01 What makes it unique
The 287BH is Arctic Wolf’s most popular family plan and the one built for a crowd on a light pin. It pairs a private front queen bedroom with a private rear bunkhouse (double bunks at 54 by 74 inches and a wardrobe), a U-shaped dinette, a tri-fold sleeper sofa, a 39-inch LED television, an electric fireplace, a walk-in pantry and a deluxe outdoor kitchen with a refrigerator and an LP griddle, under a single slide, sleeping up to ten. At a 1,325-pound dry pin it carries the lowest pin weight in the line, and at about 8,368 pounds dry it is half-ton-friendly. It rides the full Arctic Wolf build: a 2-inch full-cage aluminum frame, laminated exterior walls under the Elemental Protection Package, an enclosed heated underbelly and automatic leveling.
Forest River publishes an 8,368-pound UVW and a 2,027-pound CCC, which derive a 10,395-pound GVWR (the manufacturer’s own definition is that CCC equals GVWR minus UVW), against the line’s lowest dry pin of 1,325 pounds. A 15,000-BTU central air conditioner (prepped for a second), a 35,000-BTU furnace, a 5,200-BTU electric fireplace, a tankless water heater, a 10-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, solid-surface counters and an 81-gallon Niagara fresh tank are standard, with a mandatory 100-watt Juice Pack solar package (expandable to 500 watts), a Series 27 battery and a 30-amp charge controller, under a 20-foot power awning.
US street pricing commonly runs in the mid-to-high $40,000s. It is the family, multi-sleeper Arctic Wolf. For a family that wants a private front bedroom, a private rear bunkhouse, a U-shaped dinette and a deluxe outdoor kitchen — sleeping up to ten on the line’s lowest pin, towable behind a properly rated half-ton-plus or three-quarter-ton truck — the 287BH is the line’s most popular family plan.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 35' 2"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 13' 2"
- Interior height
- 6' 4"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 8,368 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded, derived)
- 10,395 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 2,027 lbs
- Dry pin (hitch) weight
- 1,325 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 81 gal
- Grey water
- 70 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft 12V
Construction
- Frame
- 2" full-cage aluminum frame · high-density block-foam insulation · ToughBend rigid skirt metal
- Walls
- Laminated exterior walls (Elemental Protection Package) · high-gloss fiberglass skin
- Roof
- PVC roof membrane (lifetime warranty) · engineered-wood SuperTruss · 3/8" decking
- Underbelly
- Enclosed + heated underbelly · 12V tank heat pads · 5/8" T&G plywood floor
Running gear
- Axles
- 2 (tandem) · 7,000-lb or 8,000-lb group by plan · per-axle GAWR not separately published *
- Hitch
- Fifth-wheel (in-bed) · automatic leveling · 100W Juice Pack solar standard
- Brakes
- Electric · self-adjusting · Series 27 battery + 30A solar charge controller
- Tires
- Aluminum wheels · MORryde steps · outside shower
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner gas range · microwave · walk-in pantry · tankless water heater
- Refrigerator
- 10 cu ft 12V
- A/C
- 15,000 BTU (2nd 15K optional)
- Water heater
- Tankless · on-demand
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 10
- Slides
- 1
- Entries
- 1
- Awnings
- 1 (20')
- Primary bed
- Queen 60×80
03 The Arctic Wolf floorplan family
Arctic Wolf is Forest River's value-mid full-size fifth wheel — a step below the brand's own premium-mainstream sibling Sandpiper, and the value entry to Forest River full-size fifth-wheel ownership. Six of the most distinct 2026 floorplans are profiled here in full. The 287BH on this page is highlighted; each other plan links to its own page.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27SGS | 30 ft | 4 | Rear living, dual opposing slides, lightest and shortest, under 10,000 GVWR |
| 289PANO | 35 ft | 4 | New for 2026, dual-opposing panoramic rear living, second A/C standard |
| 287BH | 35 ft | 10 | Front bedroom + rear bunkhouse, most popular family plan, sleeps up to ten |
| 3250SUITE | 36 ft | 4 | Up-equipped rear-living suite, king bed slide, theater seating |
| 331BH | 38 ft | 10 | Two bedrooms + two baths, family bunkhouse-suite, sleeps up to ten |
| 38LEAH.G | 44 ft | 4 | RV News 2026 RV of the Year; washer/dryer standard, longest and heaviest |
Arctic Wolf is Forest River's value-mid full-size fifth wheel — a step below the brand's own premium-mainstream sibling Sandpiper, and the value entry to Forest River full-size fifth-wheel ownership. Six of the most distinct 2026 floorplans are profiled here in full; the remaining catalogued retail plans (285OPT, 387ML, 3650SUITE, 3750SUITE, 38DST, 3950SUITE) and one Dealer Stock Only plan (the rear-deck 3800DECK) are listed on the hub but not profiled. Every plan is built on a 2-inch full-cage aluminum frame with laminated exterior walls under the Elemental Protection Package, an enclosed and heated underbelly with 12-volt tank heat pads, automatic leveling, a 50-amp service, a tankless water heater, a 35,000-BTU furnace, a 5,200-BTU electric fireplace, a 15,000-BTU central air conditioner, solid-surface counters, an 81-gallon Niagara fresh tank line-wide and a mandatory 100-watt Juice Pack solar package (expandable to 500 watts) with a Series 27 battery and a 30-amp charge controller as standard. Hitch weight, UVW and CCC are published per plan on the Forest River factory page; GVWR is derived as UVW plus CCC per the manufacturer's own definition. The numeric per-axle GAWR is not separately published for Arctic Wolf (the line splits between 7,000-lb and 8,000-lb tandem axle groups by plan). UVW is a factory estimated average; real loaded pin weights run higher — always weigh the loaded coach and confirm against your truck's payload and rear-axle ratings.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Most popular family plan, lowest pin in the line
A private front bedroom plus a private rear bunkhouse sleeping up to ten, on the line’s lowest dry pin of 1,325 lb — a half-ton-friendly family coach.
Private rear bunkhouse + walk-in pantry
A dedicated rear bunkhouse with 54-by-74-inch double bunks and a wardrobe, plus a walk-in pantry — real separated kids’ space and galley storage.
Deluxe outdoor kitchen standard
A deluxe outdoor kitchen with a refrigerator and an LP griddle — a full second galley at the campsite, standard on the family plan.
Single slide, but a big floorplan
It sleeps up to ten on a single slide, so confirm the live-in feel suits you; a dealer listing once typo’d the dry weight (8,750) and payload (1,645), but the factory UVW is 8,368 lb and CCC 2,027 lb (the dealer’s GVWR 10,395 confirms factory).
05 How it compares
The bigger family plan — two bedrooms and two baths with dual opposing slides instead of a single-slide front-bed-plus-bunkhouse layout.
Keystone’s bunkhouse fifth wheel — a mainstream family cross-shop a tier across.
Forest River’s premium-mainstream full-size fifth wheel a tier above — a richer package at a higher price.