2026 Palomino Puma30RKQS

The 30RKQS puts the galley across the back. The Forest River factory describes the floorplan as one entry and two slide outs, with a metal exterior and a 21-foot awning, and an interior of a rear kitchen and a front bedroom — sleeping four in about 36 feet. A rear galley spans the full width of the trailer, which is the most counter and cabinet space a plan this size can offer, and it puts the cooking at the opposite end from the bedroom. It shares its 36-foot body with the 31RLQS but comes in about 830 pounds lighter dry, because it trades the third slide and the rear lounge for the galley. It carries the standard Puma build: a powder-coated steel I-beam frame with steel crossmembers under .024/.030-gauge aluminum skin, an AlphaPly roof membrane under a limited lifetime warranty, R-7 fiberglass insulation cut and glued between sidewall studs on 16-inch centres, a 5/8-inch Araucoply plywood floor under a 25-year limited warranty, an enclosed Darco-wrapped underbelly with enclosed water tanks, a tankless water heater and an 11 cu ft 12-volt refrigerator. Solar is roof and side-mount prep only — no panel is installed from the factory.

Palomino publishes a 9,600-pound GVWR against the 7,974-pound dry weight, leaving a 1,626-pound cargo capacity and a 1,085-pound dry tongue — heavy for the weight, so check it against your payload. The tank set is 43/70/35 gallons fresh/grey/black, the larger-grey pattern, which suits a galley-focused plan. Palomino and Forest River publish no MSRP for the Puma line, so confirm street pricing with a dealer. The 30RKQS is the Puma for a couple who cooks and wants the counter space, and it is the lighter way into a 36-foot Puma.

Forest River lists all four Puma packages as required, but the Value Shopper Package specifies a 13,500 BTU ducted air conditioner and the Limited Edition Package specifies a 15,000 BTU unit in place of it — the two required packages contradict each other, so confirm the air conditioner on the actual unit.

Puma is Palomino's metal-sided value travel trailer — bumper-pull towables on a powder-coated steel I-beam frame, and a cross-shop against Forest River's own Salem / Wildwood and Aurora, Prime Time's Avenger, Keystone's Springdale and Jayco's Jay Flight SLX. Eight floorplans are profiled in full and linked below; the remaining plans are catalogued and shown muted. The 30RKQS on this page is highlighted.

A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 359 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 22% of the 30RKQS’s 1,626 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,267 lb (317 lb per rated berth). Across 24 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and 5 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma 31RLQS at 21% and Puma 31FKRK at 22%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Puma 310RK, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 36 ft 1 in vs 35 ft 6 in; dry weight 7,974 lb vs 7,763 lb; GVWR 9,600 lb vs 9,263 lb; cargo capacity 1,626 lb vs 1,500 lb; dry hitch weight 1,085 lb vs 840 lb. They match on sleeps, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma 337BH is 337 lb lighter (9,263 lb GVWR); Puma 31FKRK is 330 lb heavier (9,930 lb GVWR).

All 33 Puma floorplans: Puma line hub.

Against the 30RKQS: the Jay Feather 31BH is 1 ft longer and sleeps 6 more; the Jay Flight 290RLS is 1 ft shorter and sleeps 2 more; the Springdale 286BHU is 3 ft shorter and sleeps 6 more.

16 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 30RKQS. Not published: interior height, tire specification.

Values marked with an asterisk are arithmetic on published figures or come from a single source; the flag travels into the downloadable spec sheet.

Sourcing rules: methodology.