2027 Forest River Cherokee Grey Wolf28RRTS

The Cherokee Grey Wolf 28RRTS leaves Forest River's factory at 7,243 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,995 lbs and 2,752 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 28% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 2,752 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 1,230 lbs, or 17% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits above it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 52 gallons fresh, 38 grey and 38 black, 76 gallons of waste capacity against 52 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Cherokee Grey Wolf roster this is the 29th of 31 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,449 lbs to 7,356 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 7,243 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 8,619 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 9,995 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

Forest River publishes no floorplan description for this plan in the channel this page is built from - only the numeric specification block. Rather than describe a layout from the floorplan code, which would be a guess dressed as a fact, this page carries what the factory publishes and says where it stops. 28RRTS is a Cherokee Grey Wolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 28RRTS differs from the other 30 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Exterior height, 10 ft 10 in: tallest of 31; next are the 18RR, 20RDSE and nineteen others (10 ft 8 in).
• Tongue weight, 1,230 lb: second-heaviest of 31, between the 27RR (1,183 lb) and the 28RRT (1,274 lb).
• Length, 37 ft 1 in: second-longest of 31, between the 28RRT (36 ft 11 in) and the 29NM (37 ft 7 in).
• Dry weight, 7,243 lb: third-heaviest of 31, between the 27RR (6,924 lb) and the 28RRT (7,280 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 17%: third-largest of 31, between the 17MP (15.5%) and the 27RR (17.1%).
• Cargo capacity, 2,752 lb: fourth-largest of 30, between the 28RRT (2,715 lb) and the 22MKSE (2,806 lb).
• GVWR, 9,995 lb: highest of 31, level with the 27RR and 28RRT; next is the 29NM (8,083 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 27.5%: ninth-largest of 30, between the 28RRT (27.2%) and the 22CE (30.3%).

Next to the 27RR (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28RRTS is 319 lb heavier by dry weight, has 319 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 47 lb heavier, is 2 ft 11 in longer and stands 2 in taller; the two publish the same GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 28RRT (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28RRTS is 37 lb lighter by dry weight, has 37 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 44 lb lighter, is 2 in longer and stands 2 in taller; the two publish the same GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

For 2027 Forest River lists twenty-nine Grey Wolf floorplans, and the twenty-three with a full record run 4,418 to 7,263 lb dry, with tongue weights of 495 to 1,230 lb and cargo capacities of 847 to 3,122 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all twenty-three and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one. The heaviest travel trailer, 29NM, and the new 28RRTS toy hauler share the top GVWR of 9,995 lb while their tongue weights differ by 235 lb, so the rating alone does not separate them.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 16% of the 28RRTS’s 2,752 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,320 lb. Across 31 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplans the water share runs 9% to 59%, and 23 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Grey Wolf 22MKSE at 15% and Cherokee Grey Wolf 28RRT at 16%. 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 28RRT, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 37 ft 1 in vs 36 ft 11 in; dry weight 7,243 lb vs 7,280 lb; cargo capacity 2,752 lb vs 2,715 lb; hitch weight 1,230 lb vs 1,274 lb. They match on GVWR, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Grey Wolf 28RRT matches it at 9,995 lb GVWR.

All 31 Cherokee Grey Wolf floorplans: Cherokee Grey Wolf line hub.

Against the 28RRTS: the Eagle 262RBOK is 8 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 28RRTS. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.