01 What the Cherokee Grey Wolf is
The Cherokee Grey Wolf is Forest River's highest-volume value-mid travel trailer — the company markets it as the number-one-selling RV in its lineup, and it has one of the largest installed bases of any single nameplate. "Cherokee" is the umbrella division; Grey Wolf is the volume travel-trailer line within it, sitting above the entry Wolf Pup lightweight, alongside the larger Wolf Den value coaches, and below the step-up Arctic Wolf fifth wheels. It competes directly with the Salem and Wildwood value families and with Keystone's value stack.
For 2026 the line spans roughly twenty travel-trailer floorplans — from the sub-4,600-pound 26LP lightweight bunkhouse to the 37-foot-7 29NM two-room family coach — plus a set of toy-hauler and ice-fishing ("fish house") variants that fall outside this hub's travel-trailer scope. Layouts run the full range of couples' rear-living, Murphy-bed, rear-kitchen, rear-bath, double-bunk and big-bunkhouse configurations, almost all engineered to stay half-ton-towable.
Construction is the classic value-mid recipe: a wood-frame body with aluminum sidewall construction, riding on Cherokee's signature Stable Step entry. The Black Label trim — widely stocked — adds Thermo-Foil Arctic insulation, high-gloss gel-coat sidewalls, frameless tinted automotive glass and a set of convenience upgrades. A 13,500-BTU air conditioner is standard, solar prep or a solar package is available, and ramp/toy-hauler models add an Adventure package with off-road tires and a lifted frame. This is a more traditional aluminum-sided stick-built trailer than the laminate Salem/Wildwood or the all-aluminum-framed Rockwood lines — built to a price, with a broad, family-friendly floorplan range.
02 Floorplans profiled in depth
Nineteen representative Grey Wolf floorplans — spanning a compact double-queen family camper, a Murphy-bed rear-living coach, a king-bed rear-living coach, front-kitchen, rear-kitchen and rear-bath couples' coaches, a two-bedroom coach, and a deep run of family bunkhouses from the lightest compact plans and the walk-around-king layouts through front-bed bunkhouses to the larger king-and-bunks family coaches and the two-room family flagship — are profiled in full with factory- and RVUSA-verified specifications. The remaining 2026 travel-trailer plans are catalogued below for reference and will be profiled as the catalog expands.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | Length | Sleeps | Layout | Starting MSRP* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19SM | 5,076 lbs | 24' 3" | 8 | Double-queen family, two queens + bunk | ~$37,500 |
| 20RDSE | 4,665 lbs | 25' 1" | 4 | Compact rear-dinette couples | ~$39,500 |
| 22CE | 5,321 lbs | 26' 4" | 4 | Rear-kitchen + rear-bath couples, front king | ~$43,000 |
| 22MKSE | 4,869 lbs | 26' 6" | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front king + rear bunks | ~$42,000 |
| 23MK | 5,750 lbs | 28' 10" | 4 | Rear-living Murphy/kitchen couples | ~$47,000 |
| 23DBH | 5,861 lbs | 29' 3" | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front master, dual entry | ~$47,500 |
| 26LP | 4,508 lbs | 29' 4" | 6 | Lightweight bunkhouse, front queen + double bunks, big payload | ~$40,500 |
| 23MS | 6,098 lbs | 29' 4" | 8 | Compact bunkhouse, front king + rear bunks | ~$49,500 |
| 26DJSE | 5,165 lbs | 29' 4" | 7 | Lightweight bunkhouse, walk-around king | ~$41,500 |
| 26SS | 5,987 lbs | 30' 11" | 4 | Rear-kitchen couples, king master, walk-thru bath | ~$51,000 |
| 27GH | 6,386 lbs | 31' 2" | 4 | Front-kitchen couples, private rear king | ~$48,000 |
| 26DBH | 6,507 lbs | 31' 9" | 6 | Double-bunk family, dual entry | ~$49,500 |
| 26LK | 5,773 lbs | 31' 9" | 6 | Rear-bath couples, front king, fireplace lounge | ~$47,500 |
| 26BRB | 6,470 lbs | 32' 8" | 9 | King + bunks family, large slide | ~$50,000 |
| 26KF | 6,403 lbs | 32' 9" | 9 | Front-kitchen bunkhouse, king + bunks | ~$50,000 |
| 27LH | 5,953 lbs | 33' 6" | 3 | King-bed rear-living couples | ~$49,500 |
| 29QB | 6,618 lbs | 36' 8" | 7 | Two-bedroom coach, front + rear queen | ~$51,500 |
| 29TE | 6,428 lbs | 36' 8" | 8 | Big bunkhouse, full outside kitchen | ~$54,000 |
| 29NM | 7,356 lbs | 37' 7" | 9 | Two-room family coach, king bedroom + rear bunkhouse | ~$56,500 |
Dry weights, lengths and capacities for profiled plans are verified against RVUSA structured spec records (2026 model year). Starting MSRP is a representative dealer-typical figure and is flagged (*) — Forest River publishes no single fixed MSRP, dealer-quoted 2026 MSRPs for the same plan vary widely (the 29TE is listed from roughly $53,000 to $54,800), and selling prices typically run many thousands below MSRP, often in the high $20,000s to low $30,000s. Options affect final weights — always confirm against the unit's own weight sticker.
03 The rest of the 2026 travel-trailer range
The Grey Wolf travel-trailer line is broad. Beyond the nineteen profiled plans, these are additional 2026 travel-trailer floorplans by length and configuration. (Toy-hauler "RR/RRT" and ice-fishing "fish house" variants are excluded here as outside the travel-trailer scope.) Each will be profiled in demand order as the catalog grows.
| Floorplan | Length | Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| 21AB | 25' 6" | Front bed, rear bath couples (new for 2026) |
A reference list of additional 2026 Grey Wolf travel-trailer floorplans; lengths are approximate and configurations summarize the layout. Forest River also builds Grey Wolf toy haulers, fish houses, the lightweight Wolf Pup, the large-format Wolf Den, and the Cherokee Arctic Wolf fifth wheels — all documented separately as the catalog expands.
04 Line notes & data flags
Construction: wood frame, aluminum sidewalls
Grey Wolf trailers are built on a wood-frame body with aluminum sidewall construction — a traditional value-mid build, distinct from the laminate Salem/Wildwood lines and the all-aluminum-framed Rockwood/Flagstaff lines. The Black Label trim adds Thermo-Foil Arctic insulation, gel-coat sidewalls and frameless tinted windows. Construction figures on the model pages follow manufacturer and dealer feature lists.
MSRP is dealer-dependent — flagged throughout
Forest River publishes no single fixed MSRP for Grey Wolf, and dealer-quoted 2026 MSRPs for the same floorplan vary — the 29TE alone is listed from about $53,000 to $54,800, the 23MK from about $46,300 to $47,900 — with selling prices commonly in the high $20,000s to low $30,000s. Starting prices here are representative dealer-typical figures, flagged with an asterisk.
Published GVWR is a shared max-axle figure
As with the rest of this value family, RVUSA lists a recurring ~7,580–7,940-lb GVWR across Grey Wolf plans — the axle ceiling rather than a plan-specific value — so the lightest plans' on-paper payload reads high. Figures are shown as published and flagged; treat the cargo number as headroom and weigh the loaded trailer.
Refrigerator size not published
RVUSA's structured records confirm a 12-volt refrigerator as standard but do not publish its cubic footage for these floorplans. Refrigerator capacity is shown unverified on the model pages and excluded from each plan's completeness figure.