2026 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pack290PACK13

The Wolf Pack 290PACK13 leaves Forest River's factory at 11,173 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 14,470 lbs and 3,297 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 96-gallon fresh tank spends 797 lbs of that 3,297 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Dry pin weight is 2,470 lbs, which is 22% of the dry weight. That figure lands on the truck's rear axle and comes straight off its payload rating - not its towing rating, which is the number most often quoted and the wrong one for this decision. Pin weight rises as the trailer is loaded, and a fifth wheel loaded toward its cargo capacity will put substantially more than 2,470 lbs over the bed. Read the payload figure on your own door sticker rather than a brochure maximum for the model.

Tank capacities are 96 gallons fresh, 44 grey and 44 black, 88 gallons of waste capacity against 96 gallons of supply. The ratio is what governs how long the trailer can sit off hookups: waste and fresh are close to matched, so both fill at roughly the same rate. 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 Wolf Pack roster this is the 7th of 12 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 6,253 lbs to 14,884 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 11,173 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 12,821 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 14,470 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 roster block 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's own description of this floorplan reads: “Discover the Wolf Pack 290PACK13 Toy Hauler 5th Wheel by Forest River, designed for adventurers who value comfort and functionality. This model features a versatile 13-foot garage that transforms into a cozy living space, complete with a sliding glass door for seamless indoor-outdoor flow. Relax on the rear patio deck, perfect for enjoying warm summer days. Inside, the spacious living room includes a convenient…” That is the factory's marketing copy rather than a specification, and nothing in it is treated as a verified field on this page - layout descriptions, sleeping arrangements and feature claims in factory copy are not carried into the spec table unless the factory also publishes them as specifications.

Wolf Pack is the toy-hauler roster inside Forest River's Cherokee family, and it is published as a single list holding two towing classes. Five floorplans are Wolf Pack Limited travel trailers, 6,253 to 8,988 lb dry with 1,115 to 1,490 lb on the tongue. Seven are Wolf Pack Limited fifth wheels, 9,313 to 14,884 lb dry with 2,155 to 3,310 lb on the pin. The lightest fifth wheel is heavier than the heaviest bumper pull, so the two halves do not overlap and nothing on this roster is a borderline call - either a plan needs a bed-mounted hitch or it does not.

This floorplan carries its water comfortably. A full 96-gallon fresh tank is roughly 24% of the 3,297-pound cargo capacity, leaving the 290PACK13 with a usable gear budget even when you tow full.

The published dry pin weight of 2,470 pounds is 22% of this floorplan’s 11,173-pound dry weight. Fifth-wheel pin weight rides in the bed of the truck, so it comes off payload rather than off tow rating — and it rises with the trailer as you load it, not in proportion to what you put over the axles.

Nothing above changes the ceiling. Loaded to its 14,470-pound GVWR the 290PACK13 is towing 3,297 pounds more than its 11,173-pound dry figure, and that is the number your vehicle has to be rated for — not the brochure weight.

Tank balance is worth a look before a long boondocking trip: 96 gallons of fresh against 44 grey and 44 black. Waste capacity is smaller than supply, so on this floorplan the grey tank fills before the fresh tank empties — the drain schedule, not the fill, is what ends the stay.

Ranked by GVWR, the 290PACK13 sits 5 of 8 in the Wolf Pack line: 14,470 pounds against a line that runs from 11,315 to 17,310 pounds. That position is the useful thing to know, because the plans immediately either side of it are the real alternatives.

Either side of it in the same line: Wolf Pack 275PACK15 is 210 pounds lighter at 14,260 lb GVWR; and Wolf Pack 352PACK15 is 2,275 pounds heavier at 16,745 lb GVWR.

Against the 290PACK13: the Wildcat 36MB is 135 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Cardinal 35CRIB is 165 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Eagle 370FBTS is 170 lb lighter and 1 ft longer. Those are differences in the published numbers only — what they cost, how they are built and how they live are separate questions each of those pages answers on its own terms.

Those are the nearest fifth wheels from other lines by weight — one per line, picked by proximity on that figure and nothing else. They are listed so the same tow vehicle can be checked against real alternatives, not because they are equivalent inside; layout, build and price diverge sharply across that group.

For scale, the Wolf Pack floorplans profiled here run 6,253 to 14,884 pounds dry and 27 to 45 feet of exterior length across 8 plans. Where a floorplan falls in that spread usually says more about which vehicle can tow it, and which site it fits, than the layout name does.

Every profiled floorplan in this line, with the full weight table, is on the Wolf Pack line hub.

This catalog tracks 18 specification fields per floorplan. Named sources publish 11 of them for the 290PACK13. The rest are not shown, because the alternative is reading a figure across from a sibling floorplan or from what the segment usually does — and a number nobody published is worth less than an admitted gap.

Not published for this floorplan: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning. If you find one of these in a manufacturer document for this plan, it belongs on this page.

The completeness figure at the foot of this page (85%) measures the same thing on the full field set: it is a measurement of how much this floorplan’s manufacturer publishes, not of how much research went into the page.

How every figure here was sourced and checked is set out on the methodology page.