 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,690 lb. Across 8 Cherokee Alpha Wolf floorplans the water share runs 19% to 33%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25RKX at 20% and Cherokee Alpha Wolf 28QBX at 21%. 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 25FKX, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 34 ft 7 in vs 26 ft 7 in; dry weight 7,638 lb vs 5,898 lb; GVWR 9,760 lb vs 7,805 lb; cargo capacity 2,122 lb vs 1,907 lb; hitch weight 780 lb vs 805 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Alpha Wolf 31DBX is 765 lb lighter (8,995 lb GVWR); Cherokee Alpha Wolf 32BHX is 923 lb heavier (10,683 lb GVWR).

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

Against the 28RLX: the White Hawk 32QBH is 10 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Zinger 328SB is 20 lb lighter and 2 ft longer; the Ozark 2500THK is 25 lb lighter and 6 ft shorter.

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

Sourcing rules: methodology.