2027 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label271RKBL

The Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 271RKBL leaves Forest River's factory at 7,718 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 9,995 lbs and 2,277 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 23% of the loaded rating, and Forest River's own definition is worth reading before you plan against it: cargo capacity is what remains for fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory. Fresh water alone is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling this trailer's 52-gallon fresh tank spends 432 lbs of that 2,277 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 960 lbs, or 12% of the dry weight. Ten to fifteen percent is the conventional band for a bumper-pull trailer, and this plan sits inside it as published. Tongue weight is not fixed: it moves with how the trailer is loaded, and weight added ahead of the axles raises it. A weight-distribution hitch is the normal fitment at this tongue load, and the tow vehicle's tongue-weight limit is a separate number from its trailer-weight limit.

Tank capacities are 52 gallons fresh, 38 grey and 38 black, 76 gallons of waste capacity against 52 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste capacity exceeds fresh, so the fresh tank is the binding constraint and refilling extends the stay. Forest River publishes these three figures per floorplan, and they are the factory's numbers rather than a segment average.

Against the rest of the Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label roster this is the 3rd of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 7,489 lbs to 9,281 lbs. It sits in the middle of the line by weight. Comparing floorplans inside one line is more reliable than comparing across brands, because every figure here comes from the same factory channel on the same day.

A useful way to read the pair of weights is to stop planning against the dry figure. Nobody tows a trailer at 7,718 lbs: that is the weight before water, batteries, propane, bedding, food, tools and anything the dealer bolted on. Load half the published cargo capacity, which is modest for a family trip, and this plan is already near 8,856 lbs on the road. Compare that number against the tow vehicle, not the dry weight, and leave margin on top of it - the published GVWR of 9,995 lbs is a limit rather than a target.

Every number above was captured twice from Forest River and checked against itself before it was published. The line listing and the individual floorplan page are two separate factory renderings of the same trailer, and this plan's 4 shared figures agree exactly on both. Dry weight plus cargo capacity also equals the published GVWR exactly, which is the arithmetic check this site runs on every profiled floorplan. Where a figure is missing from this page it is because Forest River does not publish it in this channel, not because it was hard to find - and the row says so rather than being quietly dropped.

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. 271RKBL is a Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 271RKBL differs from the other five Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label floorplans. Most distinctive first. Each rank counts only the siblings that publish that field, and a figure most of them share is left out. Not every one of these pages covers the same model years as this one (2027); each figure is the one its own page prints, so a rank compares pages, not one model year.

• Exterior height, 11 ft 3 in: tallest of six; next are the 273XLKBL, 294GEBGBL and three others (11 ft 1 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.4%: second-largest of six, between the 304SRBL (12.2%) and the 306MMBL (14.1%).
• Length, 36 ft: second-shortest of six, between the 273XLKBL (33 ft 4 in) and the 294GEBGBL (36 ft 8 in).
• Dry weight, 7,718 lb: third-lightest of six, between the 294GEBGBL (7,509 lb) and the 301BHBL (8,278 lb).
• GVWR, 9,995 lb: third-lowest of six, between the 273XLKBL and 294GEBGBL (9,985 lb) and the 301BHBL (10,000 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 2,277 lb: third-largest of six, between the 306MMBL (2,232 lb) and the 294GEBGBL (2,476 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 22.8%: third-largest of six, between the 304SRBL and 306MMBL (19.4%) and the 294GEBGBL (24.8%).
• Tongue weight, 960 lb: third-lightest of six, between the 294GEBGBL (889 lb) and the 301BHBL (980 lb).

Next to the 294GEBGBL (2026 page), the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 271RKBL is 209 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 10 lb higher, has 199 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 71 lb heavier, is 8 in shorter and stands 2 in taller; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 301BHBL, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 271RKBL is 560 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 5 lb lower, has 555 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 20 lb lighter, is 1 ft 3 in shorter and stands 2 in taller; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Six 2027 Wolf Den Black Label floorplans with a full factory record. They run 7,653 to 9,333 lb dry, with hitch weights of 905 to 1,265 lb and cargo capacities of 1,722 to 2,342 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for every one, from 9,995 to 11,465 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 19% of the 271RKBL’s 2,277 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,845 lb. Across 6 Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label floorplans the water share runs 17% to 25%, and 3 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 294GEBGBL at 17% and Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 306MMBL at 19%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 294GEBGBL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 36 ft 0 in vs 36 ft 8 in; dry weight 7,718 lb vs 7,509 lb; GVWR 9,995 lb vs 9,985 lb; cargo capacity 2,277 lb vs 2,476 lb; hitch weight 960 lb vs 889 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 294GEBGBL is 10 lb lighter (9,985 lb GVWR); Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 301BHBL is 5 lb heavier (10,000 lb GVWR).

All 6 Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label floorplans: Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label line hub.

Against the 271RKBL: the Eagle 262RBOK is 6 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 271RKBL. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.