2027 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label301BHBL

The Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 301BHBL leaves Forest River's factory at 8,278 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 10,000 lbs and 1,722 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 17% 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 1,722 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 980 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 4th of 6 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 7,489 lbs to 9,281 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line. 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 8,278 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 9,139 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 10,000 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. 301BHBL is a Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 301BHBL 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.

• Cargo capacity, 1,722 lb: smallest of six; next is the 304SRBL (2,194 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17.2%: smallest of six; next are the 304SRBL and 306MMBL (19.4%).
• Dry weight, 8,278 lb: third-heaviest of six, between the 271RKBL (7,718 lb) and the 304SRBL (9,120 lb).
• GVWR, 10,000 lb: third-highest of six, between the 271RKBL (9,995 lb) and the 304SRBL (11,314 lb).
• Tongue weight, 980 lb: third-heaviest of six, between the 271RKBL (960 lb) and the 304SRBL (1,114 lb).
• Length, 37 ft 3 in: third-longest of six, between the 294GEBGBL (36 ft 8 in) and the 304SRBL (38 ft 11 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 11.8%: shared with the 294GEBGBL; of six, one smaller and three larger, nearest the 273XLKBL (11.1%) and the 304SRBL (12.2%).

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

Next to the 304SRBL (2026 page), the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 301BHBL is 842 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,314 lb lower, has 472 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 134 lb lighter and is 1 ft 8 in shorter; the two publish the same exterior height, 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), 25% of the 301BHBL’s 1,722 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,290 lb. Across 6 Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label floorplans the water share runs 17% to 25%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 304SRBL at 20%. 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 271RKBL, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 37 ft 3 in vs 36 ft 0 in; dry weight 8,278 lb vs 7,718 lb; GVWR 10,000 lb vs 9,995 lb; cargo capacity 1,722 lb vs 2,277 lb; hitch weight 980 lb vs 960 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 271RKBL is 5 lb lighter (9,995 lb GVWR); Cherokee Wolf Den Black Label 304SRBL is 1,314 lb heavier (11,314 lb GVWR).

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

Against the 301BHBL: the Aurora 31KDS is 1 ft shorter; the Classic 30RB is 6 ft shorter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 301BHBL. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.