2026 Forest River Salem Villa / Salem Grand Villa / Wildwood Lodge / Wildwood Grand Lodge42FLDL

The Salem Villa 42FLDL leaves Forest River's factory at 12,209 lbs dry with 1,511 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 1,511 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 1,720 lbs, 14% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 120 gallons of grey and black capacity against 40 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Salem Villa roster this is the 6th of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 9,234 lbs to 14,404 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 12,209 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 12,965 lbs. Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, so the ceiling is the one on the trailer’s own weight label (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. No GVWR is published for this line, so dry plus cargo has no rating to check against. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River's own description of this floorplan reads: “The Salem Grand Villa 42FLDL is a truly outstanding home away from home. This model features a unique HUGE double loft bonus room with three bunks—perfect for bringing the kids (and maybe a few friends!) along. The bathroom includes a walk-in shower and lots of cupboard space, while the island kitchen provides residential appliances and plenty of room for the aspiring chefs in your family.” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

How the 42FLDL differs from the other eleven Salem Villa floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Length, 41 ft 7 in: second-shortest of twelve, between the 353FLFB (37 ft 9 in) and the 42DL (41 ft 10 in).
• Tongue weight, 1,720 lb: third-heaviest of twelve, between the 44ZEN (1,605 lb) and the 42ICE (1,745 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 14.1%: third-largest of twelve, between the 40FKP (12.9%) and the 353FLFB (14.5%).
• Cargo capacity, 1,511 lb: fourth-smallest of twelve, between the 42QBQ (1,336 lb) and the 40RLB (1,841 lb).
• Dry weight, 12,209 lb: sixth-lightest of twelve, between the 42QBQ (12,029 lb) and the 40FKP (12,269 lb).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 3 in: shared with the 42ICE; of twelve, six lower and four taller, nearest the 42DL (13 ft) and the 40FKP, 40ZZZ and two others (13 ft 4 in).
• Grey tank, 80 gal: shared with the 40FKP, 42DL and three others; of twelve, four smaller and two larger, nearest the 42DMS (70 gal) and the 40RLB and 40ZZZ (120 gal).

Next to the 42QBQ, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 42FLDL is 180 lb heavier by dry weight, has 175 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 355 lb heavier, is 9 in shorter, stands 7 in taller and has a black tank 40 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey tank.

Next to the 40FKP, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 42FLDL is 60 lb lighter by dry weight, has 489 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 135 lb heavier, is 1 ft 8 in shorter and stands 1 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

These are destination trailers - towed to a seasonal site, levelled, and largely left there - and the numbers only make sense read that way. Fourteen floorplans run 9,234 to 14,404 lb dry against cargo capacity of just 886 to 2,446 lb. On a touring trailer that ratio would be a warning; here it is the design, because the trailer is not being loaded for a trip. What it does mean is that the fit-out a seasonal site accumulates eats the margin quickly, and 886 lb is not much once a screen room, a grill and a season of furniture are aboard. All fourteen are bumper pull, with 1,260 to 1,855 lb on the tongue - for a tow most owners make twice a year, which is why so many of these are delivered rather than towed by the buyer. Forest River splits the roster into a standard group and a Grand group, and the split is real: the six Grand plans start at 12,209 lb dry where the six standard plans start at 9,234 lb. Fresh water is 39 to 40 gallons across the whole roster, which is a plumbed-site number rather than a boondocking one and tells you plainly what these are for.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water, 22% of the 42FLDL’s 1,511 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,179 lb. Across 12 Salem Villa floorplans the water share runs 14% to 37%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Salem Villa 40RLB at 18% and Salem Villa 42QBQ at 25%.