2026 Wolf Den / Black Label 304SR

The Cherokee Wolf Den 304SR turns the usual layout around: the private bedroom suite goes across the back of the trailer instead of the front, behind the living space rather than ahead of it. Three slide-outs open the mid-ship living area around a kitchen island, the convertible furniture extends sleeping to about six, and a full bath, an outside kitchen and a 12-foot power awning complete the plan. At 38 feet 11 inches on a tandem axle it is the second-longest 2026 Wolf Den, and at 8,989 pounds unloaded it is the heaviest.

Wolf Den is Forest River's large-format Cherokee value line — built on Power Gear frame technology with a Space Saver Rail design, high-impact front metal in place of corrugated metal, an aerodynamic smooth-radius front, a Tufflex PVC seamless walk-on roof, an armored underbelly and a five-eighths-inch tongue-and-groove plywood floor, riding on the Cherokee Exclusive Stable Step. Standard equipment is full-size: a 15,000-BTU air conditioner, a 30,000-BTU furnace, a 200-watt solar panel with a 40-amp controller and a battery disconnect, a backup camera, a tankless water heater, a 12-volt refrigerator and an air-fryer convection microwave.

The number that defines the base 304SR is its cargo capacity: 8,989 pounds unloaded against a published 9,995-pound GVWR leaves just 1,006 pounds — by far the tightest margin in the 2026 lineup, and 52 gallons of fresh water alone weighs about 430 of it. This floorplan is also sold as the Cherokee Black Label 304SRBL, and there the factory publishes a different rating: 9,120 pounds unloaded against an 11,314-pound GVWR, for 2,194 pounds of cargo capacity — more than double the base margin. A buyer planning to load this trailer should weigh the trim choice as carefully as the floorplan, and weigh the loaded trailer either way. For owners who want a private rear suite and triple-slide living space in a metal-sided value coach, the 304SR is the Wolf Den line's rear-suite plan — with a spec sheet that rewards careful reading.

How the 304SR differs from the other five Cherokee Wolf Den floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry / unit base weight, 8,989 lb: heaviest of six; next is the 306MM (8,578 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,006 lb: smallest of six; next is the 271RK (2,426 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 10.1%: smallest of six; next is the 306MM (22.7%).
• Tongue weight, 1,291 lb: heaviest of six; next is the 301BH (1,073 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry / unit base weight, 14.4%: largest of six; next is the 273XLK (14%).
• Length, 38 ft 11 in: second-longest of six, between the 301BH (37 ft 6 in) and the 306MM (40 ft 1 in).
• Slide-out count, 3: most of six, level with the 306MM; next are the 271RK, 273XLK and 301BH (2).

Next to the 306MM, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry / unit base weight, the 304SR is 411 lb heavier by dry / unit base weight, has a GVWR 1,105 lb lower, has 1,516 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 391 lb heavier, is 1 ft 2 in shorter and has a fresh tank 12 gal larger; the two publish the same grey tank, black tank and slide-out count.

The Cherokee Wolf Den is Forest River's large-format value travel trailer — a full-size, family-and-couples line in the Cherokee division, separate from and bigger than the entry Wolf Pup. The 2026 lineup is six floorplans from roughly 33 to 40 feet, all built on the same metal-sided Cherokee stick-and-tin recipe with 12-volt residential equipment, and each is also sold as a Cherokee Black Label trim with its own factory-published weights. The 304SR on this page is highlighted; every 2026 plan links to its own page.

A full 52-gallon fresh tank is about 432 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 43% of the 304SR’s 1,006 lb cargo capacity, leaving 574 lb (96 lb per rated berth). Across 6 Cherokee Wolf Den floorplans the water share runs 13% to 43%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Wolf Den 271RK at 18%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).