2026 PalominoPuma Vista 38RLB

Forest River publishes a 13,255-pound GVWR for the Puma Vista 38RLB against a 10,804-pound unloaded weight, and the 2,451 pounds of cargo carrying capacity that leaves is the second largest on the 13-plan destination trailer roster. Dry weight plus CCC equals the published GVWR exactly, so the three figures are internally consistent rather than rounded against each other. The published tongue weight is 1,255 pounds.

The 38RLB measures 42' 3" long, 11' 9" tall and 96" wide, and carries a 43 / 65 / 35-gallon fresh, grey and black tank set with a 19' awning. Height is the number to check first on a trailer this size — measure garage doors, carports and low branches against the published 11' 9" before the first trip. Against its neighbours on the roster, the shorter 38DEN runs 370 pounds lighter dry and the longer 39DBT runs 642 pounds lighter dry.

Equipment for this plan is published as 2 named packages on its factory floorplan record — the “Vista Value Shopper Package” and the “Vista Marquis Edition Package”, listing 21 items and 12 items respectively. The first package opens with Pre-wired for Solar System, Folding Grab handle, Night roller-shades and LED lighting. Package inclusion on any given unit is not asserted here and Forest River publishes no MSRP for this tier, so confirm delivered equipment and current pricing with a dealer.

How the 38RLB differs from the other 25 Puma travel trailers. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 2,451 lb: fifth-largest of 26, between the 402LFT (2,051 lb) and the 25TH (2,700 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 18.5%: sixth-largest of 24, between the 26FKDS (17.5%) and the 337BH (19.4%).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.6%: sixth-smallest of 26, between the 32BHQS (11.5%) and the 32BHFS (12.2%).
• GVWR, 13,255 lb: ninth-highest of 25, between the 38VFL (13,214 lb) and the 39FKL (13,440 lb).
• Dry weight, 10,804 lb: eleventh-heaviest of 26, between the 39FKL (10,709 lb) and the 39BHK (10,989 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,255 lb: eleventh-lightest of 26, between the 27TH (1,235 lb) and the 38DEN (1,295 lb).
• Length, 42 ft 3 in: twelfth-longest of 26, between the 38DEN (40 ft 6 in) and the 39DBT (42 ft 4 in).
• Grey tank, 65 gal: shared with the 31FKRK, 39FKL and 429LFT; of 26, nine smaller and thirteen larger, nearest the 25TH, 27TH and seven others (35 gal) and the 26FKDS, 30RKQS and eight others (70 gal).
• Exterior height, 11 ft 9 in: shared with the 37PFL, 38DEN and three others; of 26, eight lower and twelve taller, nearest the 310RK (11 ft 3 in) and the 25TH, 27TH and 29TH (12 ft 2 in).

Next to the 39FKL, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 38RLB is 95 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 185 lb lower, has 280 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 185 lb lighter and is 4 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 39BHK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 38RLB is 185 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 516 lb higher, has 651 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 190 lb lighter, is 7 in shorter, has a grey tank 35 gal smaller and has a black tank 30 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Puma Vista is the destination trailer tier of Palomino’s Puma family — 15 floorplans filed by the factory under “Destination Trailers”, sold under the parent Puma line and rostered on the Puma hub’s Puma Vista section. Per this site’s family policy a factory sub-roster lives under its parent hub rather than taking a hub of its own. Two plans are published with the conflict shown rather than profiled with the rest: on 39BHK, 423LFT the factory’s own published GVWR does not equal its published dry weight plus CCC, and this site publishes that conflict rather than resolving it. Of those, the 39BHK misses by 50 lb, and all three of its figures are published in full and flagged (†), with the trailer’s weight label governing; the 423LFT misses by 3,000 lb, so its printed GVWR is shown as disputed and is not given as a rating (†).

A full 43-gallon fresh tank is about 357 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 15% of the Puma Vista 38RLB’s 2,451 lb cargo capacity, leaving 2,094 lb. Across 26 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and 21 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma Ambush 25TH at 13% and Puma Vista 402LFT at 17%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).