2027 Forest River Cherokee Arctic Wolf273RL

The Cherokee Arctic Wolf 273RL has 2,972 lbs of cargo capacity between 8,668 lbs dry and its 11,640 lbs GVWR, 26% 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 273RL 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, a pantry and a wardrobe with washer/dryer prep. Mid-coach: a hutch, a kitchen island with a trash can, a kitchen slide with a hidden pantry, a microwave and a 12-volt refrigerator, and theater seating and a free-standing table with chairs in a second slide. At the rear: a tri-fold sofa across the rear under overhead cabinets, and an angled entertainment center with a fireplace. 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 1,440 lbs, 17% 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: 76 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 2nd 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 8,668 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 10,154 lbs, and the published GVWR of 11,640 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. 273RL is a Cherokee Arctic Wolf designation, and this site does not decode the code itself into a layout claim.

How the 273RL differs from the other nine Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Pin weight, 1,440 lb: lightest of ten; next is the 285OPT (1,485 lb).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 11 in: lowest of ten; next is the 252RK (13 ft).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: smallest of ten; next are the 285OPT, 33IBAR and two others (70 gal).
• Dry weight, 8,668 lb: second-lightest of ten, between the 285OPT (8,638 lb) and the 252RK (8,838 lb).
• GVWR, 11,640 lb: second-lowest of ten, between the 285OPT (10,645 lb) and the 252RK (11,850 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 25.5%: second-largest of ten, between the 252RK (25.4%) and the 33IBAR (25.9%).
• Length, 32 ft 9 in: second-shortest of ten, between the 252RK (32 ft 4 in) and the 285OPT (34 ft 11 in).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 16.6%: third-smallest of ten, between the 343MB and 37LOFT (16%) and the 33IBAR (16.7%).
• Cargo capacity, 2,972 lb: fourth-largest of ten, between the 39LEAH.G (2,800 lb) and the 252RK (3,012 lb).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: shared with the 252RK, 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).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 252RK 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 285OPT, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 273RL is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 995 lb higher, has 965 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 45 lb lighter, is 2 ft 2 in shorter, stands 2 in lower, has a fresh tank 3 gal larger, has a grey tank 32 gal smaller and has a black tank 3 gal larger.

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

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), 15% of the 273RL’s 2,972 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,540 lb. Across 10 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans the water share runs 11% to 24%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Arctic Wolf 252RK at 14% and Cherokee Arctic Wolf 39LEAH.G at 15%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).