2026 Forest River Wildwood X-Lite28VBXL

The Wildwood X-Lite 28VBXL leaves Forest River's factory at 6,208 lbs dry with 1,582 lbs of cargo capacity. Forest River publishes no GVWR for this line, so the loaded rating is not quoted on this page and is not computed from the other two figures. What the cargo number covers is defined by the factory: fresh water, gear, food, batteries and every dealer-installed accessory come out of it. Fresh water is 8.3 lb per gallon, so filling the 44-gallon fresh tank spends 365 lbs of the 1,582 lbs before anything else goes in.

Tongue weight is 790 lbs, 13% of the dry weight as published; it rises as the trailer is loaded and counts against the tow vehicle’s tongue-weight and payload limits (tongue weight by size).

Off hookups: 56 gallons of grey and black capacity against 44 gallons of fresh water, so fresh water runs out first (tank sizes by length).

Against the rest of the Wildwood X-Lite roster this is the 7th of 10 floorplans by dry weight, in a line that runs from 5,063 lbs to 6,688 lbs. It sits in the heavier third of the line.

Plan the tow on loaded weight, not the 6,208 lbs dry figure: half the published cargo capacity brings this plan to about 6,999 lbs. Forest River publishes no loaded rating for this line, so the ceiling is the one on the trailer’s own weight label (how to read trailer weights).

Forest River’s line listing and this floorplan’s own factory page agree on all 4 shared figures. No GVWR is published for this line, so dry plus cargo has no rating to check against. A missing row means Forest River does not publish that figure (how figures are verified).

Forest River's own description of this floorplan reads: “The 28VBXL is new to the lineup and brings an extreme amount of versatility. The rear offers the MOST versatile bunk room. The bunk room features the Versa-Bunks & Versa-Queen. This travel trailer also includes a U-dinette, Versa-Lounge, and walk-in shower. The kitchen includes an oversized 11 CU. FT. refrigerator, stovetop, oven, and pantry.” 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.

How the 28VBXL differs from the other nine Wildwood X-Lite floorplans. Most distinctive first. Sibling pages may cover other model years than this one (2026). How these ranks are worked out.

• Length, 33 ft 7 in: longest of ten; next is the 273QBXL (33 ft 3 in).
• Grey tank, 28 gal: smallest of ten; next are the 24RLXL, 273QBXL and 28ICE (30 gal).
• Black tank, 28 gal: smallest of ten; next are the 23ZEN, 25ICE and five others (30 gal).
• Tongue weight, 790 lb: second-heaviest of ten, between the 26ICE (785 lb) and the 23ZEN (830 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 12.7%: second-largest of ten, between the 26ICE (12.5%) and the 23ZEN (13%).
• Dry weight, 6,208 lb: fourth-heaviest of ten, between the 25ICE (6,178 lb) and the 26ICE (6,288 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 1,582 lb: fifth-smallest of ten, between the 25ICE (1,522 lb) and the 273QBXL (1,705 lb).

Next to the 25ICE, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the 28VBXL is 30 lb heavier by dry weight, has 60 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 90 lb heavier, is 3 ft 9 in longer, has a fresh tank 4 gal larger, has a grey tank 32 gal smaller and has a black tank 2 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height.

Next to the 26ICE, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the 28VBXL is 80 lb lighter by dry weight, has 85 lb more cargo capacity, has a tongue weight 5 lb heavier, is 10 in longer, has a fresh tank 5 gal larger, has a grey tank 32 gal smaller and has a black tank 2 gal smaller; the two publish the same exterior height.

Wildwood X-Lite is the value-tier travel trailer in the Wildwood family, seventeen published floorplans from 3,836 to 8,143 lb dry on lengths of 22 feet 8 inches to 34 feet 7 inches. Tongue weight runs 520 to 965 lb across the whole roster, which is light for the length. Eight of the seventeen plans are dealer-stock-only, including a separate West Coast dealer-stock grouping the factory lists on its own. Forest River publishes no GVWR for any X-Lite floorplan.

A full 44-gallon fresh tank is about 365 lb of water, 23% of the 28VBXL’s 1,582 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,217 lb. Across 10 Wildwood X-Lite floorplans the water share runs 15% to 37%, and 2 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Wildwood X-Lite 25ICE at 22% and Wildwood X-Lite 23ZEN at 26%.