2027 Forest River Impression44STAY

The Impression 44STAY leaves Forest River's factory at 13,824 lbs dry with 3,546 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 3,546 lbs before anything else goes in.

Forest River’s 2027 floorplan drawing for the 44STAY shows, at the front, a king bed with Versa Tilt technology in a slide, a docking station, a bench, a dresser and a wardrobe. Mid-coach: a bath with a walk-in shower with skylight, a washer/dryer, a half bath with extra bathroom storage, a kitchen island with a dishwasher, a full-sized range, a microwave, a pantry and a 16-cubic-foot 12-volt fridge. At the rear: a carpet-free living space with recliners and an entertainment center, a countertop, and fold-up steps to a loft with two 30-by-74 bunk mats, a wardrobe and cubby storage. It draws a 20-foot awning. Outside it labels unobstructed pass-through storage. Layouts change with options; check the unit itself.

Pin weight is 2,070 lbs, 15% 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: 150 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 Impression roster this is the 10th of 10 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 7,568 lbs to 13,824 lbs. It is the heaviest plan in the line, so the tow vehicle should be settled before the floorplan is.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 13,824 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 15,597 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 publishes no written floorplan description for this plan; the layout described above is read off Forest River’s own floorplan drawing for this model year. 44STAY is an Impression designation, and this site does not decode the code itself into a layout claim.

How the 44STAY differs from the other nine Impression floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 13,824 lb: heaviest of ten; next is the 37MB2B (13,023 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 15%: smallest of ten; next is the 360MYR (15.3%).
• Length, 44 ft: longest of ten; next are the 372DUO and 37MB2B (43 ft).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 6 in: tallest of ten; next are the 372DUO and 37MB2B (13 ft 5 in).
• Cargo capacity, 3,546 lb: third-largest of ten, between the 235RW (3,497 lb) and the 360MYR (3,547 lb).
• Pin weight, 2,070 lb: fifth-heaviest of ten, between the 301ML (1,995 lb) and the 318RL (2,120 lb).
• Grey tank, 90 gal: shared with the 360MYR; of ten, seven smaller and one larger, nearest the 315MB (62 gal) and the 372DUO (110 gal).
• Black tank, 60 gal: largest of ten, level with the 360MYR, 372DUO and 37MB2B; next is the 242RD (32 gal).

Next to the 37MB2B, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 44STAY is 801 lb heavier by dry weight, has 1,069 lb more cargo capacity, has a pin weight 220 lb lighter, is 1 ft longer, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 30 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.

Impression spans a wider range than most fifth-wheel lines: the lightest plan leaves the factory under 7,600 lb dry with a 1,485 lb pin, and the heaviest is a 44-foot coach. That range crosses a real towing boundary, so the plan number matters more here than the badge does. As with Vibe, Forest River publishes no GVWR for any Impression floorplan - dry weight, cargo capacity and pin weight are published, and the rating is not.

A full 57-gallon fresh tank is about 473 lb of water, 13% of the 44STAY’s 3,546 lb cargo capacity, leaving 3,073 lb. Across 10 Impression floorplans the water share runs 13% to 20%, and 7 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Impression 360MYR at 13% and Impression 235RW at 14%.