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2027 Forest River Puma Camping Edition132RKCE

a 16-foot travel trailer that leaves the factory at 2,335 lbs dry and is rated to carry 1,425 lbs of cargo.

Tow-Critical Data — as built, MY2027

2,335lb
Dry Weight
3,760lb
GVWR
260lb
Tongue Weight
16ft
Length
1,425 lb cargo Travel Trailer · Camping Edition Travel Trailers Built by · Forest River Model year · 2027

01 What makes it unique

The Puma Camping Edition 132RKCE leaves Forest River's factory at 2,335 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 3,760 lbs and 1,425 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 38% 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 34-gallon fresh tank spends 282 lbs of that 1,425 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 260 lbs, or 11% 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 34 gallons fresh, 30 grey and 30 black, 60 gallons of waste capacity against 34 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 Puma Camping Edition roster this is the 3rd of 30 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 2,295 lbs to 7,018 lbs. It sits in the lighter 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 2,335 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 3,047 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 3,760 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. 132RKCE is a Puma Camping Edition designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 132RKCE differs from the other 29 Puma Camping Edition 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, 3,760 lb: lowest of 30; next is the 131RBCE (3,770 lb).
  • Tongue weight, 260 lb: lightest of 30; next is the 131RBCE (270 lb).
  • Dry weight, 2,335 lb: third-lightest of 30, between the 130BHCE (2,330 lb) and the 17COUPLE (2,600 lb).
  • Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 37.9%: third-largest of 27, between the 141THCE (32.7%) and the 130BHCE (38.4%).
  • Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.1%: shared with the 210RKCE; of 30, two smaller and 26 larger, nearest the 16BHCE (10.6%) and the 260BHCE (11.3%).
  • Cargo capacity, 1,425 lb: tenth-smallest of 30, between the 120RKCE (1,246 lb) and the 130BHCE (1,450 lb).
  • Length, 16 ft 1 in: shared with the 130BHCE and 131RBCE; of 30, four shorter and 23 longer, nearest the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and two others (16 ft) and the 141THCE (16 ft 3 in).
  • Exterior height, 10 ft 3 in: shared with the 120RKCE; of 30, five lower and 23 taller, nearest the 12FBCE, 130BHCE and two others (10 ft 2 in) and the 210RKCE (10 ft 4 in).
  • Black tank, 30 gal: smallest of 30, level with the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and eleven others; next are the 141THCE, 20BHCE and fourteen others (35 gal).
  • Fresh tank, 34 gal: smallest of 30, level with the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and twelve others; next are the 20BHCE, 20RLCE and thirteen others (43 gal).
  • Grey tank, 30 gal: smallest of 30, level with the 120RKCE, 121RKCE and twelve others; next are the 20BHCE, 20RLCE and five others (35 gal).

Next to the 130BHCE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 132RKCE is 5 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 20 lb lower, has 25 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 20 lb lighter and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same length, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 17COUPLE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 132RKCE is 265 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 40 lb lower, has 225 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 65 lb lighter, is 3 ft 11 in shorter and stands 1 in taller; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

02 Full specifications

Dimensions

Exterior length
16' 1"
Exterior height
10' 3"
Exterior width
90"

Weights

Dry / unit base weight (UVW)
2,335 lbs
GVWR (max loaded)
3,760 lbs
Net cargo / payload (CCC)
1,425 lbs
Hitch / tongue weight
260 lbs

Capacities

Fresh water
34 gal
Grey water
30 gal
Black water
30 gal

Running gear

Hitch type
Bumper pull
Axles
Not published by Forest River
Tires
Not published by Forest River

Sleeping & layout

Sleeps
Not published by Forest River
Awnings
Not published by Forest River

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

Loaded weight budget for the 132RKCEHorizontal bar. Dry weight 2,335 pounds, then cargo capacity 1,425 pounds, against a GVWR of 3,760 pounds. Tongue weight 260 pounds on the same scale.GVWR 3,760 lbsDry 2,335 lbsCargo capacity 1,425 lbsTongue weight 260 lbs — same scale

Size, with end view

Scale outline of the 132RKCEScale outline of the 132RKCE. Overall length 16' 1", overall height 10' 3", overall width 7' 6".end view7' 6"16' 1" overall length10' 3"

Holding tanks

Holding tank capacities for the 132RKCEHolding tank capacities: fresh 34 gallons, grey 30 gallons, black 30 gallons.Fresh34 galGrey30 galBlack30 gal

Axles, wheels and nose shape are schematic; not a floorplan. Data: dataset.

