2026 Forest River Cherokee Timberwolf39TN

The Cherokee Timberwolf 39TN has 4,296 lbs of cargo capacity between 8,854 lbs dry and its 13,150 lbs GVWR, 33% of that rating; filling its 40-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 332 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Tongue weight is 1,150 lbs, 13% 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: 80 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 Cherokee Timberwolf roster this is the 3rd of 11 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 7,109 lbs to 12,589 lbs. It sits in the lighter third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 8,854 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 11,002 lbs, and the published GVWR of 13,150 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

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. 39TN is a Cherokee Timberwolf designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 39TN differs from the other ten Cherokee Timberwolf floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 4,296 lb: largest of eleven; next is the 16ML (4,131 lb).
• Exterior height, 12 ft 9 in: lowest of eleven; next is the 39NA (12 ft 11 in).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 32.7%: second-largest of eleven, between the 20OG (26.4%) and the 16ML (36.8%).
• Dry weight, 8,854 lb: third-lightest of eleven, between the 20OG (8,294 lb) and the 27MDK (10,124 lb).
• Tongue weight, 1,150 lb: fourth-lightest of eleven, between the 39DL (1,095 lb) and the 39AL (1,180 lb).
• Length, 40 ft 7 in: fourth-shortest of eleven, between the 27MDK (35 ft 11 in) and the 39DL and 39NA (42 ft 8 in).
• GVWR, 13,150 lb: fifth-lowest of eleven, between the 39DL (13,095 lb) and the 39AL (13,180 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 13%: shared with the 20OG; of eleven, seven smaller and two larger, nearest the 39DC (12.7%) and the 39NA (13.7%).
• Grey tank, 40 gal: shared with the 16ML, 20OG and 27MDK; of eleven, one smaller and six larger, nearest the 39DL (38 gal) and the 39AL and 39DK (70 gal).

Next to the 20OG, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 39TN is 560 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,875 lb higher, has 1,315 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 75 lb heavier, is 4 ft 11 in longer and stands 9 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 27MDK, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 39TN is 1,270 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,226 lb higher, has 2,496 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 95 lb lighter, is 4 ft 8 in longer and stands 9 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Timberwolf carries the widest cargo spread of any line in this group: 876 lb at the bottom of the roster and 4,296 lb at the top, a factor of nearly five, on trailers 7,109 to 12,589 lb dry. Two of the eleven published plans are in a separate mini-loft travel-trailer grouping and the other nine are destination trailers. Hitch weight stays between 1,040 and 1,614 lb across the whole range, so the hitch figure alone will not tell you which end of the line you are looking at - the cargo number will.

A full 40-gallon fresh tank is about 332 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 8% of the 39TN’s 4,296 lb cargo capacity, leaving 3,964 lb. Across 11 Cherokee Timberwolf floorplans the water share runs 8% to 38%, and this plan’s is the lowest. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Timberwolf 16ML at 8%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).