2026 Forest River Wildwood Heritage Glen / Salem Hemisphere314BUD

The Wildwood Heritage Glen 314BUD leaves Forest River's factory at 8,843 lbs dry with 2,667 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 45-gallon fresh tank spends 374 lbs of the 2,667 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 1,310 lbs, 15% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 138 gallons of grey and black capacity against 45 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Wildwood Heritage Glen roster this is the 10th of 15 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 4,883 lbs to 9,893 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 8,843 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 10,177 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: “Welcome to the 314BUD, one of the most popular Full Size bunk houses. This unit offers a bath & 1/2, large bunk room, plenty of living space, and direct entertainment viewing…” The quote stops where the copy turns to which tow vehicles can pull it, a claim this site does not repeat: whether a vehicle can tow a trailer depends on its own ratings against the trailer’s loaded weight. 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 314BUD differs from the other fourteen Wildwood Heritage Glen floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026). How these ranks are worked out.

• Black tank, 60 gal: largest of fifteen; next are the 21RBHL, 245BHHL and twelve others (30 gal).
• Tongue weight, 1,310 lb: second-heaviest of fifteen, between the 310BHI (1,245 lb) and the 301FAM (1,465 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,667 lb: fourth-largest of fifteen, between the 261FKRB (2,257 lb) and the 28RKHL (2,672 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.8%: largest of fifteen, level with the 301FAM; next is the 261FKRB (13.5%).
• Dry weight, 8,843 lb: sixth-heaviest of fifteen, between the 275RL (8,433 lb) and the 323RLI (9,278 lb).
• Length, 38 ft 9 in: shared with the 323RLI; of fifteen, twelve shorter and one longer, nearest the 310BHI (38 ft 1 in) and the 301FAM (38 ft 10 in).
• Grey tank, 78 gal: shared with the 265BSRB and 305RLOK; of fifteen, eight smaller and four larger, nearest the 310BHI (66 gal) and the 245BHHL, 255RBHL and two others (90 gal).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 6 in: shared with the 261FKRB and 265BSRB; of fifteen, seven lower and five taller, nearest the 25BHHL, 275RL and 28RKHL (11 ft 5 in) and the 301FAM (11 ft 7 in).

Next to the 275RL, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 314BUD is 410 lb heavier by dry weight, has 1,385 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 395 lb heavier, is 3 ft 9 in longer, stands 1 in taller, has a grey tank 18 gal larger and has a black tank 30 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Next to the 323RLI, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 314BUD is 435 lb lighter by dry weight, has 540 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 105 lb heavier, stands 2 in lower, has a grey tank 18 gal larger and has a black tank 30 gal larger; the two publish the same length and fresh tank.

Wildwood Heritage Glen is published as two travel-trailer groupings - the standard roster and a Hyper-Lyte tier - and the two overlap enough on weight that the badge is a poor guide on its own. Dry weight runs 4,883 to 9,893 lb and cargo capacity 1,282 to 2,927 lb, so the tow vehicle needs checking rather than assuming. Nine of the twenty-two published plans are dealer-stock-only. Forest River publishes no GVWR for any Heritage Glen travel trailer.

A full 45-gallon fresh tank is about 374 lb of water, 14% of the 314BUD’s 2,667 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,294 lb. Across 15 Wildwood Heritage Glen floorplans the water share runs 13% to 29%, and 11 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Wildwood Heritage Glen 28RKHL at 14% and Wildwood Heritage Glen 261FKRB at 17%.