2027 Palomino Puma350BH

The Palomino Puma 350BH leaves Forest River's factory at 9,053 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 10,553 lbs and 1,500 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 14% 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 1,225 lbs, or 14% 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, 70 grey and 35 black, 105 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 11th of 14 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,608 lbs to 9,753 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. 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 9,053 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 9,803 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 10,553 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. 350BH is a Palomino Puma designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 350BH 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.

• GVWR, 10,553 lb: second-highest of fourteen, between the 32RBFQ, 32RBFQ2 and 341FL (10,500 lb) and the 340DB (11,253 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,225 lb: second-heaviest of fourteen, between the 341FL (1,125 lb) and the 340DB (1,240 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.5%: third-largest of fourteen, between the 227RK (13.4%) and the 27RBDS (13.8%).
• Length, 38 ft 5 in: third-longest of fourteen, between the 31QBBH (37 ft 10 in) and the 341FL (38 ft 6 in).
• Dry weight, 9,053 lb: fourth-heaviest of fourteen, between the 32RBFQ (8,998 lb) and the 32RBFQ2 (9,237 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 14.2%: fourth-smallest of fourteen, between the 340DB (13.3%) and the 32RBFQ (14.3%).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 4 in: tallest of fourteen, level with the 311RL and 341FL; next are the 220FK and 270RK (11 ft 2 in).

Next to the 32RBFQ (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 350BH is 55 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 53 lb higher, has 2 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 277 lb heavier, is 1 ft 6 in longer, stands 3 in taller and has a grey tank 5 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.

Next to the 32RBFQ2 (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 350BH is 184 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 53 lb higher, has 237 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 293 lb heavier, is 1 ft 6 in longer, stands 3 in taller and has a grey tank 5 gal larger; the two publish the same 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 571.120 S10.4.2), 24% of the 350BH’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 571.120 S10.4.3).

Closest sibling: the Palomino Puma 341FL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 38 ft 5 in vs 38 ft 6 in; dry weight 9,053 lb vs 9,338 lb; GVWR 10,553 lb vs 10,500 lb; cargo capacity 1,500 lb vs 1,162 lb; hitch weight 1,225 lb vs 1,125 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Palomino Puma 341FL is 53 lb lighter (10,500 lb GVWR); Palomino Puma 340DB is 700 lb heavier (11,253 lb GVWR).

All 14 Palomino Puma floorplans: Palomino Puma line hub.

Against the 350BH: the Colt 33RLT is 47 lb heavier; the Jay Flight 325BHT is 47 lb heavier; the Coachmen Freedom Express Ultra Lite 320BHDS is 53 lb lighter and 2 ft shorter.

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 350BH. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

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