2027 Forest River Cedar Creek Cottage40CBK

The Cedar Creek Cottage 40CBK has 2,087 lbs of cargo capacity between 13,478 lbs dry and its 15,565 lbs GVWR, 13% of that rating; filling its 75-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 622 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s 2027 floorplan drawing for the 40CBK shows, at the front, a king bed with overhead cabinets, a wardrobe and a dresser with a TV, under a loft with two bunk mats and storage. Mid-coach: a sectional sofa, a pantry, a microwave, a fridge, a kitchen island, a swivel-mounted TV and fireplace, a Murphy pantry and a dining table. At the rear: a bath with a shower with seat, two sinks, linen storage and washer/dryer prep, under a second loft with two bunk mats and a nightstand. It draws a 21-foot awning. Outside it labels an LP quick connect. Layouts change with options; check the unit itself.

Tongue weight is 1,565 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: 123 gallons of grey and black capacity against 75 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Cedar Creek Cottage roster this is the 6th of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 12,269 lbs to 13,478 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 13,478 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 14,522 lbs, and the published GVWR of 15,565 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 written floorplan description for this plan; the layout described above is read off Forest River’s own floorplan drawing for this model year. 40CBK is a Cedar Creek Cottage designation, and this site does not decode the code itself into a layout claim.

How the 40CBK differs from the other five Cedar Creek Cottage floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 13,478 lb: heaviest of six; next is the 40CFL2B (12,904 lb).
• GVWR, 15,565 lb: highest of six; next are the 40CCK, 40CDL and three others (14,000 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,087 lb: largest of six; next is the 40CRS (1,731 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 13.4%: largest of six; next is the 40CRS (12.4%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.6%: smallest of six; next is the 40CFL2B (11.9%).
• Tongue weight, 1,565 lb: second-lightest of six, between the 40CFL2B (1,530 lb) and the 40CRS (1,615 lb).
• Length, 41 ft 6 in: shared with the 40CMK; of six, three shorter and one longer, nearest the 40CFL2B (41 ft 3 in) and the 40CRS (42 ft).

Next to the 40CFL2B, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 40CBK is 574 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,565 lb higher, has 991 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 35 lb heavier and is 3 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Cedar Creek Cottage is a destination trailer, which is a different proposition from a travel trailer of the same size: it is towed to a site and left there, and the numbers show it. Six floorplans run 12,269 to 13,478 lb dry at 40 to 42 feet, on hitch weights of only 1,530 to 1,825 lb - far lighter at the hitch than a fifth wheel of the same mass. Cargo capacity runs 1,096 to 2,087 lb, and every plan ties out exactly against its published GVWR.

A full 75-gallon fresh tank is about 622 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 30% of the 40CBK’s 2,087 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,464 lb. Across 6 Cedar Creek Cottage floorplans the water share runs 30% to 57%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Cedar Creek Cottage 40CRS at 36%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).