2027 Forest River Cardinal / Wildcat37GALLEY

The Cardinal 37GALLEY has 2,957 lbs of cargo capacity between 11,123 lbs dry and its 14,080 lbs GVWR, 21% of that rating; filling its 60-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 498 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Pin weight is 2,080 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: 152 gallons of grey and black capacity against 60 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Cardinal roster this is the 3rd of 9 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 9,688 lbs to 12,033 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 11,123 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 12,601 lbs, and the published GVWR of 14,080 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 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. 37GALLEY is a Cardinal designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 37GALLEY differs from the other eight Cardinal floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 2,957 lb: second-largest of nine, between the 36FL (2,952 lb) and the 33CHEF (3,327 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 21%: second-largest of nine, between the 36FL (20.7%) and the 33CHEF (24%).
• Dry weight, 11,123 lb: third-lightest of nine, between the 33CHEF (10,558 lb) and the 36FL (11,283 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 18.7%: fourth-largest of nine, between the 32CHILL (18.2%) and the 38DEN (19.2%).
• GVWR, 14,080 lb: fifth-lowest of nine, between the 41DUB (14,050 lb) and the 36FUN (14,095 lb).
• Pin weight, 2,080 lb: fifth-lightest of nine, between the 41DUB (2,050 lb) and the 36FUN (2,095 lb).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 5 in: shared with the 36FUN; of nine, six lower and one taller, nearest the 36FL, 38DEN and two others (13 ft 4 in) and the 35CRIB (13 ft 6 in).
• Black tank, 76 gal: largest of nine, level with the 35CRIB, 36FUN and 42MASTERS; next are the 32CHILL, 33CHEF and three others (38 gal).
• Length, 42 ft 9 in: shared with the 36FUN; of nine, three shorter and four longer, nearest the 35CRIB (42 ft 8 in) and the 36FL and 38DEN (44 ft 5 in).

Next to the 33CHEF, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 37GALLEY is 565 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 195 lb higher, has 370 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 195 lb heavier, is 4 ft 6 in longer, stands 2 in taller and has a black tank 38 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 36FL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 37GALLEY is 160 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 155 lb lower, has 5 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 155 lb lighter, is 1 ft 8 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and has a black tank 38 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Cardinal is Forest River's extended-stay fifth wheel, aimed at people who live in the trailer for long stretches rather than long weekends, and for 2027 Forest River publishes the same nine floorplans, with the same figures, under a second badge: Wildcat. Every one of the nine ties out exactly - dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR on all nine, under both badges. Pin weights run 1,765 to 2,305 lb.

A full 60-gallon fresh tank is about 498 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 17% of the 37GALLEY’s 2,957 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,459 lb. Across 9 Cardinal floorplans the water share runs 15% to 26%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cardinal 33CHEF at 15% and Cardinal 36FL at 17%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).