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Forest RiverCherokee Timberwolf

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.

The Cherokee Timberwolf Line at a Glance — MY2026

TT
Bumper-pull
11plans
2026 Cherokee Timberwolf
13,614lb
GVWR (max)
27-45ft
Length range
Built by · Forest River Type · Destination trailer and mini-loft travel trailer Parent · Berkshire Hathaway Exterior · Not published by Forest River

01 What Cherokee Timberwolf is

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.

Across the whole Cherokee Timberwolf roster the published dry weights run from 7,109 lbs to 12,589 lbs, cargo capacities from 876 lbs to 4,296 lbs, and tongue weights from 1,040 lbs to 1,614 lbs. Exterior lengths run 27 to 45 feet. Those are Forest River's figures for a standard build, captured from the factory line listing and confirmed against each floorplan's own factory page.

Forest River publishes a GVWR for 11 of the 11 floorplans, and on 11 of those the arithmetic ties out exactly: dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published rating to the pound. That check is run on every plan before it is profiled here, and a plan that fails it is catalogued with the disagreement printed rather than quietly corrected.

02 Floorplans profiled in depth

11 of the 11 Cherokee Timberwolf floorplans are profiled in full below, each on its own page with the complete factory weight, dimension and tank block. The profiled set is spread across the weight range rather than taken from one end of it, so the lightest and heaviest plans in the line are both represented. Every plan profiled here publishes a full field set and, where Forest River publishes a GVWR, passes the dry-plus-cargo arithmetic check.

FloorplanDry wtLengthCargoTongue wtGVWR
16ML7,10927' 9"4,1311,04011,240
20OG8,29435' 8"2,9811,07511,275
39TN8,85440' 7"4,2961,15013,150
27MDK10,12435' 11"1,8001,24511,924
39HBA10,77444' 3"2,5561,33013,330
39DL10,77842' 8"2,3171,09513,095
39DC11,55444' 11"1,9161,47013,470
39NA11,80542' 8"1,8091,61413,614
39DK11,97943' 9"1,2761,25513,255
39AL11,99445' 0"1,1861,18013,180
39JM12,58943' 4"8761,46513,465

Every figure in this table is a Forest River factory publication for 2026, captured twice - from the line listing and from each floorplan's own factory page - and cross-checked field by field. Forest River publishes no sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size or MSRP for this line, so there are no columns for them.

03 Also in the 2026 line

The remaining 0 Cherokee Timberwolf floorplans are catalogued here from the factory's published figures. A plan is catalogued rather than profiled when the factory has not yet published its full field set, when its own published figures disagree with each other, or simply because the profiled set is capped. Nothing in this table is estimated.

FloorplanDry wtGVWRCargoTongue wtStatus

Catalogued plans carry the factory figures Forest River publishes and nothing else. A row reading “Not published” means the factory does not publish that field for that plan - it is never a placeholder for a figure this site could not be bothered to find.

BL The 2026 Black Label roster

These ten floorplans carry Forest River's own “Timberwolf Black Label” grouping string on the Black Label roster, so they are catalogued under this hub rather than split off. Black Label plans differ from the base plans whose codes they echo — on this group the published dry weights run up to 530 lb apart — so the two are listed as separate trailers, which is what they are.

FloorplanDry wtCargo (CCC)Tongue wtLengthHeight
16MLBL7,404 lbs3,896 lbs1,100 lbs27' 9"13' 6"
20OGBL8,824 lbs2,401 lbs1,025 lbs35' 8"13' 6"
27MDKBL10,534 lbs1,800 lbs1,245 lbs35' 11"13' 6"
39DLBL11,040 lbs2,151 lbs1,191 lbs42' 8"13' 4"
39NABL11,169 lbs2,311 lbs1,480 lbs42' 8"12' 11"
39HBABL11,419 lbs1,886 lbs1,305 lbs44' 3"12' 8"
39DCBL12,049 lbs1,421 lbs1,470 lbs44' 9"13' 6"
39DKBL12,524 lbs781 lbs1,305 lbs43' 9"13' 6"
39JMBL12,984 lbs1,016 lbs1,545 lbs43' 4"13' 6"
39ALBL13,019 lbs496 lbs1,515 lbs45' 0"13' 6"

04 How to choose

Sort this line by the constraint you actually have. If the tow vehicle is fixed, start at the weight column: the lightest plan in the roster is the 16ML at 7,109 lbs dry and the heaviest is the 39JM at 12,589 lbs, and that spread is wide enough that the two ends are not the same buying decision. If the tow vehicle is not fixed, sort by cargo capacity instead - the 39TN carries the most at 4,296 lbs, and payload is the number that runs out first on a long trip.

Do not sort by floorplan number. Forest River's codes encode length loosely and layout not at all, and this site does not decode them into layout claims. Two plans with adjacent numbers in this roster can differ by hundreds of pounds of dry weight and by more than that in tongue weight, which is the figure that determines what the tow vehicle has to be.

Where Forest River publishes a floorplan description it is quoted on the plan page and identified as factory marketing copy rather than a specification. Where it publishes none, the plan page says so instead of describing a layout that nobody has verified. That is the difference between a catalogue and a brochure.

