2026 Palomino Puma310RK

The 310RK is the easiest-towing long Puma. 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 — sleeping four in about 35½ feet. The factory sentence names only the rear kitchen, which sets it apart from the 30RKQS: it is the plainest of the rear-galley plans and the one that leans hardest on the galley itself. It also stands 11 feet 3 inches tall, two inches above the 11-foot-1 line norm and worth a note if you have a tight garage or a low overhang. 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 9,263-pound GVWR against the 7,763-pound dry weight, leaving a 1,500-pound cargo capacity and an 840-pound dry tongue. That tongue is the story: it is more than 200 pounds lighter than the 30RKQS's, on a trailer only six inches shorter and 211 pounds lighter dry, which makes the 310RK meaningfully easier on a half-ton's payload than the rest of the long Pumas. The tank set is 43/70/35 gallons fresh/grey/black. Palomino and Forest River publish no MSRP for the Puma line, so confirm street pricing with a dealer. The 310RK is the Puma for a couple who wants a rear galley and the friendliest tongue weight in the long half of the roster.

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 310RK 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), 24% of the 310RK’s 1,500 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,141 lb (285 lb per rated berth). Across 24 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma 26FKDS at 24% and Puma Vista 401RLFT 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 Puma 30RKQS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): length 35 ft 6 in vs 36 ft 1 in; dry weight 7,763 lb vs 7,974 lb; GVWR 9,263 lb vs 9,600 lb; cargo capacity 1,500 lb vs 1,626 lb; dry hitch weight 840 lb vs 1,085 lb. They match on sleeps, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma Ambush 25TH is 390 lb lighter (8,873 lb GVWR); Puma 337BH matches it at 9,263 lb GVWR.

All 33 Puma floorplans: Puma line hub.

Against the 310RK: the Coachmen Catalina 293QBCK is 1 lb heavier and 2 ft shorter and sleeps 2 more; the Delta 294RK is 13 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter; the Jay Flight SLX 28BHBE is 13 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter.

16 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 310RK. 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.