2026 PalominoPuma Vista 421LFT

Forest River publishes a 15,299-pound GVWR for the Puma Vista 421LFT against a 13,499-pound unloaded weight, and the 1,800 pounds of cargo carrying capacity that leaves is ranked 9 of 13 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 1,990 pounds.

The 421LFT measures 42' 10" long, 13' 4" tall and 96" wide, and carries a 43 / 70 / 70-gallon fresh, grey and black tank set; the factory lists its awning size as TBD. Height is the number to check first on a trailer this size — measure garage doors, carports and low branches against the published 13' 4" before the first trip. The factory files this plan under “Destination Trailers w/Loft” — one of three groupings it uses inside the Vista roster. Against its neighbours on the roster, the shorter 420LFT runs 475 pounds lighter dry and the longer 422LFT runs 610 pounds lighter dry.

Equipment for this plan is published as 2 named packages on its factory floorplan record — the “Vista LFT Value Shopper Package” and the “Vista LFT Loft Package”, listing 22 items and 11 items respectively. The first package opens with (3) AC's, Smart TV, Tankless water heater and Washer/Dryer Prep. 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 421LFT differs from the other 25 Puma travel trailers. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 13,499 lb: heaviest of 26; next is the 420LFT (13,024 lb).
• GVWR, 15,299 lb: highest of 25; next is the 420LFT (14,825 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,990 lb: heaviest of 26; next is the 401RLFT (1,895 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 11.8%: third-smallest of 24, between the 401RLFT (9.3%) and the 420LFT (12.1%).
• Black tank, 70 gal: largest of 26, level with the 38VFL and 422LFT; next are the 32BHQS, 39BHK and two others (65 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.7%: shared with the 26FKDS; of 26, 21 smaller and three larger, nearest the 423LFT (14.6%) and the 401RLFT (15%).
• Length, 42 ft 10 in: shared with the 39BHK, 401RLFT and three others; of 26, eighteen shorter and two longer, nearest the 429LFT (42 ft 8 in) and the 423LFT (43 ft).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 4 in: tallest of 26, level with the 38VFL, 401RLFT and six others; next are the 25TH, 27TH and 29TH (12 ft 2 in).
• Grey tank, 70 gal: shared with the 26FKDS, 30RKQS and seven others; of 26, thirteen smaller and three larger, nearest the 31FKRK, 38RLB and two others (65 gal) and the 39BHK and 423LFT (100 gal).
• Cargo capacity, 1,800 lb: shared with the 337BH, 38VFL and three others; of 26, ten smaller and ten larger, nearest the 429LFT (1,786 lb) and the 420LFT (1,801 lb).

Next to the 420LFT, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 421LFT is 475 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 474 lb higher, has 1 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 100 lb heavier and has a black tank 35 gal larger; the two publish the same length, exterior height, fresh tank and grey 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), 20% of the Puma Vista 421LFT’s 1,800 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,443 lb. Across 26 Puma travel-trailer floorplans the water share runs 11% to 28%, and 10 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Puma 337BH at 20% and Puma Vista 429LFT at 20%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).