BL27 The 2027 Black Label roster

Forest River’s 2027 Cherokee Black Label roster, read 22 Oct 2026, lists ten plans under its “Timberwolf Black Label” grouping (destination trailers). It is a separate record from the 2026 Black Label section above and nothing is merged between them. Nine carry over and keep their 2026 pages, each now showing its 2027 record in a block of its own. 39TNBL is listed without a page: every figure TBD. Unloaded weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly on every plan that publishes the three. One plan from the 2026 Black Label roster is not on the 2027 one; any page built for it remains as the 2026 record.

PlanFactory groupHitch wtUnloaded wtCargo cap.GVWRLengthPage
20OGBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,025 lb8,824 lb2,401 lb11,225 lb35' 8"2026 page, with its 2027 record
27MDKBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,245 lb10,534 lb1,800 lb12,334 lb35' 11"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39NABLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,480 lb11,169 lb2,311 lb13,480 lb42' 8"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39HBABLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,300 lb11,454 lb1,846 lb13,300 lb44' 4"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DLBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,320 lb12,009 lb1,991 lb14,000 lb42' 1"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DCBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,470 lb12,049 lb1,421 lb13,470 lb44' 9"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39ALBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,675 lb12,739 lb1,261 lb14,000 lb45' 0"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DKBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,395 lb12,739 lb1,261 lb14,000 lb43' 9"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39JMBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers1,545 lb12,984 lb1,016 lb14,000 lb43' 4"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39TNBLTimberwolf Black Label Destination TrailersNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedcatalogued only — every figure TBD

M27 The 2027 Cherokee Timberwolf roster

Forest River’s 2027 Cherokee Timberwolf roster, read 22 Oct 2026: ten floorplans. It is a separate record from the 2026 sections above and nothing is merged between them. Ten floorplans carry over and keep their 2026 pages, each now showing its 2027 record in a block of its own; no floorplan is new for 2027. Unloaded weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly on every plan with a full record. One plan from the 2026 roster is not on the 2027 one; any page built for it remains as the 2026 record.

PlanFactory groupHitch wtUnloaded wtCargo cap.GVWRLengthPage
20OGMini Loft Travel Trailers990 lb8,364 lb2,826 lb11,190 lb35' 6"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39TNDestination Trailers1,150 lb8,854 lb4,296 lb13,150 lb40' 7"2026 page, with its 2027 record
27MDKDestination Trailers1,095 lb9,929 lb1,800 lb11,729 lb35' 11"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39HBADestination Trailers1,330 lb10,774 lb2,556 lb13,330 lb44' 3"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DLDestination Trailers1,230 lb11,324 lb2,317 lb13,641 lb42' 1"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DCDestination Trailers1,455 lb11,439 lb2,016 lb13,455 lb44' 11"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39NADestination Trailers1,614 lb11,805 lb1,809 lb13,614 lb42' 8"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39ALDestination Trailers1,570 lb12,164 lb1,836 lb14,000 lb45' 0"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39DKDestination Trailers1,335 lb12,199 lb1,801 lb14,000 lb43' 9"2026 page, with its 2027 record
39JMDestination Trailers1,480 lb12,625 lb1,375 lb14,000 lb43' 4"2026 page, with its 2027 record

05 What to weigh before buying

What this line is

Timberwolf is published by Forest River in two groupings, destination trailers and mini-loft travel trailers, across eleven floorplans, none dealer-stock-only. Forest River publishes dry weight, GVWR, cargo capacity, hitch weight, all three exterior dimensions and all three tank capacities for every plan and awning size for nine, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly on all eleven. Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are not published in this channel. The factory files Timberwolf under its Cherokee brand; it is a distinct roster and shares no floorplan codes with the Cherokee travel-trailer lines already on this site.

The four fields Forest River does not publish

Sleeping capacity, axle count, tire size and MSRP are absent from Forest River's specification channel for Cherokee Timberwolf. They are absent from this site too. None of the four is estimated from the segment, inferred from a sibling floorplan or lifted from a dealer listing quoting its own guess back. Tire size matters most of the four: two codes a digit apart are different tires with different load ratings, and a misread is a safety claim.

Match the tow vehicle honestly

The plans here run from 7,109 lbs to 12,589 lbs dry with tongue weights of 1,040 lbs to 1,614 lbs. Dry weight is not towing weight - water, batteries, propane, gear and dealer-installed accessories all sit on top of it, and tongue weight rises with them. Forest River's own footnote calls unloaded weight an estimated average for a standard build. Read your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum, and weigh the trailer loaded the way you actually travel.

07 What every Cherokee Timberwolf has

HitchBumper pullSited rather than toured
WeightsFactory publishedDry, cargo and hitch per plan
DimensionsFactory publishedLength, height and width per plan
TanksThree publishedFresh, grey and black per plan
AxlesNot publishedAbsent rather than estimated
TiresNot publishedNever guessed - safety relevant
SleepsNot publishedNo factory sleeping capacity
MSRPNot publishedNo factory price in this channel

09 Recalls

No campaign in either of our passes over NHTSA’s recall record names this line. That is not the same as a clean record — a line can be recalled under a parent name, and prose matching is imperfect. Treat it as no result found, not as no recalls.

Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.

10 Owner-reported problems

A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.

How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.

Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.