2026 Forest River Wildwood Heritage Glen / Salem Hemisphere Fifth Wheels286RL

The Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels 286RL leaves Forest River's factory at 9,380 lbs dry with 2,691 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 57-gallon fresh tank spends 473 lbs of the 2,691 lbs before anything else goes in.

Pin weight is 1,871 lbs, 20% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and comes off the truck’s payload, not its towing rating, so check it against the payload on your own door sticker (pin weight and payload).

Off hookups: 92 gallons of grey and black capacity against 57 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels roster this is the 2nd of 10 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 9,129 lbs to 15,044 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 9,380 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 10,726 lbs. Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, so the ceiling is the one on the trailer’s own weight label (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. No GVWR is published for this line, so dry plus cargo has no rating to check against. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River's own description of this floorplan reads: “6.5' ceilings in the upper deck (bathroom & bedroom), stackable washer/dryer prep in the expansive wardrobe, and a deep king bed slide-out are just a few of the features that make the 286RL an unbelievable value. A kitchen island and ample countertop space are located next to the entertainment/living area. Check out this award-winning floorplan for yourself!” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

How the 286RL differs from the other nine Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026). How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 9,380 lb: second-lightest of ten, between the 280RE (9,129 lb) and the 321DRL (11,184 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 19.9%: second-largest of ten, between the ROOST43 (18.8%) and the 280RE (20.5%).
• Length, 33 ft 11 in: second-shortest of ten, between the 280RE (33 ft 1 in) and the 321DRL (36 ft 1 in).
• Pin weight, 1,871 lb: third-lightest of ten, between the 280RE (1,870 lb) and the 321DRL and 36FL (2,025 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,691 lb: fourth-largest of ten, between the 36FL (2,546 lb) and the 321DRL (2,841 lb).
• Black tank, 32 gal: fifth-smallest of ten, between the 280RE, 321DRL and two others (30 gal) and the 356QB, 376FAM and 380WDR (60 gal).
• Grey tank, 60 gal: smallest of ten, level with the 321DRL and 373MBRL; next are the 280RE and 369BL (62 gal).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 5 in: shared with the 280RE, 380WDR and ROOST43; of ten, four lower and two taller, nearest the 36FL (13 ft 4 in) and the 373MBRL and 376FAM (13 ft 6 in).

Next to the 280RE (2027 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 286RL is 251 lb heavier by dry weight, has 191 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 1 lb heavier, is 10 in longer, has a grey tank 2 gal smaller and has a black tank 2 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 321DRL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 286RL is 1,804 lb lighter by dry weight, has 150 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 154 lb lighter, is 2 ft 2 in shorter, stands 2 in taller and has a black tank 2 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Heritage Glen's fifth-wheel roster is published as two tiers, the standard series and Elite Luxury, across eleven floorplans running 9,380 to 15,044 lb dry on pin weights of 1,790 to 2,830 lb. Forest River publishes no GVWR for any Heritage Glen fifth wheel, which means the one figure a buyer needs to compare against a truck's rating is absent from the factory's own spec channel.

A full 57-gallon fresh tank is about 473 lb of water, 18% of the 286RL’s 2,691 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,218 lb. Across 10 Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels floorplans the water share runs 14% to 23%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels 321DRL at 17% and Wildwood Heritage Glen Fifth Wheels 36FL at 19%.