2026 Forest River Cascade29TEC

The Cascade 29TEC has 3,052 lbs of cargo capacity between 6,943 lbs dry and its 9,995 lbs GVWR, 31% 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 885 lbs, 13% 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 12th 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 6,943 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 8,469 lbs, and the published GVWR of 9,995 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. 29TEC is a Cascade designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 29TEC differs from the other fifteen Cascade floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 3,052 lb: second-largest of sixteen, between the 26LPC (3,002 lb) and the 39TNC (4,255 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 30.5%: fourth-largest of sixteen, between the 20OGC (25.5%) and the 14BHLPC (31.8%).
• Length, 36 ft 6 in: fourth-longest of sixteen, between the 20OGC (35 ft 8 in) and the 301BHC (37 ft 3 in).
• Dry weight, 6,943 lb: fifth-heaviest of sixteen, between the 26KFC (6,463 lb) and the 301BHC (8,063 lb).
• Tongue weight, 885 lb: fifth-heaviest of sixteen, between the 26KFC (805 lb) and the 301BHC (960 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.7%: fifth-largest of sixteen, between the 26KFC (12.5%) and the 27LHC and 39TNC (12.8%).
• GVWR, 9,995 lb: shared with the 301BHC; of sixteen, eleven lower and three higher, nearest the 26KFC (7,805 lb) and the 20OGC (11,210 lb).
• 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, 26SSC and 27LHC; 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 26KFC, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 29TEC is 480 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 2,190 lb higher, has 1,710 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb heavier, is 3 ft 9 in longer and stands 3 in taller; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 301BHC, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 29TEC is 1,120 lb lighter by dry weight, has 1,120 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 75 lb lighter, is 9 in shorter and stands 5 in lower; the two publish the same GVWR, 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), 14% of the 29TEC’s 3,052 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,620 lb. Across 16 Cascade floorplans the water share runs 8% to 32%, and 12 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cascade 17MPHC at 12% and Cascade 26LPC at 14%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).