2026 Forest River Cascade26KFC

The Cascade 26KFC has 1,342 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,463 lbs dry and its 7,805 lbs GVWR, 17% 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).

Tongue weight is 805 lbs, 12% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

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 Cascade roster this is the 11th of 16 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,604 lbs to 11,327 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 6,463 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 7,134 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,805 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. 26KFC is a Cascade designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 26KFC differs from the other fifteen Cascade floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17.2%: fourth-smallest of sixteen, between the 39DLC (15.1%) and the 301BHC (19.3%).
• Dry weight, 6,463 lb: sixth-heaviest of sixteen, between the 26SSC (6,203 lb) and the 29TEC (6,943 lb).
• GVWR, 7,805 lb: sixth-highest of sixteen, between the 23MSC and 27LHC (7,775 lb) and the 29TEC and 301BHC (9,995 lb).
• Tongue weight, 805 lb: sixth-heaviest of sixteen, between the 23MSC and 27LHC (775 lb) and the 29TEC (885 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.5%: sixth-largest of sixteen, between the 14BHLPC and 26LPC (12.3%) and the 29TEC (12.7%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,342 lb: seventh-smallest of sixteen, between the 17SCC (1,251 lb) and the 26SSC (1,522 lb).
• Length, 32 ft 9 in: seventh-longest of sixteen, between the 26SSC (30 ft 9 in) and the 27LHC (33 ft 2 in).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 5 in: shared with the 17SCC; of sixteen, five lower and nine taller, nearest the 17MPHC, 17THHC and 18PBC (10 ft 4 in) and the 26LPC (10 ft 6 in).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: largest of sixteen, level with the 23MSC, 26LPC and four others; next are the 20OGC, 39DLC and 39TNC (40 gal).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 23MSC, 26SSC and three others; of sixteen, seven smaller and three larger, nearest the 14BHLPC, 17LPC and three others (28 gal) and the 20OGC, 39DLC and 39TNC (40 gal).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: shared with the 23MSC, 26LPC and four others; of sixteen, six smaller and three larger, nearest the 14BHLPC, 17LPC and two others (28 gal) and the 20OGC, 39DLC and 39TNC (40 gal).

Next to the 26SSC, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26KFC is 260 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 80 lb higher, has 180 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 2 ft longer and stands 3 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 29TEC, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26KFC is 480 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,190 lb lower, has 1,710 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb lighter, is 3 ft 9 in shorter and stands 3 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Cascade covers a wider span than any other Forest River travel-trailer line this site has catalogued: thirty-three published floorplans in five factory groupings - single axle, tandem axle, tandem-axle toy hauler, fish house and destination - running from 2,604 lb dry at 17 feet 3 inches to 11,327 lb at 42 feet 8 inches. Tongue weight runs 320 to 1,342 lb over that span. The grouping a plan belongs to predicts its class far better than its floorplan number does, so both are in the table below.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 32% of the 26KFC’s 1,342 lb cargo capacity, leaving 910 lb. Across 16 Cascade floorplans the water share runs 8% to 32%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Cascade 26SSC at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).