2026 Forest River Cascade26LPC

The Cascade 26LPC has 3,002 lbs of cargo capacity between 4,558 lbs dry and its 7,560 lbs GVWR, 40% 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 560 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: 66 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 5th of 16 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,604 lbs to 11,327 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 4,558 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 6,059 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,560 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. 26LPC is a Cascade designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

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

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 39.7%: largest of sixteen; next is the 39TNC (32.4%).
• Cargo capacity, 3,002 lb: third-largest of sixteen, between the 20OGC (2,861 lb) and the 29TEC (3,052 lb).
• Dry weight, 4,558 lb: fifth-lightest of sixteen, between the 18PBC (4,459 lb) and the 17MPHC (4,879 lb).
• Tongue weight, 560 lb: fifth-lightest of sixteen, between the 18PBC (475 lb) and the 17MPHC (590 lb).
• GVWR, 7,560 lb: seventh-lowest of sixteen, between the 17THHC (5,702 lb) and the 26SSC (7,725 lb).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 6 in: eighth-lowest of sixteen, between the 17SCC and 26KFC (10 ft 5 in) and the 23MSC, 26SSC and two others (10 ft 8 in).
• Fresh tank, 52 gal: largest of sixteen, level with the 23MSC, 26KFC and four others; next are the 20OGC, 39DLC and 39TNC (40 gal).
• Black tank, 28 gal: shared with the 14BHLPC, 17LPC and two others; of sixteen, two smaller and nine larger, nearest the 17THHC (4.5 gal) and the 23MSC, 26KFC and four others (38 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.3%: shared with the 14BHLPC; of sixteen, eight smaller and six larger, nearest the 17MPHC and 20OGC (12.1%) and the 26KFC (12.5%).
• Length, 29 ft 2 in: shared with the 23MSC; of sixteen, six shorter and eight longer, nearest the 17MPHC and 17THHC (26 ft 8 in) and the 26SSC (30 ft 9 in).
• Grey tank, 38 gal: shared with the 23MSC, 26KFC 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 18PBC, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26LPC is 99 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,985 lb higher, has 1,886 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 85 lb heavier, is 5 ft 3 in longer, stands 2 in taller, has a fresh tank 26 gal larger and has a grey tank 10 gal larger; the two publish the same black tank.

Next to the 17MPHC, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26LPC is 321 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,870 lb higher, has 2,191 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 30 lb lighter, is 2 ft 6 in longer, stands 2 in taller, has a fresh tank 40 gal larger, has a grey tank 26 gal larger and has a black tank 24 gal larger.

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), 14% of the 26LPC’s 3,002 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,570 lb. Across 16 Cascade floorplans the water share runs 8% to 32%, and 11 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cascade 29TEC at 14% and Cascade 39DLC at 16%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).