01 What makes it unique
The 27TH is the cargo pick of the three. Palomino publishes a 9,995-pound GVWR against a 6,738-pound dry weight, and the 3,257-pound cargo carrying capacity that leaves is the largest on the Ambush roster — 75 pounds more than the 29TH's, on a trailer three and a half feet shorter and 1,075 pounds lighter dry. If the machine is heavy and the trailer budget is not, this is the plan the arithmetic favours.
The tongue is the trade. At 1,235 pounds dry it is 390 pounds heavier than the 25TH's, and garage cargo loaded behind the axles moves the real figure further — weigh the loaded combination rather than trusting the base number. The tank set is the sub-line's standard 43 / 35 / 35 gallons, the height is the same 12 feet 2 inches as the rest of the roster, and the electric awning on this plan is 19 feet. Palomino publishes no garage length for the 27TH — the 25TH's eleven-foot figure is the only one stated on the roster — so confirm the bay against your machine before ordering.
Equipment the factory publishes for the sub-line comes as the two named packages on the Ambush detail pages: Value Leader (tankless water heater, Super Lube axles, LED, WiFi prep) and Elite (electric awning, 13,500 BTU low-profile air conditioner with heat pump, 11-cubic-foot 12-volt refrigerator, AlphaPly TPO roof with lifetime warranty, spare tire, front diamond plate). Package inclusion on a given unit is not asserted here, and no MSRP is published — confirm delivered equipment and pricing with a dealer.
How the 27TH differs from the other 25 Puma travel trailers. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.
- Cargo capacity, 3,257 lb: largest of 26; next is the 29TH (3,182 lb).
- Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 32.6%: largest of 24; next is the 25TH (30.4%).
- Dry weight, 6,738 lb: second-lightest of 26, between the 25TH (6,173 lb) and the 26FKDS (7,053 lb).
- Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 18.3%: second-largest of 26, between the 401RLFT (15%) and the 29TH (18.4%).
- Length, 34 ft 1 in: third-shortest of 26, between the 26FKDS (30 ft 10 in) and the 310RK (35 ft 6 in).
- GVWR, 9,995 lb: seventh-lowest of 25, between the 31FKRK (9,930 lb) and the 31RLQS (10,500 lb).
- Tongue weight, 1,235 lb: tenth-lightest of 26, between the 32BHFS (1,175 lb) and the 38RLB (1,255 lb).
- Grey tank, 35 gal: smallest of 26, level with the 25TH, 29TH and six others; next are the 31FKRK, 38RLB and two others (65 gal).
- Exterior height, 12 ft 2 in: shared with the 25TH and 29TH; of 26, fourteen lower and nine taller, nearest the 37PFL, 38DEN and four others (11 ft 9 in) and the 38VFL, 401RLFT and seven others (13 ft 4 in).
Next to the 25TH, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 27TH is 565 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,122 lb higher, has 557 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 390 lb heavier and is 4 ft 4 in longer; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
Next to the 26FKDS, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 27TH is 315 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,442 lb higher, has 1,757 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 200 lb heavier, is 3 ft 3 in longer, stands 1 ft 1 in taller and has a grey tank 35 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank and black tank.
02 Full specifications
Dimensions
- Exterior length
- 34' 1"
- Exterior height
- 12' 2"
- Exterior width
- 96"
Weights
- Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
- 6,738 lbs
- GVWR (max loaded)
- 9,995 lbs
- Net cargo / payload (CCC)
- 3,257 lbs
- Hitch / tongue weight
- 1,235 lbs
Capacities
- Fresh water
- 43 gal
- Grey water
- 35 gal
- Black water
- 35 gal
Toy-hauler garage
- Garage length
- Not published by source*
Running gear
- Hitch
- Bumper pull
- Axles
- Count not published · “Super Lube Axles” published in the Value Leader Package
- Axle rating
- Not published by source*
- Wheels & tires
- Spare tire published (Elite Package) · tire size not published*
Systems — factory packages, verbatim-derived
- Water heater
- Tankless — Value Leader Package
- A/C
- 13,500 BTU low profile w/ heat pump — Elite Package
- Refrigerator
- 11 cu ft 12-volt residential-style — Elite Package
- Roof
- AlphaPly TPO membrane w/ lifetime warranty — Elite Package
- Galley
- 21″ oven & range hood · 1.3 cu ft convection microwave w/ air fryer — Elite Package
- Awning
- Electric (Elite Package) · 19'
Layout
- Sleeps
- Not published by source*
- Slides
- Not published by source*
- Entries
- Not published by source*
How these published figures sit against the rest of the catalogue: travel trailer tongue weight by size; fresh, grey and black tank sizes; camper trailer size chart.
Drawn to scale
Weight budget
Size, with end view
Holding tanks
Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.
Towing it
Check your vehicle. Enter the ratings from your owner’s manual and the door-pillar placard.
Compares your figures with this page’s published GVWR (9,995 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (1,499 lb, a rule of thumb). Your vehicle’s placard and the trailer’s own weight label govern.
Loaded range: 10–15% of GVWR on the tongue, a rule of thumb, not a measurement of this unit. No truck ratings or hitch classes (why; NHTSA, DOT HS 809 433). The range starts at the published figure, because loaded is never lighter than that.
03 The Puma Ambush roster
Puma Ambush is the toy-hauler tier of Palomino's Puma family — three plans on a bumper-pull travel-trailer chassis, sold under the parent Puma line and rostered on the Puma hub's Ambush section. The factory's own floorplan sentence for the 25TH opens “This Toy Hauler is a Travel Trailer” — the body-type call is the factory's, not this site's. Tongue weight climbs 845 → 1,235 → 1,440 lbs across the three lengths, and every plan carries the 43 / 35 / 35-gallon tank set. The cross-shops are Forest River's own value travel-trailer toy haulers: XLR Boost and the Cherokee Wolf Pack family.
