2026 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pack397STAY

The Wolf Pack 397STAY has 2,286 lbs of cargo capacity between 13,869 lbs dry and its 16,155 lbs GVWR, 14% of that rating; filling its 96-gallon fresh tank at 8.3 lb a gallon uses 797 lbs of it (how to read trailer weights).

Pin weight is 2,155 lbs, 16% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and comes off the truck’s payload, not its towing rating, so check it against the payload on your own door sticker (pin weight and payload).

Off hookups: 148 gallons of grey and black capacity against 96 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Wolf Pack fifth-wheel roster this is the 6th of 7 fifth wheels by dry weight, in a line that runs from 9,313 lbs to 14,884 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 13,869 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 15,012 lbs, and the published GVWR of 16,155 lbs is the limit (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. Dry weight plus cargo capacity equals the published GVWR exactly. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

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. 397STAY is a Wolf Pack designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 397STAY differs from the other six Wolf Pack fifth wheels. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Cargo capacity, 2,286 lb: smallest of seven; next is the 411STAY (2,426 lb).
• Pin weight, 2,155 lb: lightest of seven; next is the 275PACK15 (2,260 lb).
• Pin weight as a share of dry weight, 15.5%: smallest of seven; next is the 352PACK15 (21.5%).
• Exterior height, 13 ft 4 in: lowest of seven; next are the 275PACK15, 290PACK13 and three others (13 ft 5 in).
• Dry weight, 13,869 lb: second-heaviest of seven, between the 352PACK15 (12,768 lb) and the 411STAY (14,884 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 14.2%: second-smallest of seven, between the 411STAY (14%) and the 290PACK13 (22.8%).
• GVWR, 16,155 lb: third-lowest of seven, between the 290PACK13 (14,470 lb) and the 352PACK15 (16,745 lb).
• Length, 43 ft 6 in: third-shortest of seven, between the 290PACK13 (39 ft 5 in) and the 365PACK15.5 (44 ft).
• Grey tank, 74 gal: third-smallest of seven, between the 275PACK15 and 290PACK13 (44 gal) and the 350PACK15, 352PACK15 and two others (88 gal).
• Black tank, 74 gal: fourth-smallest of seven, between the 275PACK15, 290PACK13 and 350PACK15 (44 gal) and the 352PACK15, 365PACK15.5 and 411STAY (88 gal).

Next to the 352PACK15, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 397STAY is 1,101 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 590 lb lower, has 1,691 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 590 lb lighter, is 1 ft 6 in shorter, stands 1 in lower, has a grey tank 14 gal smaller and has a black tank 14 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank.

Next to the 411STAY, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 397STAY is 1,015 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 1,155 lb lower, has 140 lb less cargo capacity, has a pin weight 1,155 lb lighter, is 1 ft 6 in shorter, stands 2 in lower, has a grey tank 14 gal smaller and has a black tank 14 gal smaller; the two publish the same fresh tank.

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.

A full 96-gallon fresh tank is about 797 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.2), 35% of the 397STAY’s 2,286 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,489 lb. Across 7 Wolf Pack fifth-wheel floorplans the water share runs 16% to 35%, and this plan’s is the highest. Nearest on that share: Wolf Pack 411STAY at 33%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.120 S10.4.3).