2026 Palomino Puma32BHQS

The 32BHQS is the Puma answer to the morning queue. The Forest River factory describes the floorplan as two entries and three slide outs, with a metal exterior and a 21-foot awning, and an interior of bunk beds, a front bedroom and a bathroom and a half — sleeping up to eleven in about 39 feet. The half bath is the whole point: with eleven berths aboard, a second toilet is worth more than almost any other square foot in the trailer, and it is a rare fitting in the metal-sided value bracket. The second entry door serves the bunk end. 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 10,800-pound GVWR against the 9,072-pound dry weight, leaving a 1,728-pound cargo capacity and a 1,045-pound dry tongue. The tank set is 43/70/65 gallons fresh/grey/black, and that 65-gallon black tank is nearly double the roster norm — consistent with the second toilet and genuinely useful with a full crew. The 43-gallon fresh tank, though, is the same one every Puma gets, so fresh water is the binding constraint long before the black tank fills. Palomino and Forest River publish no MSRP for the Puma line, so confirm street pricing with a dealer. Eleven berths against a 1,728-pound cargo margin means passengers, water and gear need adding up honestly before a trip.

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 32BHQS on this page is highlighted.

A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 359 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 21% of the 32BHQS’s 1,728 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,369 lb (124 lb per rated berth). Across 24 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and 8 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Vista 429LFT at 20% and Puma 32BHFS at 21%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).

Closest sibling: the Puma 32BHFS, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 9,072 lb vs 9,608 lb; GVWR 10,800 lb vs 11,308 lb; cargo capacity 1,728 lb vs 1,700 lb; dry hitch weight 1,045 lb vs 1,175 lb; black tank 65 gal vs 35 gal. They match on length, sleeps, fresh tank and grey tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma 31RLQS is 300 lb lighter (10,500 lb GVWR); Puma Ambush 29TH is 195 lb heavier (10,995 lb GVWR).

All 33 Puma floorplans: Puma line hub.

Against the 32BHQS: the Jay Flight 38BHDS is 50 lb lighter and 2 ft longer and sleeps 4 fewer; the Pause 24.4 is 86 lb lighter and 11 ft shorter; the Airelume 315 is 92 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter.

16 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 32BHQS. 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.