2027 Forest River Cherokee Arctic Wolf252RK

The Cherokee Arctic Wolf 252RK has 3,012 lbs of cargo capacity between 8,838 lbs dry and its 11,850 lbs GVWR, 25% of that rating; filling its 52-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 432 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s 2027 floorplan drawing for the 252RK shows, at the front, a 60-by-80 queen bed with overhead cabinets and a wardrobe, beside a bath with a shower, a porcelain stool and a wardrobe with washer/dryer prep. Mid-coach: a tri-fold sofa, an angled entertainment center with a fireplace, a super pantry with roll-out shelves, a 12-volt refrigerator and theater seating in a slide, and a dinette, a second refrigerator and an ice maker in a second slide. At the rear: a kitchen across the rear with a microwave, a sink and a pull-out top. It draws two slide-outs and 12-foot and 10-foot 8-inch awnings. Outside it labels outside storage and a towing hitch. Layouts change with options; check the unit itself.

Pin weight is 1,650 lbs, 19% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and comes off the truck’s payload, not its towing rating, so check it against the payload on your own door sticker (pin weight and payload).

Off hookups: 114 gallons of grey and black capacity against 52 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Cherokee Arctic Wolf roster this is the 3rd of 10 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 8,638 lbs to 13,568 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 8,838 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 10,344 lbs, and the published GVWR of 11,850 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River publishes no written floorplan description for this plan; the layout described above is read off Forest River’s own floorplan drawing for this model year. 252RK is a Cherokee Arctic Wolf designation, and this site does not decode the code itself into a layout claim.

How the 252RK differs from the other nine Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Length, 32 ft 4 in: shortest of ten; next is the 273RL (32 ft 9 in).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.7%: second-largest of ten, between the 3950SUITE (18.5%) and the 39LEAH.G (18.9%).
• Exterior height, 13 ft: second-lowest of ten, between the 273RL (12 ft 11 in) and the 285OPT (13 ft 1 in).
• Dry weight, 8,838 lb: third-lightest of ten, between the 273RL (8,668 lb) and the 33IBAR (10,143 lb).
• GVWR, 11,850 lb: third-lowest of ten, between the 273RL (11,640 lb) and the 343MB (13,665 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 3,012 lb: third-largest of ten, between the 273RL (2,972 lb) and the 343MB (3,267 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 25.4%: third-largest of ten, between the 343MB (23.9%) and the 273RL (25.5%).
• Pin weight, 1,650 lb: third-lightest of ten, between the 285OPT (1,485 lb) and the 343MB (1,665 lb).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: shared with the 273RL, 343MB and 39LEAH.G; of ten, five smaller and one larger, nearest the 285OPT, 33IBAR and three others (49 gal) and the 38DST (81 gal).
• Grey tank, 76 gal: shared with the 343MB and 39LEAH.G; of ten, five smaller and two larger, nearest the 285OPT, 33IBAR and two others (70 gal) and the 387ML and 38DST (105 gal).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 273RL and 343MB; of ten, three smaller and four larger, nearest the 285OPT, 33IBAR and 37LOFT (35 gal) and the 387ML, 38DST and 3950SUITE (70 gal).

Next to the 273RL, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 252RK is 170 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 210 lb higher, has 40 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 210 lb heavier, is 5 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 38 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 33IBAR, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 252RK is 1,305 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,845 lb lower, has 540 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 45 lb lighter, is 5 ft shorter, stands 2 in lower, has a fresh tank 3 gal larger, has a grey tank 6 gal larger and has a black tank 3 gal larger.

Thirteen 2027 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 2 Nov 2026. They run 8,638 to 13,568 lb dry on lengths of 32 feet 4 inches to 45 feet 3 inches, with hitch weights of 1,440 to 2,375 lb and cargo capacities of 1,977 to 3,552 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all thirteen, from 10,645 to 15,990 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 571.120 S10.4.2), 14% of the 252RK’s 3,012 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,580 lb. Across 10 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans the water share runs 11% to 24%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Arctic Wolf 343MB at 13% and Cherokee Arctic Wolf 273RL at 15%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).