2027 Forest River Salem / Wildwood26TBUD

The Salem / Wildwood 26TBUD leaves Forest River's factory at 5,803 lbs dry with 2,000 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 40-gallon fresh tank spends 332 lbs of the 2,000 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 805 lbs, or 14% 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 40 gallons fresh, 30 grey and 30 black, 60 gallons of waste capacity against 40 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 Salem / Wildwood roster this is the 1st of 7 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,803 lbs to 8,573 lbs. It is the lightest plan in the line, which makes it the one to look at first if the tow vehicle is the constraint. 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 these figures is to stop planning against the dry weight. Nobody tows a trailer at 5,803 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity and this plan is already near 6,803 lbs on the road. Because Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, the ceiling has to come from the trailer's own weight label rather than from this page, and the comparison you make against the tow vehicle should use the loaded figure.

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. There is no published GVWR on this line, so the usual arithmetic check - dry plus cargo equals the rating - has nothing to test against here. 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. 26TBUD is a Salem / Wildwood designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 26TBUD differs from the other six Salem / Wildwood floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out.

• Dry weight, 5,803 lb: lightest of seven; next is the 26DBHD (6,708 lb).
• Tongue weight, 805 lb: lightest of seven; next is the 26DBHD (880 lb).
• Length, 29 ft 3 in: shortest of seven; next is the 26DBHD (32 ft 11 in).
• Exterior height, 11 ft: lowest of seven; next is the 27RLHD (11 ft 2 in).
• Grey tank, 30 gal: second-smallest of seven, between the 36VBDS (27 gal) and the 31KQBTS (40 gal).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13.9%: largest of seven, level with the 27RK; next is the 36VBDS (13.5%).
• Cargo capacity, 2,000 lb: shared with the 26DBHD and 27RLHD; of seven, three smaller and one larger, nearest the 32BHDS (1,621 lb) and the 27RK (2,892 lb).

Next to the 26DBHD, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 26TBUD is 905 lb lighter by dry weight, has a tongue weight 75 lb lighter, is 3 ft 8 in shorter, stands 3 in lower and has a grey tank 30 gal smaller; the two publish the same cargo capacity, fresh tank and black tank.

Seven 2027 Salem / Wildwood floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 22 Oct 2026. They run 5,803 to 8,573 lb dry on lengths of 29 feet 3 inches to 38 feet 11 inches, with hitch weights of 805 to 1,155 lb and cargo capacities of 1,292 to 2,892 lb. Forest River publishes no GVWR for these plans in this channel, so none is shown and none is computed.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water, 17% of the 26TBUD’s 2,000 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,668 lb. Across 7 Salem / Wildwood floorplans the water share runs 11% to 25%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Salem / Wildwood 26DBHD at 17% and Salem / Wildwood 32BHDS at 20%.

Closest sibling: the Salem / Wildwood 26DBHD, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 4 of the 7 fields both publish (this plan first): length 29 ft 3 in vs 32 ft 11 in; dry weight 5,803 lb vs 6,708 lb; hitch weight 805 lb vs 880 lb; grey tank 30 gal vs 60 gal. They match on cargo capacity, fresh tank and black tank.

Either side of it by dry weight: Salem / Wildwood 26DBHD is 905 lb heavier (6,708 lb dry).

All 7 Salem / Wildwood floorplans: Salem / Wildwood line hub.

Against the 26TBUD: the Wildwood Heritage Glen 24RBHL is 5 lb heavier; the Puma Camping Edition 275BHCE is 5 lb lighter and 2 ft longer; the Salem Hemisphere & Heritage Glen 24RBHL is 5 lb heavier.

9 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 26TBUD. Not published: GVWR, interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, awning, refrigerator, air conditioning.

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