2027 Forest River Cedar Creek Cottage40CFL2B

The Cedar Creek Cottage 40CFL2B has 1,096 lbs of cargo capacity between 12,904 lbs dry and its 14,000 lbs GVWR, 8% 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 40CFL2B shows, at the front, a front living room with a sectional sofa and a swivel-mounted TV and fireplace, a Murphy pantry, and a table with chairs. Mid-coach: a kitchen slide with a fridge and a microwave, a kitchen island, a half bath with linen storage, and a bedroom with a king bed in a slide, overhead cabinets and a dresser. At the rear: a bath with a shower with seat, two sinks, a closet, linen storage and a washer and dryer. It draws a 18-foot awning. Outside it labels an LP quick connect. Layouts change with options; check the unit itself.

Tongue weight is 1,530 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 5th of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 12,269 lbs to 13,478 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 12,904 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 13,452 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 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. 40CFL2B is a Cedar Creek Cottage designation, and this site does not decode the code itself into a layout claim.

How the 40CFL2B differs from the other five Cedar Creek Cottage floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,096 lb: smallest of six; next is the 40CDL (1,246 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 7.8%: smallest of six; next is the 40CDL (8.9%).
• Tongue weight, 1,530 lb: lightest of six; next is the 40CBK (1,565 lb).
• Dry weight, 12,904 lb: second-heaviest of six, between the 40CDL (12,754 lb) and the 40CBK (13,478 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.9%: second-smallest of six, between the 40CBK (11.6%) and the 40CRS (13.2%).
• Length, 41 ft 3 in: third-shortest of six, between the 40CCK and 40CDL (40 ft 6 in) and the 40CBK and 40CMK (41 ft 6 in).

Next to the 40CDL, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 40CFL2B is 150 lb heavier by dry weight, has 150 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 295 lb lighter, is 9 in longer and stands 7 in taller; the two publish the same GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 40CBK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 40CFL2B is 574 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,565 lb lower, has 991 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 35 lb lighter and is 3 in shorter; 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), 57% of the 40CFL2B’s 1,096 lb cargo capacity, leaving 474 lb. Across 6 Cedar Creek Cottage floorplans the water share runs 30% to 57%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Cedar Creek Cottage 40CDL at 50%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).