2026 Forest River Cascade26SSC

The Cascade 26SSC has 1,522 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,203 lbs dry and its 7,725 lbs GVWR, 20% 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 725 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 10th of 16 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,604 lbs to 11,327 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 6,203 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 6,964 lbs, and the published GVWR of 7,725 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. 26SSC is a Cascade designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

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

• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.7%: sixth-smallest of sixteen, between the 301BHC (19.3%) and the 17LPC and 18PBC (20%).
• Dry weight, 6,203 lb: seventh-heaviest of sixteen, between the 27LHC (6,038 lb) and the 26KFC (6,463 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.7%: shared with the 17THHC; of sixteen, two smaller and twelve larger, nearest the 18PBC (10.7%) and the 39DLC (11.8%).
• GVWR, 7,725 lb: eighth-lowest of sixteen, between the 26LPC (7,560 lb) and the 23MSC and 27LHC (7,775 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,522 lb: eighth-smallest of sixteen, between the 26KFC (1,342 lb) and the 27LHC (1,737 lb).
• Tongue weight, 725 lb: eighth-lightest of sixteen, between the 17THHC (602 lb) and the 23MSC and 27LHC (775 lb).
• Length, 30 ft 9 in: eighth-longest of sixteen, between the 23MSC and 26LPC (29 ft 2 in) and the 26KFC (32 ft 9 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).
• Exterior height, 10 ft 8 in: shared with the 23MSC, 27LHC and 29TEC; of sixteen, eight lower and four taller, nearest the 26LPC (10 ft 6 in) and the 301BHC (11 ft 1 in).
• Black tank, 38 gal: shared with the 23MSC, 26KFC 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, 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 27LHC, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 26SSC is 165 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 50 lb lower, has 215 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 50 lb lighter and is 2 ft 5 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 26KFC, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26SSC is 260 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 80 lb lower, has 180 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb lighter, is 2 ft shorter and stands 3 in taller; 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), 28% of the 26SSC’s 1,522 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,090 lb. Across 16 Cascade floorplans the water share runs 8% to 32%, and 1 gives up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cascade 17LPC at 28% and Cascade 26KFC at 32%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).