2026 Grey Wolf 26SS

The Cherokee Grey Wolf 26SS builds a couples' coach around a rear kitchen. The galley anchors the back of the trailer with a spacious pantry beside the refrigerator, an air-fryer microwave and generous overhead cabinets, while the booth dinette sits on the slide and a sofa faces an electric fireplace with hidden shelves behind it for storage. The front of the trailer is a private master bedroom with an RV king bed and a side wardrobe, and a walk-through bathroom — tub/shower, toilet and a vanity with counter space — connects the living area to the bedroom. An outside kitchen lets a couple cook out of doors as well.

Grey Wolf builds it on a wood-frame body with aluminum sidewall construction, riding on the Cherokee Stable Step, with the widely stocked Black Label trim adding Thermo-Foil Arctic insulation, high-gloss gel-coat sidewalls and frameless tinted automotive glass. Standard equipment includes a 15,000-BTU air conditioner, a 12-volt refrigerator, an air-fryer convection microwave, a tankless water heater and a 15-foot power awning, with a 200-watt solar package available. A 52-gallon fresh tank and 38-gallon grey and black tanks support a couple's water use away from hookups.

At 5,987 pounds dry against a 7,764-pound GVWR it leaves roughly 1,777 pounds of cargo capacity, comfortable for two, and tows easily behind a half-ton truck. The factory record does not publish the refrigerator's cubic footage, so it is flagged; one dealer listing quotes a heavier as-built figure once option packages are added, but the factory base weight is used here. For couples who specifically want a rear cook's kitchen, a private king master and a fireplace lounge — a galley-focused layout rather than a rear lounge or rear bath — the 26SS is the Grey Wolf line's rear-kitchen couples' plan.

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 26SS 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.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 434 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 26SS’s 1,777 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,343 lb (336 lb per rated berth). Across 29 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplans the water share runs 9% to 60%, and 8 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Grey Wolf 27LH at 24% and Cherokee Grey Wolf 23MS at 24%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Cherokee Grey Wolf 23MK, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 30 ft 11 in vs 28 ft 10 in; dry weight 5,987 lb vs 5,750 lb; GVWR 7,764 lb vs 7,801 lb; cargo capacity 1,777 lb vs 2,051 lb; dry hitch weight 764 lb vs 801 lb. They match on sleeps, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Grey Wolf 27LH is 9 lb lighter (7,755 lb GVWR); Cherokee Grey Wolf 23MK is 37 lb heavier (7,801 lb GVWR).

All 29 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplans: Cherokee Grey Wolf line hub.

Against the 26SS: the Campsite Reserve 25MW is 1 lb heavier and 1 ft shorter; the Coachmen Catalina 231BHS is 2 lb lighter and 3 ft shorter and sleeps 4 more; the Aurora Light 23BHS is 4 lb heavier and 3 ft shorter.

15 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 26SS. Not published: interior height, axle count, tire specification.

Values marked with an asterisk are arithmetic on published figures or come from a single source; the flag travels into the downloadable spec sheet.

Sourcing rules: methodology.