Towing it

Tow rating needed3,760 lb
Published tongue weight260 lb
Loaded tongue weight, rule of thumb376–564 lb
Receiver hitch rating needed3,760 lb towed / 564 lb tongue
Payload check. Budget loaded, not dry: subtract the loaded range, every passenger, the bed and cab load and a weight-distributing hitch from the payload on your tow vehicle’s door-pillar placard (49 CFR 571.110 S4.3).

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 (3,760 lb) and the upper loaded tongue estimate (564 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).

03 The Puma Camping Edition floorplan family

Camping Edition is where Puma starts, and for 2027 the class opens with three sixteen-foot plans around 2,300 lbs dry and runs past 7,000 lbs dry at the top. Cargo capacity runs 986 to 1,501 lbs, and on most of the larger plans it is the same 1,500 lbs, so a longer trailer here does not buy more carrying capacity. Hitch weight runs 260 to 860 lbs. Forest River publishes a GVWR for every 2027 plan with a full record, and unloaded weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on all nineteen.

FloorplanNominalDry weight (lb)GVWR (lb)Notable
201RBCE———Camping Edition Travel Trailers · published specifications only
131RBCE16' 1"2,2953,770Camping Edition Travel Trailers
130BHCE16' 1"2,3303,780Camping Edition Travel Trailers
132RKCE16' 1"2,3353,760Camping Edition Travel Trailers
17COUPLE20' 0"2,6003,800Camping Edition Travel Trailers
17BUNK19' 11"2,7653,900Camping Edition Travel Trailers
12FBCE18' 6"2,8693,855Camping Edition Travel Trailers
141THCE16' 3"2,9844,484Camping Edition Travel Trailers
16DSCE22' 0"3,6295,130Camping Edition Travel Trailers
18BHCE23' 1"4,1595,615Camping Edition Travel Trailers
20BHCE25' 0"4,2235,723Camping Edition Travel Trailers
210RKCE25' 10"4,3585,858Camping Edition Travel Trailers
260BHCE28' 5"4,5606,060Camping Edition Travel Trailers
261BHCE30' 6"5,5087,008Camping Edition Travel Trailers
250RBCE28' 11"5,6237,123Camping Edition Travel Trailers
275BHCE30' 10"5,7987,298Camping Edition Travel Trailers
300BHCE34' 6"6,3887,888Camping Edition Travel Trailers
304BHCE33' 5"6,5238,023Camping Edition Travel Trailers
303BHCE33' 4"6,5488,048Camping Edition Travel Trailers
305BHCE33' 5"7,0188,518Camping Edition Travel Trailers

For 2027 Forest River lists twenty Camping Edition floorplans under a single grouping, from the 2,295 lb 131RBCE at sixteen feet up to the 7,018 lb 305BHCE at thirty-three feet. Nineteen publish a full record and are compared here. The twentieth, 201RBCE, shows TBD against every figure on its factory page, so it is listed on the Puma hub and nowhere else. Ten of the nineteen were also on the 2026 roster and keep their 2026 pages, each with its 2027 record shown separately; nine are new for 2027.

04 Notes on this floorplan

What Forest River does not publish for this line

Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are absent from Forest River's specification channel for Puma Camping Edition, so they are absent here. They are not estimated from the segment, not carried over from a sibling floorplan, and not taken from a dealer listing quoting itself. A tire size in particular is a safety-relevant number that differs between two codes a digit apart, and this site does not guess one.

Awning size is not published for this floorplan

Forest River publishes an awning size for some Puma Camping Edition floorplans and not for this one. The row reads as unpublished rather than being filled from a neighbouring plan in the same roster.

Weigh it before you tow it

Every figure on this page is a factory publication for a standard build. Forest River's own footnote on unloaded weight calls it an estimated average based on a standard build with optional equipment, and options, dealer-installed accessories and the previous owner's additions all move it. The only weight that governs your towing decision is the one under your own trailer on a scale, loaded the way you actually travel.

05 How it compares

Lighter
Puma Camping Edition 130BHCE

2,330 lbs dry against this plan's 2,335 lbs, a difference of 5 lbs. Same line, same factory channel, same model year - so the gap is a real one rather than a difference in how two brands measure.

