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.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | Length | Cargo | Tongue wt | GVWR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16ML | 7,109 | 27' 9" | 4,131 | 1,040 | 11,240 |
| 20OG | 8,294 | 35' 8" | 2,981 | 1,075 | 11,275 |
| 39TN | 8,854 | 40' 7" | 4,296 | 1,150 | 13,150 |
| 27MDK | 10,124 | 35' 11" | 1,800 | 1,245 | 11,924 |
| 39HBA | 10,774 | 44' 3" | 2,556 | 1,330 | 13,330 |
| 39DL | 10,778 | 42' 8" | 2,317 | 1,095 | 13,095 |
| 39DC | 11,554 | 44' 11" | 1,916 | 1,470 | 13,470 |
| 39NA | 11,805 | 42' 8" | 1,809 | 1,614 | 13,614 |
| 39DK | 11,979 | 43' 9" | 1,276 | 1,255 | 13,255 |
| 39AL | 11,994 | 45' 0" | 1,186 | 1,180 | 13,180 |
| 39JM | 12,589 | 43' 4" | 876 | 1,465 | 13,465 |
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.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | GVWR | Cargo | Tongue wt | Status |
|---|
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.
| Floorplan | Dry wt | Cargo (CCC) | Tongue wt | Length | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16MLBL | 7,404 lbs | 3,896 lbs | 1,100 lbs | 27' 9" | 13' 6" |
| 20OGBL | 8,824 lbs | 2,401 lbs | 1,025 lbs | 35' 8" | 13' 6" |
| 27MDKBL | 10,534 lbs | 1,800 lbs | 1,245 lbs | 35' 11" | 13' 6" |
| 39DLBL | 11,040 lbs | 2,151 lbs | 1,191 lbs | 42' 8" | 13' 4" |
| 39NABL | 11,169 lbs | 2,311 lbs | 1,480 lbs | 42' 8" | 12' 11" |
| 39HBABL | 11,419 lbs | 1,886 lbs | 1,305 lbs | 44' 3" | 12' 8" |
| 39DCBL | 12,049 lbs | 1,421 lbs | 1,470 lbs | 44' 9" | 13' 6" |
| 39DKBL | 12,524 lbs | 781 lbs | 1,305 lbs | 43' 9" | 13' 6" |
| 39JMBL | 12,984 lbs | 1,016 lbs | 1,545 lbs | 43' 4" | 13' 6" |
| 39ALBL | 13,019 lbs | 496 lbs | 1,515 lbs | 45' 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.
| Plan | Factory group | Hitch wt | Unloaded wt | Cargo cap. | GVWR | Length | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20OGBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,025 lb | 8,824 lb | 2,401 lb | 11,225 lb | 35' 8" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 27MDKBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,245 lb | 10,534 lb | 1,800 lb | 12,334 lb | 35' 11" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39NABL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,480 lb | 11,169 lb | 2,311 lb | 13,480 lb | 42' 8" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39HBABL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,300 lb | 11,454 lb | 1,846 lb | 13,300 lb | 44' 4" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DLBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,320 lb | 12,009 lb | 1,991 lb | 14,000 lb | 42' 1" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DCBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,470 lb | 12,049 lb | 1,421 lb | 13,470 lb | 44' 9" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39ALBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,675 lb | 12,739 lb | 1,261 lb | 14,000 lb | 45' 0" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DKBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,395 lb | 12,739 lb | 1,261 lb | 14,000 lb | 43' 9" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39JMBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | 1,545 lb | 12,984 lb | 1,016 lb | 14,000 lb | 43' 4" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39TNBL | Timberwolf Black Label Destination Trailers | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | catalogued 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.
| Plan | Factory group | Hitch wt | Unloaded wt | Cargo cap. | GVWR | Length | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20OG | Mini Loft Travel Trailers | 990 lb | 8,364 lb | 2,826 lb | 11,190 lb | 35' 6" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39TN | Destination Trailers | 1,150 lb | 8,854 lb | 4,296 lb | 13,150 lb | 40' 7" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 27MDK | Destination Trailers | 1,095 lb | 9,929 lb | 1,800 lb | 11,729 lb | 35' 11" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39HBA | Destination Trailers | 1,330 lb | 10,774 lb | 2,556 lb | 13,330 lb | 44' 3" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DL | Destination Trailers | 1,230 lb | 11,324 lb | 2,317 lb | 13,641 lb | 42' 1" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DC | Destination Trailers | 1,455 lb | 11,439 lb | 2,016 lb | 13,455 lb | 44' 11" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39NA | Destination Trailers | 1,614 lb | 11,805 lb | 1,809 lb | 13,614 lb | 42' 8" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39AL | Destination Trailers | 1,570 lb | 12,164 lb | 1,836 lb | 14,000 lb | 45' 0" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39DK | Destination Trailers | 1,335 lb | 12,199 lb | 1,801 lb | 14,000 lb | 43' 9" | 2026 page, with its 2027 record |
| 39JM | Destination Trailers | 1,480 lb | 12,625 lb | 1,375 lb | 14,000 lb | 43' 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
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.