2027 Forest River Cedar Creek Cottage40CCK

The Cedar Creek Cottage 40CCK has 1,526 lbs of cargo capacity between 12,474 lbs dry and its 14,000 lbs GVWR, 11% 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 40CCK shows, at the front, a front living room with a hide-a-bed sofa, a swivel-mounted TV and fireplace and a Murphy pantry. Mid-coach: a kitchen slide with a fridge and a microwave, a kitchen island, a table with chairs and power theater seating in a slide, a closet and drawers, and a bath with a shower with seat and linen storage behind a sliding door. At the rear: a king bed in a slide with overhead cabinets, a dresser with a TV above, a wardrobe with shelves and washer/dryer prep. It draws a 18-foot awning. Outside it labels an LP quick connect. Layouts change with options; check the unit itself.

Tongue weight is 1,810 lbs, 15% 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 2nd of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 12,269 lbs to 13,478 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 12,474 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 13,237 lbs, and the published GVWR of 14,000 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's own description of this floorplan reads: “40CCK Cottage has all the comfort and convenience of a fine home with residential style and full view windows. The rear king bedroom is well appointed with loads of storage, a slideout, wardrobe closet with washer and dryer, and shiplap accents for a modern farmhouse look. The island kitchen provides plenty of counter space and includes residential appliances and a bonus pantry. The front living room provides a…” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

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

• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.5%: largest of six; next is the 40CDL (14.3%).
• Dry weight, 12,474 lb: second-lightest of six, between the 40CRS (12,269 lb) and the 40CMK (12,519 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,810 lb: second-heaviest of six, between the 40CMK (1,765 lb) and the 40CDL (1,825 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,526 lb: third-largest of six, between the 40CMK (1,481 lb) and the 40CRS (1,731 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 10.9%: third-largest of six, between the 40CMK (10.6%) and the 40CRS (12.4%).
• Length, 40 ft 6 in: shortest of six, level with the 40CDL; next is the 40CFL2B (41 ft 3 in).

Next to the 40CRS, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 40CCK is 205 lb heavier by dry weight, has 205 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 195 lb heavier and is 1 ft 6 in shorter; the two publish the same GVWR, exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 40CMK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 40CCK is 45 lb lighter by dry weight, has 45 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 45 lb heavier and is 1 ft shorter; the two publish the same GVWR, 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), 41% of the 40CCK’s 1,526 lb cargo capacity, leaving 904 lb. Across 6 Cedar Creek Cottage floorplans the water share runs 30% to 57%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cedar Creek Cottage 40CRS at 36% and Cedar Creek Cottage 40CMK at 42%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).