2026 Forest River Salem Villa / Salem Grand Villa / Wildwood Lodge / Wildwood Grand Lodge42QBQ

The Salem Villa 42QBQ leaves Forest River's factory at 12,029 lbs dry with 1,336 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 1,336 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 1,365 lbs, 11% 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: 160 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 5th 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 12,029 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 12,697 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 42QBQ is the ultimate bunkhouse, with four slides and an outdoor kitchen. The large front queen bedroom includes plenty of closet and cabinet space, while the adjacent bathroom gives you a walk-in radius shower. The living area features panoramic windows, fireplace (heater), and a tri-fold sofa. The bunk room provides 3 bunks plus the Versa-Queen giving the option of having another bunk, sofa, or queen bed. Do…” 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 42QBQ differs from the other eleven Salem Villa floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 1,336 lb: third-smallest of twelve, between the 42DL (1,136 lb) and the 42FLDL (1,511 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,365 lb: third-lightest of twelve, between the 353FLFB (1,335 lb) and the 40RLB (1,445 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.3%: fourth-smallest of twelve, between the 44ZEN (11.2%) and the 40FDEN (11.9%).
• Length, 42 ft 4 in: fourth-shortest of twelve, between the 42DL (41 ft 10 in) and the 40FDEN (42 ft 5 in).
• Dry weight, 12,029 lb: fifth-lightest of twelve, between the 40RLB (11,604 lb) and the 42FLDL (12,209 lb).
• Black tank, 80 gal: largest of twelve, level with the 42DMS, 42ZEN and 44ZEN; next is the 40ZZZ (70 gal).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 8 in: lowest of twelve, level with the 353FLFB, 40FDEN and two others; next is the 42DL (13 ft).
• 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 40RLB, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 42QBQ is 425 lb heavier by dry weight, has 505 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 80 lb lighter, is 8 in shorter, has a grey tank 40 gal smaller and has a black tank 40 gal larger; the two publish the same exterior height and fresh tank.

Next to the 42FLDL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 42QBQ is 180 lb lighter by dry weight, has 175 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 355 lb lighter, is 9 in longer, stands 7 in lower and has a black tank 40 gal larger; the two publish the same fresh tank and grey 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, 25% of the 42QBQ’s 1,336 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,004 lb. Across 12 Salem Villa floorplans the water share runs 14% to 37%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Salem Villa 42FLDL at 22% and Salem Villa 42DL at 28%.