04 Notes on this floorplan
The biggest cargo margin on the roster
3,257 pounds of CCC is the most of the three Ambush plans — more than the longer 29TH carries.
No published garage length
Palomino states a garage figure only for the 25TH; for this plan, measure the bay against your machine at a dealer before committing.
A 1,235-pound tongue
Mid-pack for the sub-line and squarely in weight-distribution territory — and garage cargo behind the axles changes the loaded figure.
Sleeps and slides are not published
No sleeping capacity, slide count or entry count is published for the sub-line — confirm the layout on the unit.
Weigh the loaded trailer
Dry weight is a factory estimate — weigh the loaded combination, machine aboard, and use a weight-distributing hitch.
05 How it compares
The 25TH — the entry plan, 565 pounds lighter dry on a 390-pound-lighter tongue, and the only plan with a published garage figure.
The 29TH — the 37½-foot flagship, 1,075 pounds heavier dry with a 205-pound-heavier tongue.
Forest River's XLR Boost — the in-house value travel-trailer toy hauler cross-shop.
06 Loading it for a trip
A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 357 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 11% of the Ambush 27TH’s 3,257 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,900 lb. Across 26 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Puma Ambush 29TH at 11%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).
07 Where this floorplan sits
Closest sibling: the Puma Ambush 29TH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 34 ft 1 in vs 37 ft 6 in; dry weight 6,738 lb vs 7,813 lb; GVWR 9,995 lb vs 10,995 lb; cargo capacity 3,257 lb vs 3,182 lb; hitch weight 1,235 lb vs 1,440 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.
| Puma travel-trailer plans | This plan | Position, low to high | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVWR (lb) | 9,995 | 7 of 25 | 8,553–15,299 |
| Dry weight (lb) | 6,738 | 2 of 26 | 6,173–13,499 |
| Cargo capacity (lb) | 3,257 | 26 of 26 | 1,261–3,257 |
| Hitch weight (lb) | 1,235 | 10 of 26 | 770–1,990 |
| Length | 34 ft 1 in | 3 of 26 | 29 ft 9 in–43 ft 1 in |
| Grey tank (gal) | 35 | 1–9 of 26 | 35–105 |
| Black tank (gal) | 35 | 2–19 of 26 | 30–70 |
Either side of it by GVWR: Puma 31FKRK is 65 lb lighter (9,930 lb GVWR); Puma 31RLQS is 505 lb heavier (10,500 lb GVWR).
| Nearest Puma travel-trailer siblings | Length | Sleeps | Dry (lb) | GVWR (lb) | CCC (lb) | Hitch (lb) | Fresh (gal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puma Ambush 27TH | 34 ft 1 in | — | 6,738 | 9,995 | 3,257 | 1,235 | 43 |
| Puma Ambush 29TH | 37 ft 6 in | — | 7,813 | 10,995 | 3,182 | 1,440 | 43 |
| Puma Ambush 25TH | 29 ft 9 in | — | 6,173 | 8,873 | 2,700 | 845 | 43 |
| Puma 31RLQS | 36 ft 1 in | — | 8,808 | 10,500 | 1,692 | 975 | 43 |
| Puma Vista 37PFL | 40 ft 0 in | — | 9,749 | 11,749 | 2,000 | 1,335 | 43 |
| Puma 337BH | 37 ft 1 in | — | 7,463 | 9,263 | 1,800 | 770 | 43 |
All 29 Puma floorplans: Puma line hub.
| Other lines, nearest by GVWR | GVWR (lb) | Dry (lb) | Sleeps | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambush 27TH | 9,995 | 6,738 | — | 34 ft 1 in |
| Campsite Reserve 29TJ | 9,995 | 7,353 | — | 36 ft 11 in |
| Cascade 29TEC | 9,995 | 6,943 | — | 36 ft 6 in |
| Eagle 262RBOK | 9,995 | 7,040 | 4 | 29 ft 7 in |
| Cherokee Grey Wolf 27RR | 9,995 | 6,924 | — | 34 ft 2 in |
| Jay Flight 32BHDS | 9,995 | 8,025 | 12 | 36 ft 2 in |
| Octane 260 | 9,995 | 6,260 | — | 30 ft 5 in |
Against the Ambush 27TH: the Campsite Reserve 29TJ is 3 ft longer; the Cascade 29TEC is 2 ft longer; the Eagle 262RBOK is 4 ft shorter.
08 Common questions about the Ambush 27TH
How much does the Ambush 27TH weigh?
6,738 lb dry; 9,995 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.
How much can the Ambush 27TH carry?
3,257 lb, 33% of its GVWR (median across 855 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 357 lb of it.
What is the tongue weight of the Ambush 27TH?
1,235 lb as published, 18% of the dry weight (median across 1,205 travel trailers here: 12%).
What size tow vehicle does the Ambush 27TH need?
A tow rating of at least 9,995 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.
What are the tank capacities on the Ambush 27TH?
Fresh 43, grey 35, black 35 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.
How long is the Ambush 27TH?
34' 1" overall, tongue or pin box included.
From the figures above.
09 What this page publishes, and what it does not
13 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the Ambush 27TH. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, 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.
10 Manuals & documents
Sources: forestriverinc.com (linked below); the full source note is at the foot of the page.
11 NHTSA safety record
NHTSA holds 21 recall campaigns and 38 owner complaints (model years 2005 on) against the Puma line (a recall and a complaint are not the same thing).
What to look at on a used one. Across the 38 complaints filed on this line the most-reported components are tires (26%), structure (21%) and equipment (16%).
Recall coverage here is not complete, and complaints are owners’ unverified reports (how this record is built). Check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy. Full tables are on the Puma line page.