2027 Forest River Cherokee Arctic Wolf387ML

The Cherokee Arctic Wolf 387ML leaves Forest River's factory at 13,568 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 15,868 lbs and 2,300 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 14% 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 49-gallon fresh tank spends 407 lbs of that 2,300 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Pin weight is 2,375 lbs, which is 18% of the dry weight. That figure lands on the truck's rear axle and comes straight off its payload rating - not its towing rating, which is the number most often quoted and the wrong one for this decision. Pin weight rises as the trailer is loaded, and a fifth wheel loaded toward its cargo capacity will put substantially more than 2,375 lbs over the bed. Read the payload figure on your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum for the model.

Tank capacities are 49 gallons fresh, 105 grey and 70 black, 175 gallons of waste capacity against 49 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 Arctic Wolf roster this is the 7th of 7 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 8,638 lbs to 13,568 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is. 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 13,568 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 14,718 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 15,868 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. 387ML is a Cherokee Arctic Wolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 387ML differs from the other six Cherokee Arctic 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.

• Dry weight, 13,568 lb: heaviest of seven; next is the 37LOFT (13,563 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 14.5%: smallest of seven; next is the 37LOFT (15.2%).
• Pin weight, 2,375 lb: heaviest of seven; next is the 39LEAH.G (2,240 lb).
• GVWR, 15,868 lb: second-highest of seven, between the 38DST (15,465 lb) and the 37LOFT (15,990 lb).
• Length, 44 ft 7 in: second-longest of seven, between the 37LOFT (44 ft) and the 39LEAH.G (45 ft 3 in).
• Cargo capacity, 2,300 lb: third-smallest of seven, between the 3950SUITE (2,202 lb) and the 37LOFT (2,427 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 17.5%: third-largest of seven, between the 285OPT (17.2%) and the 3950SUITE (18.5%).
• Grey tank, 105 gal: largest of seven, level with the 38DST; next is the 39LEAH.G (76 gal).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 6 in: tallest of seven, level with the 37LOFT and 38DST; next is the 39LEAH.G (13 ft 5 in).
• Black tank, 70 gal: shared with the 38DST and 3950SUITE; of seven, three smaller and one larger, nearest the 285OPT, 33IBAR and 37LOFT (35 gal) and the 39LEAH.G (76 gal).

Next to the 37LOFT, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 387ML is 5 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 122 lb lower, has 127 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 200 lb heavier, is 7 in longer, has a grey tank 35 gal larger and has a black tank 35 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Ten 2027 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 22 Oct 2026. They run 8,638 to 13,568 lb dry on lengths of 34 feet 9 inches to 45 feet 3 inches, with hitch weights of 1,485 to 2,375 lb and cargo capacities of 1,977 to 3,552 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all ten, from 10,645 to 15,990 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 49-gallon fresh tank is about 407 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 18% of the 387ML’s 2,300 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,893 lb. Across 7 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans the water share runs 11% to 24%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Arctic Wolf 37LOFT at 17% and Cherokee Arctic Wolf 3950SUITE at 18%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).

Closest sibling: the Cherokee Arctic Wolf 3950SUITE, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 6 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 44 ft 7 in vs 43 ft 9 in; dry weight 13,568 lb vs 11,998 lb; GVWR 15,868 lb vs 14,200 lb; cargo capacity 2,300 lb vs 2,202 lb; hitch weight 2,375 lb vs 2,215 lb; grey tank 105 gal vs 70 gal. They match on fresh tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Arctic Wolf 38DST is 403 lb lighter (15,465 lb GVWR); Cherokee Arctic Wolf 37LOFT is 122 lb heavier (15,990 lb GVWR).

All 7 Cherokee Arctic Wolf floorplans: Cherokee Arctic Wolf line hub.

Against the 387ML: the Avenue 38DBL is 127 lb heavier and 3 ft shorter; the Bighorn 31RL is 132 lb heavier and 9 ft shorter; the North Point 310RLTS is 132 lb heavier and 9 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 387ML. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.