01 What makes it unique
The Cherokee Grey Wolf 20RDSE is the lightweight couples' entry in Forest River's highest-volume value-mid line. A front queen bedroom and a rear dinette and living area fill a 25-foot body that weighs just 4,665 pounds dry, making it an easy tow for a half-ton truck or a capable SUV — the kind of trailer that gets first-time buyers and downsizing couples into the Grey Wolf family.
Grey Wolf trailers are built on a wood-frame body with aluminum sidewall construction — the classic value-mid recipe — and ride on Cherokee's signature Stable Step entry. The Black Label trim adds Thermo-Foil Arctic insulation, gel-coat sidewalls and frameless tinted windows. A 13,500-BTU air conditioner is standard and solar prep or a solar package is available, so the trailer is ready for light off-grid use.
At 4,665 pounds dry against a 7,579-pound GVWR the spec sheet shows generous payload headroom, though as with the rest of this family the published GVWR is a max-axle figure, so the practical story is simply a light, easy-towing couples' trailer. RVUSA does not publish the refrigerator's cubic footage, so it is flagged here. For couples who want an affordable, light, name-brand trailer with a real bedroom and a comfortable rear lounge, the 20RDSE is the Grey Wolf line's accessible starting point.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 25' 1"
- Exterior width
- 8' 0"
- Exterior height
- 10' 8"
- Slide-outs
- 1
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight
- 4,665 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 7,579 lbs
- Net cargo / payload
- 2,914 lbs*
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 579 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 52 gal
- Grey water
- 38 gal
- Black water
- 28 gal
- Refrigerator
- 12V*
Construction
- Frame
- Wood-frame body
- Walls
- Aluminum sidewall
- Roof
- Walk-on · one-piece
- Insulation
- Thermo-Foil Arctic*
Running gear
- Axles
- Per plan (see above)
- Hitch
- Bumper Pull
- Entry
- Cherokee Stable Step
- Solar
- Solar prep / pkg
Galley & bath
- Cooktop
- 3-burner range
- Refrigerator
- 12V (size not published*)
- A/C
- 13,500 BTU
- Water heater
- Gas-electric / tankless
Sleeping & layout
- Sleeps
- 4
- Primary bed
- Front queen
- Layout
- Front queen bedroom, rear dinette/living, 1 slide
- Awnings
- 1
03 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplan family
The Cherokee Grey Wolf is Forest River's highest-volume value-mid travel trailer — the company calls it the number-one-selling RV in its lineup. It spans roughly twenty travel-trailer floorplans for 2026 plus toy-hauler and fish-house variants. The 20RDSE on this page is highlighted; each other profiled plan links to its own page. The highest-demand layouts are detailed here and the rest are catalogued on the line hub.
| Floorplan | Nominal | Sleeps | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19SM | 24 ft | 8 | Double-queen family, two queens + bunk, rear queen slide |
| 20RDSE | 25 ft | 4 | Compact rear-dinette couples, front queen |
| 22CE | 26 ft | 4 | Rear-kitchen + rear-bath couples, front king |
| 22MKSE | 27 ft | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front king + rear double bunks |
| 23DBH | 29 ft | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front master, dual entry |
| 23MK | 29 ft | 4 | Rear-living Murphy/kitchen couples |
| 23MS | 29 ft | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front king + rear bunks, outside kitchen |
| 26DJSE | 29 ft | 7 | Lightweight bunkhouse, walk-around king, mid kitchen |
| 26LP | 29 ft | 6 | Lightweight bunkhouse, front queen + double bunks, big payload |
| 26SS | 31 ft | 4 | Rear-kitchen couples, king master, walk-thru bath |
| 27GH | 31 ft | 4 | Front-kitchen couples, private rear king, outside kitchen |
| 26DBH | 32 ft | 6 | Double-bunk family, dual entry, outside kitchen |
| 26LK | 32 ft | 6 | Rear-bath couples, front king, fireplace lounge |
| 26BRB | 33 ft | 9 | King + bunks family, large slide, dual entry |
| 26KF | 33 ft | 9 | Front-kitchen bunkhouse, king + bunks, dual entry |
| 27LH | 34 ft | 3 | King-bed rear-living couples, residential sofa |
| 29QB | 37 ft | 7 | Two-bedroom coach, front + rear queen, dual entry |
| 29TE | 37 ft | 8 | Big bunkhouse, full outside kitchen, dual entry |
| 29NM | 38 ft | 9 | Two-room family coach, king bedroom + rear bunkhouse |
Every Cherokee Grey Wolf travel trailer is built on a wood-frame body with aluminum sidewall construction and rides on the Cherokee Stable Step; the Black Label trim adds Thermo-Foil Arctic insulation, gel-coat sidewalls and frameless tinted windows. Lengths, weights and equipment change with options and model year — always confirm against the unit's own weight sticker. Wolf Pup and Wolf Den lightweight spin-offs and the Arctic Wolf fifth wheels are documented separately.
04 What owners & reviewers report
Light, easy-towing couples' camper
At 4,665 lb dry in a 25-foot body it tows behind a half-ton or strong SUV — an affordable, name-brand way into the Grey Wolf family.
Generous fresh-water capacity
A 52-gallon fresh tank is large for a trailer this size — useful for couples who camp away from full hookups.
Published payload reads high
The line's max-axle GVWR makes the on-paper cargo figure large; treat it as headroom and weigh the loaded trailer.
Refrigerator size not published
RVUSA's structured record confirms a refrigerator but not its cubic footage; it is shown unverified and excluded from the completeness figure.
05 How it compares
A larger rear-living couples' coach with a Murphy bed and outside kitchen — more space and features, heavier.
Forest River's value-twin compact couples' plan — a laminate I-beam build, lighter and a bit cheaper.
The value-leader lightweight couples' alternative — lighter still, with a more basic build.