2026 Cherokee Alpha Wolf29DCB

Forest River’s own floorplan sentence for the 29DCB reads: “The Alpha Wolf 29DCB floorplan has two entries and one slide out. Exterior features include: fiberglass exterior, 20' awning and outside kitchen. Interiors features include: bunk beds and front bedroom.” It is the only layout description the factory publishes for this plan, and nothing beyond it is described here: sleeping capacity, axle count and tire size are not published for the Alpha Wolf line in any factory channel.

The weights are why this page reads differently from its siblings. Forest River publishes a dry weight of 7,818 pounds and a cargo capacity of 2,317 pounds for the 29DCB, and its own glossary defines cargo capacity as exactly GVWR minus dry weight — but those two figures land 140 pounds above the loaded rating printed on the same page. One of the three printed figures is wrong and nothing published says which, so the printed GVWR is not given on this page as a rating; the note below sets out all three numbers, and the label on the trailer itself governs. The dry tongue weight is 1,165 pounds.

At 37' 5" long and 11' 0" tall, with a 96" body, the 29DCB carries the line-standard 81-gallon fresh tank with 70 gallons grey and 35 black, and a 20' awning. Filled, the fresh tank alone is about 672 pounds of the 2,317-pound cargo capacity. The build is the Alpha Wolf standard Forest River lists for the whole line: laminated fiberglass sidewalls over block-foam insulation on a drop-frame chassis, an engineered-wood Super Truss roof under a PVC membrane, an armored underbelly with forced-air heat and 12-volt pads on all holding tanks, an on-demand tankless water heater, four power stabilizer jacks and the Juice Pack solar package.

How the 29DCB differs from the other six 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.

• Length, 37 ft 5 in: second-longest of seven, between the 33BH (37 ft 2 in) and the 33RL (39 ft 3 in).
• Dry weight, 7,818 lb: third-heaviest of seven, between the 26RL (7,258 lb) and the 33BH (8,063 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,317 lb: fourth-smallest of seven, between the 22SW (2,222 lb) and the 26RL (2,492 lb).

Next to the 26RL, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 29DCB is 560 lb heavier by dry weight, has 175 lb less cargo capacity, is 2 ft 11 in longer, stands 2 in lower and has one fewer slide-out; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 33BH, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 29DCB is 245 lb lighter by dry weight, has 285 lb less cargo capacity, is 3 in longer, stands 2 in lower, has a black tank 35 gal smaller and has two fewer slide-outs; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Alpha Wolf is the laminated-fiberglass tier of Forest River's Cherokee travel-trailer family — a construction step above the metal-sided Grey Wolf and Wolf Den on the same drop-frame bumper-pull architecture, and a cross-shop against Forest River's own Salem / Wildwood, Jayco's Jay Flight, Keystone's Passport and Coachmen's Catalina. Eleven floorplans are published for 2026.

A full 81-gallon fresh tank is about 676 lb of water, 29% of the 29DCB’s 2,317 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,641 lb. Across 7 Alpha Wolf floorplans the water share runs 26% to 51%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Alpha Wolf 26RL at 27% and Alpha Wolf 22SW at 30%.

Closest sibling: the Alpha Wolf 33RL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 37 ft 5 in vs 39 ft 3 in; dry weight 7,818 lb vs 8,833 lb; cargo capacity 2,317 lb vs 2,562 lb; hitch weight 1,165 lb vs 1,195 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by dry weight: Alpha Wolf 26RL is 560 lb lighter (7,258 lb dry); Alpha Wolf 33BH is 245 lb heavier (8,063 lb dry).

All 7 Alpha Wolf floorplans: Alpha Wolf line hub.

Against the 29DCB: the Alta 2775KFK is 5 ft shorter; the Airelume 325 is 5 lb lighter; the Puma Ambush 29TH is 5 lb lighter.

13 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 29DCB. Not published: interior height, sleeps, axle count, tire specification. Printed but disputed, so not given as a rating: GVWR — Forest River’s own figures for it do not reconcile (the GVWR note above sets them out).

Sourcing rules: methodology.