2027 Palomino Puma270RK

The Palomino Puma 270RK leaves Forest River's factory at 6,108 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 7,608 lbs and 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 20% 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 43-gallon fresh tank spends 357 lbs of that 1,500 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 725 lbs, or 12% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside 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 43 gallons fresh, 75 grey and 35 black, 110 gallons of waste capacity against 43 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 Palomino Puma roster this is the 6th of 14 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,608 lbs to 9,753 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. 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 6,108 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 6,858 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 7,608 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. 270RK is a Palomino Puma designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 270RK differs from the other thirteen Palomino Puma 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.

• Tongue weight, 725 lb: second-lightest of fourteen, between the 25BHS (650 lb) and the 229RB (730 lb).
• Grey tank, 75 gal: second-largest of fourteen, between the 220FK, 227RK and seven others (70 gal) and the 340DB (105 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.9%: fourth-smallest of fourteen, between the 25BHS (10.8%) and the 341FL (12%).
• Dry weight, 6,108 lb: sixth-lightest of fourteen, between the 220FK (6,078 lb) and the 27RBDS (7,468 lb).
• GVWR, 7,608 lb: sixth-lowest of fourteen, between the 220FK (7,600 lb) and the 27RBDS (8,968 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 19.7%: sixth-largest of fourteen, between the 31QBBH (17.6%) and the 25BHS (19.9%).
• Length, 30 ft 11 in: sixth-shortest of fourteen, between the 25BHS (30 ft 5 in) and the 27RBDS (33 ft 7 in).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 2 in: shared with the 220FK; of fourteen, nine lower and three taller, nearest the 227RK, 229RB and seven others (11 ft 1 in) and the 311RL, 341FL and 350BH (11 ft 4 in).

Next to the 220FK (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 270RK is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 8 lb higher, has 22 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 45 lb lighter, is 5 ft longer and has a grey tank 5 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 27RBDS (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 270RK is 1,360 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,360 lb lower, has a tongue weight 305 lb lighter, is 2 ft 8 in shorter, stands 1 in taller and has a grey tank 5 gal larger; the two publish the same cargo capacity, fresh tank and black tank.

Seventeen floorplans on the 2027 base Puma travel-trailer roster. They run 5,748 to 9,753 lb dry on lengths of 25 feet 11 inches to 38 feet 9 inches, with tongue weights of 725 to 1,240 lb and cargo capacities of 1,162 to 1,800 lb. Palomino publishes a GVWR for all seventeen and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 357 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the 270RK’s 1,500 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,143 lb. Across 14 Palomino Puma floorplans the water share runs 20% to 31%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Palomino Puma 227RK at 24% and Palomino Puma 32RBFQ2 at 28%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Palomino Puma 25BHS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 30 ft 11 in vs 30 ft 5 in; dry weight 6,108 lb vs 6,028 lb; GVWR 7,608 lb vs 7,528 lb; hitch weight 725 lb vs 650 lb; grey tank 75 gal vs 70 gal. They match on cargo capacity, fresh tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Palomino Puma 220FK is 8 lb lighter (7,600 lb GVWR); Palomino Puma 27RBDS is 1,360 lb heavier (8,968 lb GVWR).

All 14 Palomino Puma floorplans: Palomino Puma line hub.

Against the 270RK: the Cherokee Alpha Wolf 25RKX is 2 lb heavier and 4 ft shorter; the Wildcat 221CHEF is 3 lb lighter and 3 ft shorter; the Cherokee Grey Wolf Black Label 19SMBL is 7 lb heavier and 7 ft shorter.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 270RK. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.