2027 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pup14RKLP

The Cherokee Wolf Pup 14RKLP leaves Forest River's factory at 2,654 lbs dry, with a published GVWR of 3,830 lbs and 1,176 lbs of cargo capacity between the two. Cargo capacity is 31% 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 26-gallon fresh tank spends 216 lbs of that 1,176 lbs before anything else is loaded.

Tongue weight is 330 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 26 gallons fresh, 28 grey and 28 black, 56 gallons of waste capacity against 26 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 Pup roster this is the 3rd of 14 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 1,994 lbs to 4,311 lbs. It sits in the lighter 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 2,654 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 3,242 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 3,830 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. 14RKLP is a Cherokee Wolf Pup designation and this site does not decode it into a layout claim.

How the 14RKLP differs from the other thirteen Cherokee Wolf Pup 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, 10 ft 4 in: second-lowest of thirteen, between the 12SBLP (10 ft 2 in) and the 16BHSW, 16FQW and eight others (10 ft 6 in).
• Dry weight, 2,654 lb: third-lightest of fourteen, between the 12SBLP (2,309 lb) and the 16LP (3,039 lb).
• GVWR, 3,830 lb: third-lowest of nine, between the 12SBLP (3,820 lb) and the 16LP (3,900 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 30.7%: third-smallest of nine, between the 17JW (24.5%) and the 16CM (30.9%).
• Tongue weight, 330 lb: third-lightest of fourteen, between the 12SBLP (320 lb) and the TR16PF (335 lb).
• Length, 17 ft 4 in: third-shortest of fourteen, between the 12SBLP (14 ft 6 in) and the 16LP and TR16TS (21 ft 7 in).
• Cargo capacity, 1,176 lb: fifth-smallest of fourteen, between the TR17JG (1,120 lb) and the TR18TO (1,201 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.4%: sixth-smallest of fourteen, between the 16FQW (12.3%) and the TR16HE (12.7%).
• Grey tank, 28 gal: largest of fourteen, level with the 12SBLP, 16CM and four others; next are the 16BHSW, 18RJBW and five others (23 gal).

Next to the 12SBLP, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 14RKLP is 345 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 10 lb higher, has 335 lb less cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 10 lb heavier, is 2 ft 10 in longer, stands 2 in taller and has a fresh tank 14 gal larger; the two publish the same grey tank and black tank.

Next to the 16LP, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 14RKLP is 385 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 70 lb lower, has 315 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 70 lb lighter, is 4 ft 3 in shorter and stands 2 in lower; the two publish the same fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Nine 2027 Cherokee Wolf Pup floorplans with a full factory record, read from Forest River on 22 Oct 2026. They run 1,994 to 4,239 lb dry on lengths of 12 feet 5 inches to 23 feet 10 inches, with hitch weights of 290 to 655 lb and cargo capacities of 861 to 1,981 lb. Forest River publishes a GVWR for all nine, from 3,790 to 5,755 lb, and dry weight plus cargo capacity equals it exactly on every one.

A full 26-gallon fresh tank is about 216 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 18% of the 14RKLP’s 1,176 lb cargo capacity, leaving 960 lb. Across 14 Cherokee Wolf Pup floorplans the water share runs 6% to 35%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Cherokee Wolf Pup TR18TO at 18% and Cherokee Wolf Pup TR17JG 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 Pup 16LP, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 8 fields both publish (this plan first): length 17 ft 4 in vs 21 ft 7 in; dry weight 2,654 lb vs 3,039 lb; GVWR 3,830 lb vs 3,900 lb; cargo capacity 1,176 lb vs 861 lb; hitch weight 330 lb vs 400 lb. They match on fresh tank, grey tank and black tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Cherokee Wolf Pup 12SBLP is 10 lb lighter (3,820 lb GVWR); Cherokee Wolf Pup 16LP is 70 lb heavier (3,900 lb GVWR).

All 14 Cherokee Wolf Pup floorplans: Cherokee Wolf Pup line hub.

Against the 14RKLP: the Airelume 162 is 5 lb lighter and 3 ft longer; the Puma Camping Edition 16BHCE is 5 lb heavier and 3 ft longer; the Cascade 14BHLPC is 10 lb lighter.

11 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 14RKLP. Not published: interior height, sleeps, slide count, axle count, tire specification, refrigerator, air conditioning.

Sourcing rules: methodology.