Forest RiverRiverstone

Riverstone is Forest River's top-of-the-ladder full-profile luxury fifth wheel — the most upmarket fifth wheel the largest RV manufacturer in North America builds. It sits a clear tier above the company's own Cedar Creek, in full-residential, extended-stay territory aimed at full-timers and serious travelers with a one-ton or properly rated three-quarter-ton truck. Where a Cedar Creek cross-shops the heart of the Montana and Solitude lines, Riverstone is pitched against their upper trims — the Montana High Country flagships and the longest, most equipped Solitude floorplans.

The pitch is residential construction and standard equipment that is optional elsewhere. Every Riverstone is built on a 102-inch widebody fully-welded frame with a riveted skirt, batten insulation in the walls, slides, ceiling and floor, 3-inch hung-glass exterior walls under a high-gloss gel coat, and a fiberglass roof on 3/8-inch decking over a 12-volt heated, fully enclosed docking station. Running gear is tandem 8,000-pound axles on 17.5-inch H-rated tires and aluminum rims with LCI Road Armour suspension, a MORryde entry step and Safe-T-Rail. Inside, an 18-cubic-foot French-door residential refrigerator with ice maker, a four-burner gas oven, a 30-inch convection microwave, upgraded Calcutta solid-surface counters, a 40,000-BTU furnace, a 10-inch memory-foam 72-by-80 king and a living-room fireplace come standard.

Two mandatory packages define the coach. The Riverstone Luxury Package adds automatic six-point hydraulic level-up, a Splendide stackable washer/dryer, a Truma AquaGo on-demand tankless water heater, a Fisher & Paykel dishwasher, 12-volt heated holding tanks, a BMPro energy-management system, TPMS and a 40-inch bedroom TV. The Ultimate Electronics Package adds a living-room Samsung smart TV, a Klipsch sound bar, a 2,000-watt inverter and a 200-watt solar package with a 50-amp MPPT controller. Both are standard, and dual 15,000-BTU Quiet Cool heat-pump air conditioners ship standard as well — not a single unit with an optional second. For 2026 the fifth-wheel line spans seven floorplans from a 42-foot rear-kitchen entry to a 45-foot rear-kitchen flagship, and all seven are profiled in depth below. (An eighth plan, the 42FSKG toy hauler, falls outside this travel-trailer and fifth-wheel reference.)

All seven 2026 fifth-wheel floorplans are profiled in full with Forest River factory-verified specifications, covering the entire current fifth-wheel line: the light rear-kitchen entry, a mid-coach den entertainer, a front-kitchen six-slide plan, a dedicated two-full-bath coach with a Murphy bed, a front-living plan with a hidden office, a rear-living plan with the line's biggest payload, and the award-winning rear-kitchen flagship.

For 2026 the Riverstone fifth-wheel line runs to seven floorplans, and every one is profiled above with Forest River factory-verified specifications — the full current fifth-wheel lineup, with no catalogued-only plans. Read end to end, the line sorts into a few clear groups. The rear-kitchen plans bookend it: the 39RKFB is the lightest and shortest coach and the only plan under the line's 24,000-pound ceiling, while the 43BFC is the longest — the RV News 2026 RV of the Year for luxury fifth wheels — with a rear galley, a bath-and-a-half and a master suite. The six-slide entertainers — the mid-coach-den 442MC, the front-kitchen 421FK and the front-living 425FO with its hidden office — are the most expansive plans, each opening to a full-width living space.

The rest of the line answers specific needs. The 420RE puts a sectional in a rear living room with the line's largest payload, 5,935 pounds, and a dual entry. The 44DBL is the family and guest answer: two full baths, a Murphy bed and a dual entry, and the heaviest coach in the line at 19,271 pounds dry — an RV Business 2025 Top Innovation award winner. Every plan shares the same build: the 102-inch widebody welded frame, the tandem 8,000-pound axles, the French-door refrigerator, the dual 15K heat-pump air conditioners, the Truma tankless water heater and the standard washer/dryer. The decision across the line is layout and weight, not equipment level.

The Riverstone line sorts cleanly by what you do in the coach. For the easiest tow and the broadest truck compatibility, the rear-kitchen 39RKFB is the entry: at 16,511 pounds dry with an 18,975-pound GVWR, it is the only plan under the line's 24,000-pound ceiling and opens Riverstone to the widest range of properly rated trucks. At the other end, the 43BFC is the longest and most awarded coach, with a rear galley, a bath-and-a-half and a private master suite.

For a couple who entertains, the choice is where the kitchen and living room go across the six-slide plans: the 442MC drops a den and an island kitchen into the middle of the coach with outside entertainment, the 421FK moves the kitchen and island to the front (and carries the line's highest pin and biggest grey tank), and the 425FO puts a full living room up front with a hidden office tucked behind a swiveling entertainment center. For a rear lounge with maximum payload, the 420RE pairs a sectional and a desk with the line's largest cargo capacity at 5,935 pounds. For families and guests, the 44DBL is the answer: two full baths, a Murphy bed and dual entries — though it is the heaviest coach in the line.

Across all of them the build is the same: the 102-inch widebody welded frame, the 3-inch hung-glass walls, the tandem 8,000-pound axles, dual 15K heat-pump air conditioners, the Truma tankless water heater, the Splendide washer/dryer and the standard 200-watt solar with a 2,000-watt inverter. The decision is layout, weight and pin, not equipment level.