Heavier
Puma Camping Edition 17COUPLE

2,600 lbs dry, 265 lbs more than this plan, and 1,200 lbs of cargo capacity against this one's 1,425 lbs. Stepping up a floorplan usually buys length before it buys payload.

Most cargo in the line
Puma Camping Edition 283BHCE

1,592 lbs of cargo capacity, the highest of the 30 Puma Camping Edition floorplans profiled here. If payload rather than length is the binding constraint, that is the plan to compare against.

06 Loading it for a trip

A full 34-gallon fresh tank is about 282 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 20% of the 132RKCE’s 1,425 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,143 lb. Across 30 Puma Camping Edition floorplans the water share runs 19% to 42%, and 24 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Camping Edition 130BHCE at 19% and Puma Camping Edition 283BHCE at 22%. 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 Camping Edition 131RBCE, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): dry weight 2,335 lb vs 2,295 lb; GVWR 3,760 lb vs 3,770 lb; cargo capacity 1,425 lb vs 1,475 lb; hitch weight 260 lb vs 270 lb. They match on length, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Puma Camping Edition plansThis planPosition, low to highRange
GVWR (lb)3,7601 of 303,760–8,518
Dry weight (lb)2,3353 of 302,295–7,018
Cargo capacity (lb)1,42510 of 30671–1,592
Hitch weight (lb)2601 of 30260–860
Length16 ft 1 in5–7 of 3016 ft 0 in–34 ft 6 in
Fresh tank (gal)341–15 of 3034–43
Grey tank (gal)301–15 of 3030–70
Black tank (gal)301–14 of 3030–35

Either side of it by GVWR: Puma Camping Edition 131RBCE is 10 lb heavier (3,770 lb GVWR).

Nearest Puma Camping Edition siblingsLengthSleepsDry (lb)GVWR (lb)CCC (lb)Hitch (lb)Fresh (gal)
Puma Camping Edition 132RKCE16 ft 1 in—2,3353,7601,42526034
Puma Camping Edition 131RBCE16 ft 1 in—2,2953,7701,47527034
Puma Camping Edition 130BHCE16 ft 1 in—2,3303,7801,45028034
Puma Camping Edition 120RKCE16 ft 0 in—2,6143,8601,24636034
Puma Camping Edition 121RKCE16 ft 0 in—2,6643,8401,17634034
Puma Camping Edition 123RDCE16 ft 0 in—2,6843,8651,18036534

All 30 Puma Camping Edition floorplans: Puma Camping Edition line hub.

Other lines, nearest by GVWRGVWR (lb)Dry (lb)SleepsLength
132RKCE3,7602,335—16 ft 1 in
Jay Feather 17BHSL3,7502,880621 ft 3 in
Jay Flight 170BH3,7503,000621 ft 3 in
Jay Flight SLX 174BH3,7502,935821 ft 6 in
Cherokee Wolf Pup 9CELP3,7901,994—12 ft 5 in
Cascade 14BHLPC3,8202,604—17 ft 3 in
Airelume 1623,8252,824—20 ft 3 in

Against the 132RKCE: the Jay Feather 17BHSL is 10 lb lighter and 5 ft longer; the Jay Flight 170BH is 10 lb lighter and 5 ft longer; the Jay Flight SLX 174BH is 10 lb lighter and 5 ft longer.

08 Common questions about the 132RKCE

How much does the 132RKCE weigh?

2,335 lb dry; 3,760 lb GVWR, the most it may weigh loaded.

How much can the 132RKCE carry?

1,425 lb, 38% of its GVWR (median across 985 travel trailers here: 23%). A full fresh tank uses 282 lb of it.

What is the tongue weight of the 132RKCE?

260 lb as published, 11% of the dry weight (median across 1,227 travel trailers here: 12%).

What size tow vehicle does the 132RKCE need?

A tow rating of at least 3,760 lb, plus payload for the loaded tongue weight, passengers and cargo.

What are the tank capacities on the 132RKCE?

Fresh 34, grey 30, black 30 gallons. Off hookups, fresh water runs out first.

How long is the 132RKCE?

16' 1" overall, tongue or pin box included.

From the figures above.

09 What this page publishes, and what it does not

10 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 132RKCE. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.

11 NHTSA safety record

NHTSA holds 21 recall campaigns and 38 owner complaints (model years 2005 on) against the Puma line. They are counted separately: a recall is a confirmed defect with a remedy, a complaint one owner’s unverified account.

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.